February 1, 201214 yr I have an nVidia GTX 560 Ti. With power management set to maximum performance, I am seeing about 55C running FSX. Is this normal? Does anyone know what "maximum performance" really does to the video card? Although I know that newer video cards are better designed, should I be concerned about ramping my card to such high temperatures?Thanks for your comments!Airbus Al Kaupa Digital Storm purchased 8/17/2011; Win7x64: Asus P8P67 Deluxe; Intel i7 2600K@3,9 GHZ; nVidia GTX 560Ti; 8GB DDR3 1600 Corsair Dominator; Power Corsair HX 750W; Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD; 300GB WD VelociRaptor; 1TB Seagate.
February 1, 201214 yr 55C is fine/good, I do Folding@Home and my GPU can hit 80c+ no problems.Not 100% sure what maximum performance dose.Also just a heads up that full names are required here in the PMDG section to post, not just our nick name handles. Edited February 1, 201214 yr by VLJ510 -Raven HarrisIntel i7 980X @ 4.43GHz | ASUS Rampage III | Corsair 6GB DDR3 2000MHz | 3 EVGA GTX280 | Corsair 1200 Watt | Intel 510 SSD (RAID 0)PMDG - 747-400/8iF | MD11/F | BAe J41 | 737NG 6/7/8/9 Hope ER/BBJ|777LR/FFlight1- Cessna Mustang
February 1, 201214 yr I have an nVidia GTX 560 Ti. With power management set to maximum performance, I am seeing about 55C running FSX. Is this normal? Does anyone know what "maximum performance" really does to the video card? Although I know that newer video cards are better designed, should I be concerned about ramping my card to such high temperatures?Thanks for your comments!AirbusIt keeps the card from decreasing voltage and clock when not needed. It's pointless to use this 100% setting, and FSX will see no benefit. 55C is good, BTW. Edited February 1, 201214 yr by ZachLW ___________________________________________________________________________________ Zachary Waddell -- Caravan Driver -- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zwaddell Avsim ToS Avsim Screenshot Rules
February 1, 201214 yr Commercial Member 55C is waaaaay low for a GPU - if you play GPU intensive games it can hit 80-90C easily. Ryan MaziarzFor fastest support, please submit a ticket at http://support.precisionmanuals.com
February 2, 201214 yr 55C is waaaaay low for a GPU - if you play GPU intensive games it can hit -90C easily.Are GPU's made for the heat? 80C-90 seems a bit extreme to me... Edited February 2, 201214 yr by benorg
February 2, 201214 yr 55C is waaaaay low for a GPU - if you play GPU intensive games it can hit -90C easily.Not true. At all! The max temp I ever see is 60C in FSX using 8xQS after hours on end with clouds. No problemo. I saw a max of 63C when playing Arkham City...Are GPU's made for the heat? 80C-90 seems a bit extreme to me...The usual BS answer: "100C" is the limit for these Nvidia cards. I say 90C is pushing it too far. The easiest way to keep a GPU cool and quiet is to move air through the case. I can turn my case fans down to a few volts and watch GPU temps climb. I typically see artifacts and instability when overclocked at 78C on my 560Ti. 8 0 (EIGHTY, damn smilies)-85C is "acceptable" for these cards, but not necessarily great. Edited February 2, 201214 yr by ZachLW ___________________________________________________________________________________ Zachary Waddell -- Caravan Driver -- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zwaddell Avsim ToS Avsim Screenshot Rules
February 2, 201214 yr Commercial Member It depends on the card - my 570 runs near 90 all the time in GPU intensive games without issue... Ryan MaziarzFor fastest support, please submit a ticket at http://support.precisionmanuals.com
February 12, 201214 yr I have switched to prefer maximum performance as a troubleshooting measure to find out why after takeoff in the MD11 and NGX my frames go from locked 30 to 2-5fps untill I alt/enter from full screen back to full screen. I think this may be the culprit in my system so you might as well use this setting. I see no reason why you would want to give your video card the ability to throttle down while running a game. Just one more thing to go wrong, right? Marc Lynn
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