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Post pics of your rigs only! Only post pics of rigs in this thread.. Overclocking increases the speed of the cores and enhances the processing power of a GPU.
Some manufacturers overclock GPUs per factory setting. Users often voluntarily overclock their GPU for better performance. Overclocking is among the most common causes of GPU overheating. You must undo or reset all settings back to default. For unintentional or unrequired factory settings, here is a helpful video about how to fix a bad overclock on any video card from JayzTwoCents:.
So, check if your GPU is capable of supporting your games, applications, and graphics-intensive tasks. The easiest option is to play fewer demanding games, run fewer applications, and perform tasks that do not overload the GPU.
For games, you can try to lower the display resolution or graphics details in order to lessen the load on the graphics card or GPU. Alternatively, you can upgrade your graphics card if you are using a desktop PC. A reasonably high-quality GPU capable of supporting all your computing and gaming needs with properly functioning fans may still overheat.
In addition, there could be some obstruction in the airflow inside the cabinet. Check for any obstructions. There could be physical damage, or a loose hardware component may be causing the obstruction. Often, the real problem is as simple as vents clogged by excessive dust. So, give your entire system a complete cleaning. Another fix would be to make sure that you have the correct form factor computer case to facilitate your graphics card. The smaller the computer case, the harder it becomes to keep components cool, especially for gaming and other strenuous computing activities.
Your GPU may be too old to support the applications you are running now. The graphics card will be overloaded, and it will overheat as a result. You have to upgrade the GPU. If you have assembled your computer or changed some of the other components, and the GPU is incompatible, then you must find a suitable alternative. You can refer to this comprehensive guide to choose a graphics card.
You can obtain a graphics card slightly cheaper by purchasing it on eBay. CPUs and GPUs need thermal paste , also known as thermal gel, heat sink compound, or thermal interface material. The thermal paste is a gel-like compound mainly comprising zinc oxide. This thermal compound stays between the heat sink and the GPU chipset. Thermal paste serves as a medium of heat transfer.
It ensures there are no air pockets between the heat sink and the graphics card chipset. However, if the thermal paste is dry, worn out, or just too old, your GPU will most likely overheat. You can reapply the thermal paste. However, you must first confirm if the GPU is still under warranty.
Replacing the thermal paste and, in some cases, even accessing the GPU chipset can void the warranty. Otherwise, please read our article on how to replace your GPU thermal paste in order to resolve this issue for desktop graphics cards. Replacing the thermal paste will save you having to do it later anyway, but will also ensure that your GPU is being optimally cooled by the heatsink and fan assembly. Upgraded drivers can cause a GPU to overheat.
Older graphics cards are more vulnerable to this problem. The latest driver may also be not so much incompatible with your GPU but may have some bugs introduced with the updated driver that affects your specific GPU model.
Roll back your drivers to their previous version and see if the overheating problem persists. You can uninstall all earlier graphics drivers from your system and reinstall the most compatible version.
Installation errors can create software conflicts and cause a GPU to overheat. Using incompatible software that consistently overworks the graphics card can lead to overheating. Clock a GPU faster and performance will improve, but temperatures will also increase. To keep those temperatures down, the fan speed can be cranked up, but some graphics cards can get very loud if the fans run at higher RPMs.
Graphics card manufacturers do their best to deliver an 'ideal' experience, but there's no single solution that will please everyone—some people prefer silence, others efficiency, and others performance. Thankfully, it's possible to customize your card so that it runs the way you prefer, rather than what the manufacturer thinks is best.
One great tool for dealing with a hot graphics card is MSI Afterburner. There are also similar utilities from other manufacturers, but whatever utility you use, the concepts are similar. If there's one thing the cryptocurrency mining era of the past several years has taught us, it's that consumer graphics cards are not intended to run at full performance and C all day, every day, for months at a time. The number of RMAs on graphics cards skyrocketed thanks to mining, which is lost money for both the card manufacturers and the miners.
To avoid this, most miners would try to find cards and settings that could maintain C under load, and the tricks and techniques used there often work just as well for gaming.
Dealing with a hot graphics card is mostly the same as overclocking, only with a slightly different goal. There are three primary variables you can tweak: fan speed, clockspeed, and voltage. The ideal settings will change depending on both your specific GPU and your specific card model, as well as personal preference.
If you want to keep performance high, start with fan speed and voltage. If you want to decrease noise, you'll probably want to play with all three variables.
Here's the quick rundown of each. Voltage and clockspeed both determine power use and how much heat needs to be dissipated. However, power use increases linearly with clockspeed, but with the square of the voltage, so a 10 percent drop in voltage will be much more beneficial than a 10 percent drop in clockspeed.
With Afterburner, you'll need to check the option to unlock voltage adjustments and restart the utility. After that, most GPUs can be safely tweaked up or down about 0. AMD's Vega cards are particularly good candidates for undervolting in my experience.
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