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Hello guys, I got my card. I didn't overclock or anything, running stock. While running flight simulator at 4k, 110 render. The GPU use is 90-100% constantly and temperature is around 82-83c. Havent seen more than 83c. CPU (10850k water-cooled is running 20%/ 45c) That is in Florida where in room temperature is 80F. GPU idle temp is around 45-50c Aside from a sauna effect coming from the PC I dont have any noticeable problem. Im not very techie... is this normal or a concern? Thank you
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 20:27:42
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☄ Helpfulby proxy001 2020/10/07 20:42:41
That's warm. But not overly so. I'd crank the air down in the house a few degrees. :)
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 20:28:32
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Do you have a picture of your system by chance? I would like to look at how your fans/case is setup.
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 20:32:20
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Thank you all (Plus AIO cooler 2 fans on top not pictured)
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 20:35:30
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☼ Best Answerby proxy001 2020/10/07 20:36:14
What or the front fans, How do you have your airflow setup? Great looking build BTW!
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 20:36:46
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Thank you, this is my first built essentially. I used a H710i , stock fans. 3 in front one in the rear
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 20:43:34
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I edited your photo for you, so it would show up in your post... OK, 120's I assume? Something is not right. That seems a bit hotter than I would think. Now not to worry! Those temps are just fine. I am just saying it seems a bit warmer than I would think in that case with a lot of air supply. I am running (3) 140's pushing air into my case, a 140 in the rear, three 120's up top also cooling the radiator (EVGA 360 CLC) and I am at 49c-50c with the GPU at 100% usage and 13 cores on the CPU @ 100%...
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 20:47:09
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Afterburner I edited you photo for you, so it would show up in your post... OK, 120's I assume? Something is not right. That seems a bit hotter than I would think. I am running (3) 140's pushing air into my case, and I am at 49c-50c with the GPU at 100% usage and 13 cores on the CPU @ 100%...
I think 3x120 in front and 1x140 in the rear. Air flowing from front to back. The case is under a desk, against a wall so I would assume air circulation is poor. I can absolutely feel the heat under the desk. I think that is one issue. But damn, how are you 30c lower ???
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 20:47:29
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☄ Helpfulby proxy001 2020/10/07 20:49:31
Ok I have a case with monster airflow and had the same issue with my FTW 2080ti. The default fan parameters are set to be as quiet as possible while keeping the temp under control. My 2080ti with a monster heat sink was getting to 76 degrees while gaming even though my airflow was optimal, I changed the fan curve and now my GPU stays around 64-66 degrees with an overclock. You just need to set a better fan curve in X1.
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
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☄ Helpfulby proxy001 2020/10/07 20:49:28
jlem2219 Ok I have a case with monster airflow and had the same issue with my FTW 2080ti. The default fan parameters are set to be as quiet as possible while keeping the temp under control. My 2080ti with a monster heat sink was getting to 76 degrees while gaming even though my airflow was optimal, I changed the fan curve and now my GPU stays around 64-66 degrees with an overclock. You just need to set a better fan curve in X1.
^^ Great suggestion
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 20:49:02
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jlem2219 Ok I have a case with monster airflow and had the same issue with my FTW 2080ti. The default fan parameters are set to be as quiet as possible while keeping the temp under control. My 2080ti with a monster heat sink was getting to 76 degrees while gaming even though my airflow was optimal, I changed the fan curve and now my GPU stays around 64-66 degrees with an overclock. You just need to set a better fan curve in X1.
Thank you, I m going to look how to do that in YouTube. I saw in X1 than the fans are not even running at idle while the GPU is at 50c. So essentially I force the fans to trigger earlier and stronger?
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 20:49:59
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proxy001 I think 3x120 in front and 1x140 in the rear. Air flowing from front to back. The case is under a desk, against a wall so I would assume air circulation is poor. I can absolutely feel the heat under the desk. I think that is one issue. But damn, how are you 30c lower ???
Click my mod rigs and you can see the setup. And here... Tells about my fan settings... https://forums.evga.com/3080-FTW3-Ultra-100-usage-so-far-so-good-m3108760.aspx
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 20:51:04
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And while I was being tongue in cheek...run your tests again with ambient at 72F/21C. You may find there is a spot where the ambient air is enough to make a 10-15 degree difference in the 'in case' temps. I live in Florida also and notice larger than expected fluctuations when my ambient is higher than 75F and the humidity is high. Clean build, BTW.
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 20:51:33
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proxy001 I think 3x120 in front and 1x140 in the rear. Air flowing from front to back. The case is under a desk, against a wall so I would assume air circulation is poor. I can absolutely feel the heat under the desk. I think that is one issue. But damn, how are you 30c lower ???
Click my mod rigs and you can see the setup. And here... Tells about my fan settings...
Thank you !! I will make sure I copy that !
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
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MatthewAMEL And while I was being tongue in cheek...run your tests again with ambient at 72F/21C. You may find there is a spot where the ambient air is enough to make a 10-15 degree difference in the 'in case' temps. I live in Florida also and notice larger than expected fluctuations when my ambient is higher than 75F and the humidity is high. Clean build, BTW.
Yes the room my computer is, is the worst: Facing west. With a Reef tank. So literally, the room is rarely below 80-82 and my AC cannot even keep up with that in that room. I am not a thermodynamics genius but I would assume that if the room is 10F warmer the rig will be 10F warmer or worse. Thank you. First time I build a PC in the last 20 years. My last one was a 386 SX16 , you guys probably weren't born hahaha.
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 21:01:49
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proxy001 I think 3x120 in front and 1x140 in the rear. Air flowing from front to back. The case is under a desk, against a wall so I would assume air circulation is poor. I can absolutely feel the heat under the desk. I think that is one issue. But damn, how are you 30c lower ???
Click my mod rigs and you can see the setup. And here... Tells about my fan settings...
your setup made me realize I was not running the right Precision X1 software. (I was running the old one for 20 series) Does that matter?
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
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☄ Helpfulby proxy001 2020/10/07 21:38:24
Yes. I believe you need the latest one to adjust/tune the fan curves.
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☄ Helpfulby proxy001 2020/10/07 21:38:19
MatthewAMEL And while I was being tongue in cheek...run your tests again with ambient at 72F/21C. You may find there is a spot where the ambient air is enough to make a 10-15 degree difference in the 'in case' temps. I live in Florida also and notice larger than expected fluctuations when my ambient is higher than 75F and the humidity is high. Clean build, BTW.
This is also legit ^ And having it under the desk, sadly is going to make it reuse the exhaust air. It is best to experiment with fan (In, out, RPM % ETC.) and case placement. It is frankly why I decided to build a shelf the way I did for this build. Away from the carpet dirt and dog hair. And away from exhausted out air. Purrrrrs like I like it to...
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 21:33:38
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MatthewAMEL Yes. I believe you need the latest one to adjust/tune the fan curves.
Ok so .. I deserve the newbie award here. With the last X1 software, temp doesn't show as high. I did click Fan Curve Control with agressive profile, now my idle GPU is temp is 35. Same as CPU.... And under 90% load now 72c and not 83c. Thank you very much everyone for your help!!
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
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☄ Helpfulby proxy001 2020/10/08 05:45:03
If it's helpful, you might watch the Gamers Nexus review for a deep-dive into that case. Likely you will come away understanding the design better.
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☄ Helpfulby proxy001 2020/10/08 05:45:07
I always remove the side panel to rule out any case air flow issue. If you remove the side and your temps stay the same you're good, if they plummet you need to sort case airflow.
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/07 23:57:31
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Any ideas why i cant change LED's in Precisionx1 1.07? Also thermal sensors only show the GPU temps nothing else. Card is FTW3 Ultra 3080 Nevermind found the Beta release. Sorry for offtopic.
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Have you clicked on the iCX button on the lower right corner yet?
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/08 00:54:19
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Figures, it's an NZXT case with zero airflow.
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2020/10/08 05:46:48
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BenBigs Figures, it's an NZXT case with zero airflow.
When I chose the case , it seemed very difficult to find a straight answer for best case as far as air flow. A ton of hot air is being pulled through the rear. The problem is indeed hot air recirculation.
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/08 11:21:52
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I have the exact same case, and the airflow is fine. I left all the fans stock, and use a Kraken x72 with the fans mounted up top as exhaust. It may not be the BEST in terms of airflow, but it is very decent. Currently, I have an i9-9900K and the ROG-STRIX-RTX2080TI-O11G-GAMING. My CPU never goes over 49C during gaming, and the GPU hovers around 55C average. During stress testing, max load on both, 65C CPU and 68C GPU, but constant max load is not reflective of what you should expect for gaming. AMBIENT temperature in your house is most likely the issue. You can have the best, most amazing top of the airflow charts computer case, and it CANNOT make the air it's sucking in any cooler, so at 80F your STARTING the case's ambient temp at around 26C. My house is always around 68F, so I am starting at 20C. No standard air cooler or liquid cooler can compensate for a warm room temperature, and 80F is quite warm for a PC. Why do you think companies invest big buck in amazing HVAC server rooms? Before Covid, I used to put my jacket on to go into ours, it's a constant 65F for our servers that run 24/7. That being said, your card DOES seem to be running on the warm side. I would start by testing this by turning your AC lower, try to keep the ambient temp at 70 if possible, and see where you're at. IF you're still running on the warm side, it COULD be the card. I have owned many different AMD and Nvidia Cards over the years, EVGA included, and I had a few that were very hot. After taking them apart on my own, I almost always found that the thermal paste was crap, or applied incorrectly. I even had one card, where the manufacturer used thermal pads to make assembly easier, and the machine or person that put it together did NOT remove the plastic film on the pad which melted into the paste and made a mess. I took lots of pictures, and made them replace the card (it was NOT an EVGA product). Lastly, you are NOT running dangerously warm. Not sure about the 3080, but the 2000x series were safe up to 85C, so you're not going to kill it. My stance is, keep it as cool as possible (within reason) and there is less potential for problems. I don't think the case is the issue, I bet you can remove the side panels, and top panel and it would barely make a difference, try it.
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/08 11:28:00
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njbongo I have the exact same case, and the airflow is fine. I left all the fans stock, and use a Kraken x72 with the fans mounted up top as exhaust. It may not be the BEST in terms of airflow, but it is very decent. Currently, I have an i9-9900K and the ROG-STRIX-RTX2080TI-O11G-GAMING. My CPU never goes over 49C during gaming, and the GPU hovers around 55C average. During stress testing, max load on both, 65C CPU and 68C GPU, but constant max load is not reflective of what you should expect for gaming. AMBIENT temperature in your house is most likely the issue. You can have the best, most amazing top of the airflow charts computer case, and it CANNOT make the air it's sucking in any cooler, so at 80F your STARTING the case's ambient temp at around 26C. My house is always around 68F, so I am starting at 20C. No standard air cooler or liquid cooler can compensate for a warm room temperature, and 80F is quite warm for a PC. Why do you think companies invest big buck in amazing HVAC server rooms? Before Covid, I used to put my jacket on to go into ours, it's a constant 65F for our servers that run 24/7. That being said, your card DOES seem to be running on the warm side. I would start by testing this by turning your AC lower, try to keep the ambient temp at 70 if possible, and see where you're at. IF you're still running on the warm side, it COULD be the card. I have owned many different AMD and Nvidia Cards over the years, EVGA included, and I had a few that were very hot. After taking them apart on my own, I almost always found that the thermal paste was crap, or applied incorrectly. I even had one card, where the manufacturer used thermal pads to make assembly easier, and the machine or person that put it together did NOT remove the plastic film on the pad which melted into the paste and made a mess. I took lots of pictures, and made them replace the card (it was NOT an EVGA product). Lastly, you are NOT running dangerously warm. Not sure about the 3080, but the 2000x series were safe up to 85C, so you're not going to kill it. My stance is, keep it as cool as possible (within reason) and there is less potential for problems. I don't think the case is the issue, I bet you can remove the side panels, and top panel and it would barely make a difference, try it.
Thank you very much for your detailed reply. After the help I got last night I took a few steps: 1. I set the cooling fans in the case to " performance" which makes the fans spin faster. 2. I installed the new 3080 precision X1 software, I was using the wrong one 3. I enabled a custom fan control. (aggressive) Now, at idle, CPU/GPU are at 35/36C, which is decent given my room temp/ Under load. CPU 40-45 and GPU 68-72. I definitely dont see 83 anymore. After hours of flight sim running, I see the GPU use around 90%, 3080 fans almost at maximum but temp is at 72 max, which seems reasonable. Those 400w of power draw have to go somewhere and most of it is heat. I just feel better that it's now 10c cooler thanks to everyone's help!
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Re: RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA heat and GPU use
2020/10/08 11:37:23
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njbongo I have the exact same case, and the airflow is fine. I left all the fans stock, and use a Kraken x72 with the fans mounted up top as exhaust. It may not be the BEST in terms of airflow, but it is very decent. Currently, I have an i9-9900K and the ROG-STRIX-RTX2080TI-O11G-GAMING. My CPU never goes over 49C during gaming, and the GPU hovers around 55C average. During stress testing, max load on both, 65C CPU and 68C GPU, but constant max load is not reflective of what you should expect for gaming. AMBIENT temperature in your house is most likely the issue. You can have the best, most amazing top of the airflow charts computer case, and it CANNOT make the air it's sucking in any cooler, so at 80F your STARTING the case's ambient temp at around 26C. My house is always around 68F, so I am starting at 20C. No standard air cooler or liquid cooler can compensate for a warm room temperature, and 80F is quite warm for a PC. Why do you think companies invest big buck in amazing HVAC server rooms? Before Covid, I used to put my jacket on to go into ours, it's a constant 65F for our servers that run 24/7. That being said, your card DOES seem to be running on the warm side. I would start by testing this by turning your AC lower, try to keep the ambient temp at 70 if possible, and see where you're at. IF you're still running on the warm side, it COULD be the card. I have owned many different AMD and Nvidia Cards over the years, EVGA included, and I had a few that were very hot. After taking them apart on my own, I almost always found that the thermal paste was crap, or applied incorrectly. I even had one card, where the manufacturer used thermal pads to make assembly easier, and the machine or person that put it together did NOT remove the plastic film on the pad which melted into the paste and made a mess. I took lots of pictures, and made them replace the card (it was NOT an EVGA product). Lastly, you are NOT running dangerously warm. Not sure about the 3080, but the 2000x series were safe up to 85C, so you're not going to kill it. My stance is, keep it as cool as possible (within reason) and there is less potential for problems. I don't think the case is the issue, I bet you can remove the side panels, and top panel and it would barely make a difference, try it.
Thank you very much for your detailed reply. After the help I got last night I took a few steps: 1. I set the cooling fans in the case to " performance" which makes the fans spin faster. 2. I installed the new 3080 precision X1 software, I was using the wrong one 3. I enabled a custom fan control. (aggressive) Now, at idle, CPU/GPU are at 35/36C, which is decent given my room temp/ Under load. CPU 40-45 and GPU 68-72. I definitely dont see 83 anymore. After hours of flight sim running, I see the GPU use around 90%, 3080 fans almost at maximum but temp is at 72 max, which seems reasonable. Those 400w of power draw have to go somewhere and most of it is heat. I just feel better that it's now 10c cooler thanks to everyone's help!
GREAT !!! Thank god you don't have to send it in for repair/replacement. They are hard enough to buy, who knows how long that would take, lol. Full disclosure, I decided to replace my H700 with an MSI case that went on sale at Best Buy (and I had about $100 in reward dollars). It this one: EDITED: Can't get the link to post, it's the MPG SEKIRA 500X It caught my eye, and I have an MSI Z390 Carbon AC motherboard so I can control all the lighting with the same software (except the Kraken). This case is VERY similar in airflow to the NZXT 700 series, you can see the vents around the edges in the pics. I basically have the same exact temps, and no issues with airflow (some of the reviews trashed this case). I love it. I was going to replace my case with your originally, so I had the front USB C port. I have an new iPhone with a USBC charger and I hate reaching around my giant case to plug it in to sync. BUT, being that the NZXT 700 and 710 look exactly the same, I wanted a change. The only mod I made to the new MSI case is, I reversed the top fans to make them exhaust instead of intake. I'm sure MSI made them intake to make the RGB fans look prettier, but it was a dumb move, and I fixed it. :P A little tip on the NZXT case...KEEP THOSE DUST FILTERS CLEAN ! They worked very well on mine, and got quite disgusting after a few weeks.
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