alpharius194
I'm assuming you used aluminum over copper so that it does not interact with the backplate? Or just personal preference? PPCS has a bunch of both materials in quite a few styles.

Oh I wish I could find copper ones that are the style I wanted (the black ones), couldn't find any.  There's thermal tape between the heatsink & the backplate so I doubt it would be a problem anyway, but the ones I'm using are all aluminum yes.
 
So eVGA CS said 2mm on the backplate for the VRAM?  That's crazy thicc.

Have you considered getting a thermal imager application for your phone, or something simple like a flir c3?

My msi seahawk 1080 heatsink has lived at 165 degrees since 2016 but openhardware never shows it go over 125 135 140 type numbers. Usually 125 130.

TechJessica87
Have you considered getting a thermal imager application for your phone, or something simple like a flir c3?

My msi seahawk 1080 heatsink has lived at 165 degrees since 2016 but openhardware never shows it go over 125 135 140 type numbers. Usually 125 130.

Given that eVGA iCX sensors have been verified by Gamers Nexus independent testing to be very accurate, I don't see the point in doing that, other than not knowing for sure where said sensors are exactly... I think they said which one is roughly where in their video, I'll have to watch it again. 
That's something unique to eVGA cards though, so it's less accurate on cards that either do not have iCX sensors (pretty sure most XC3s do not have the iCX sensors), or that aren't eVGA cards. 

I'm running the latest version of Precision X1 and have push any available firmware updates to my card using that app. None of the firmware updates failed.

I don't normally look over at the video card's OLED, but I did so recently and have noticed that the GPU clock displayed on the OLED remains at 210 Mhz even though I know the card is clocking much higher during gameplay.
 
Has anyone else noticed this?

Dabadger84

TechJessica87
Have you considered getting a thermal imager application for your phone, or something simple like a flir c3?

My msi seahawk 1080 heatsink has lived at 165 degrees since 2016 but openhardware never shows it go over 125 135 140 type numbers. Usually 125 130.

Given that eVGA iCX sensors have been verified by Gamers Nexus independent testing to be very accurate, I don't see the point in doing that, other than not knowing for sure where said sensors are exactly... I think they said which one is roughly where in their video, I'll have to watch it again. 
That's something unique to eVGA cards though, so it's less accurate on cards that either do not have iCX sensors (pretty sure most XC3s do not have the iCX sensors), or that aren't eVGA cards. 

I have been watching the pictures of the aluminium heatsinks to put on top of my Kingpin back-plate.

I saw people covering the areas of the vrams specially.

What if I cover almost the entire backplate with a 20mm tall aluminum heatsink and a 120mm pressure fan on take the heat from the heatsink?

menko2

Dabadger84

TechJessica87
Have you considered getting a thermal imager application for your phone, or something simple like a flir c3?

My msi seahawk 1080 heatsink has lived at 165 degrees since 2016 but openhardware never shows it go over 125 135 140 type numbers. Usually 125 130.

Given that eVGA iCX sensors have been verified by Gamers Nexus independent testing to be very accurate, I don't see the point in doing that, other than not knowing for sure where said sensors are exactly... I think they said which one is roughly where in their video, I'll have to watch it again. 
That's something unique to eVGA cards though, so it's less accurate on cards that either do not have iCX sensors (pretty sure most XC3s do not have the iCX sensors), or that aren't eVGA cards. 

I have been watching the pictures of the aluminium heatsinks to put on top of my Kingpin back-plate.

I saw people covering the areas of the vrams specially.

What if I cover almost the entire backplate with a 20mm tall aluminum heatsink and a 120mm pressure fan on take the heat from the heatsink?

That amount of pads is going to be $$$, you're far better off watercooling modding the backplate.

Psychor
I'm running the latest version of Precision X1 and have push any available firmware updates to my card using that app. None of the firmware updates failed.

I don't normally look over at the video card's OLED, but I did so recently and have noticed that the GPU clock displayed on the OLED remains at 210 Mhz even though I know the card is clocking much higher during gameplay.
 
Has anyone else noticed this?

I keep mine pretty much only displaying board power readout all the time, so can't comment.

Clovis559

menko2

Dabadger84

TechJessica87
Have you considered getting a thermal imager application for your phone, or something simple like a flir c3?

My msi seahawk 1080 heatsink has lived at 165 degrees since 2016 but openhardware never shows it go over 125 135 140 type numbers. Usually 125 130.

Given that eVGA iCX sensors have been verified by Gamers Nexus independent testing to be very accurate, I don't see the point in doing that, other than not knowing for sure where said sensors are exactly... I think they said which one is roughly where in their video, I'll have to watch it again. 
That's something unique to eVGA cards though, so it's less accurate on cards that either do not have iCX sensors (pretty sure most XC3s do not have the iCX sensors), or that aren't eVGA cards. 

I have been watching the pictures of the aluminium heatsinks to put on top of my Kingpin back-plate.

I saw people covering the areas of the vrams specially.

What if I cover almost the entire backplate with a 20mm tall aluminum heatsink and a 120mm pressure fan on take the heat from the heatsink?

That amount of pads is going to be $$$, you're far better off watercooling modding the backplate.

I bought just 2x 100x100x20mm heatsinks and a noctua 120mm fan.

This should cover almost all the backplate. I'm just not sure if the small holes lines in the sides can be blocked with the heatsink.

Dabadger84

Psychor
I'm running the latest version of Precision X1 and have push any available firmware updates to my card using that app. None of the firmware updates failed.

I don't normally look over at the video card's OLED, but I did so recently and have noticed that the GPU clock displayed on the OLED remains at 210 Mhz even though I know the card is clocking much higher during gameplay.
 
Has anyone else noticed this?

I keep mine pretty much only displaying board power readout all the time, so can't comment.

I figure it out. You have to keep Precision X1 running in the background even if you have the OSD button unchecked in the app.

This is what i get in readings after a small overclock of the gpu. Just 25mhz. Trying games and port royale (14505).

Power limited in LN2 bios with reading of max 460-465W.

Temperatures are great in core (47-50) and vram.

What can i do to improve this without the 1000W bios or the Classified tool?