1) The cards can run much hotter (around 93°C) but it's indeed " too hot for the norm ", that would be what the XC3 temperature might be and not the FTW3 which cools better than the XC3.
2) Try opening the side panel of your case, it might be an airflow issue of your case. If you see the temperatures decreasing significantly that means your case doesn't have enough intake air or doesn't exhaust air enough and that you need to add more fans or increase speed of the fans already there. That might be especially true if your case has a solid front panel that prevent air from getting in (even if it has the stupid small holes to allegedly get air onto the case)

Mine idles in the low 30c and in games it's in the 60c range with a 21c ambient.

Sounds like you haven't adjusted the fan speeds. Just raise all 3 fan speeds to max and retest. Mine hits 65-70 max under load.

bloodshot45
Sounds like you haven't adjusted the fan speeds. Just raise all 3 fan speeds to max and retest. Mine hits 65-70 max under load.

So I keep reading and many say just ramp up the fans to 100% and it will get to 70c. Other cards are achieving low 60s without the fans running 100 the Tuf and Eagle card are also their $700 entry level card and they probably don't use their best cooler that is for sure saved for the Strix, Aorus, etc. How can anyone accept a jet engine just to get decent level of cooling is beyond me.

I'm concerned I should be getting an email for XC3 ultra soon and almost expect the that card will be high 70s /low 80s and obviously I hope is not the case. I'm going to have to get the hybrid kit which will add a premium.

My 1080ti was running 60+ centigrade last week when I wasnt doing anything and I found an app called "Guard.exe" was using the card (I looked at the performance side of Task manager, and the process PID).
Guard.exe (the legitimate version of it)  is part of an antivirus program, but not one I have loaded.
In this case its malware/virus that mines bitcoin on your GPU.
 
Windows defender failed to detect and remove it, Malwarebytes did the job ok, but I have only the free version that needs to be ran manually.
 
This would raise your temps and worth looking for.
Maybe not the cause of your issue, but it is something that should be considered when trying to diagnose unusual card temps.

vegnar

bloodshot45
Sounds like you haven't adjusted the fan speeds. Just raise all 3 fan speeds to max and retest. Mine hits 65-70 max under load.

So I keep reading and many say just ramp up the fans to 100% and it will get to 70c. Other cards are achieving low 60s without the fans running 100 the Tuf and Eagle card are also their $700 entry level card and they probably don't use their best cooler that is for sure saved for the Strix, Aorus, etc. How can anyone accept a jet engine just to get decent level of cooling is beyond me.

I'm concerned I should be getting an email for XC3 ultra soon and almost expect the that card will be high 70s /low 80s and obviously I hope is not the case. I'm going to have to get the hybrid kit which will add a premium.

i have ftw3 ultra and with 450w bios it sits at 58-59c in stress tests 

liud21

vegnar

bloodshot45
Sounds like you haven't adjusted the fan speeds. Just raise all 3 fan speeds to max and retest. Mine hits 65-70 max under load.

So I keep reading and many say just ramp up the fans to 100% and it will get to 70c. Other cards are achieving low 60s without the fans running 100 the Tuf and Eagle card are also their $700 entry level card and they probably don't use their best cooler that is for sure saved for the Strix, Aorus, etc. How can anyone accept a jet engine just to get decent level of cooling is beyond me.

I'm concerned I should be getting an email for XC3 ultra soon and almost expect the that card will be high 70s /low 80s and obviously I hope is not the case. I'm going to have to get the hybrid kit which will add a premium.

it's brand loyalty, makes people unable to see the truth/fault unless they themselves test it out....

Brand loyalists ? Like yourself maybe unable to see if there is really a problem from the brand? I'm assuming you think I'm a brand loyalist to the Asus TUF or Gigabyte Eagle which by your comment it already defies your assumption since that's two brands.

Oh and I guess I am an EVGA brand loyalist because my last 3 cards have been the 980ti, 1080ti and 2080ti Hybrids but I'm also willing to ask and talk and even criticize if need to about the brand...so yeah I'm not really fan of anything I just want the best at the time and if I read about a potential problem (we can't really buy all of the models to test like reviewers do) I will ask and research as much before I commit.


We are in a tough situation with the 3080 stock, since evga has been the only company willing to help legit customers which we all applaud them for it seems that's the only way I will be able to get the 3080 and that will be my 4th card in a row from them but if I still don't have the email and the Navi gets released and that's available for example I'll grab that provided it has good cooling/no issues.

liud21

vegnar

liud21

vegnar

bloodshot45
Sounds like you haven't adjusted the fan speeds. Just raise all 3 fan speeds to max and retest. Mine hits 65-70 max under load.

So I keep reading and many say just ramp up the fans to 100% and it will get to 70c. Other cards are achieving low 60s without the fans running 100 the Tuf and Eagle card are also their $700 entry level card and they probably don't use their best cooler that is for sure saved for the Strix, Aorus, etc. How can anyone accept a jet engine just to get decent level of cooling is beyond me.

I'm concerned I should be getting an email for XC3 ultra soon and almost expect the that card will be high 70s /low 80s and obviously I hope is not the case. I'm going to have to get the hybrid kit which will add a premium.

it's brand loyalty, makes people unable to see the truth/fault unless they themselves test it out....

Brand loyalists ? Like yourself maybe unable to see if there is really a problem from the brand? I'm assuming you think I'm a brand loyalist to the Asus TUF or Gigabyte Eagle which by your comment it already defies your assumption since that's two brands.

Oh and I guess I am an EVGA brand loyalist because my last 3 cards have been the 980ti, 1080ti and 2080ti Hybrids but I'm also willing to ask and talk and even criticize if need to about the brand...so yeah I'm not really fan of anything I just want the best at the time and if I read about a potential problem (we can't really buy all of the models to test like reviewers do) I will ask and research as much before I commit.


We are in a tough situation with the 3080 stock, since evga has been the only company willing to help legit customers which we all applaud them for it seems that's the only way I will be able to get the 3080 and that will be my 4th card in a row from them but if I still don't have the email and the Navi gets released and that's available for example I'll grab that provided it has good cooling/no issues.

My Dude, You asked "How can anyone accept a jet engine just to get decent level of cooling is beyond me." I answered with my original post. It was not directed at you... lol

Haha yeah I apologize after I posted and re read your comment I was oops he wasn't calling me a fanboy.

I'm at work so reading this fast and such didn't take the time to read it. Sorry

Are your NV settings set for Prefer Max Performance? If so the card will run at max all the time, in the case of the Ultra that is 1800Mhz.  Change settings to Optimal Power and you'll see the card downclock and run cooler when idle.

FS at max settings, GPU use 80-99% temps are 68-72c with aggressive fan curve. 
I moved my pc to a more ventilated area and that helped. Also my room is 82. 
 

arestavo
The FTW3 has 2 VBIOSs - the one it ships with enabled is Normal and has a 0dB fan function where the fans stay off until 60C. If you want to fans to run before that temp, set the the VBIOS switch on the side of the card (easy to see the cutout on the backplate) to OC and reboot. Or set a manual fan curve in PX1 or Afterburner.
 
85C for the GPU core is warm, but not overheating. These cards are rated to 91C before they start to truly thermal throttle. Without knowing your setup (case, fans, airflow) - an easy test to see if you're being limited by your case/fans - remove the side panel of your case. If temperatures improve then your case airflow isn't good for a card that dumps all of the heat back into the case.

I keep seeing that some are still using Afterburner, but the fan controller doesn't work correctly with the EVGA Asynchronous fan cards does it?  That's the main reason people are complaining about PX1, because they would rather use Afterburner + RTSS, but can't without still needing PX1 to at least control the fans.
 

ngaugler

mchang1984
If you want to stay air-cooled with the cooler, then the best thing you can do is upgrade the thermal paste.
 
Change it to Arctic Silver MX-4 or Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut.
 
Use 90% Alcohol or higher to clean off the old paste before re-pasting.

What type of temperature reductions have been reported by going through this process?

 
Seems to greatly vary.  I read elsewhere that someone did this, and it only reduced the temp by 1C, so they assumed that what was already applied was good.