This post may belong in the hardware forums, but since it's XPX specific (I can never get FSX to push my GPU to it's limits), I'll try here.

 

I am running a GTX580 with 3GB of memory.  I have noted that when using the excellent B77W from Ramzess that my GHPU fan gets up enough speed to become clearly audible.  I loaded GPU-Z and found that after using this a/c in XPX for 15 minutes that my "GPU temperature" gets to 87C, with a fan speed of 3090 RPM (53%).  When the PC is idle, it's 58C, with the fan at 2,250 RPM (36%).

 

I am running water cooling on the CPU, with the hot air exhaust from the heat exchanger being delivered into the PC vase, but I have several fans extracted air from the case too.  My GPU is not over clocked (855 MHz clock).

 

Is my GPU getting too hot?  I'm sure my PC case is due a good dusting, although I'm not sure how much good that does.  

 

Thanks,  Bruce.

 

 

 

 

Whow!  And I claim my i5 2500 reachin 67º is too much ....

 

Just today, I made a flight from Madrid to Lisbon in P3D, with FTX Global and weather injected ( beautifully ) by FSGRW, and the CPU got to the 68º limit with the fan at 100%

 

Then I made the same flight in the WL 777, also RWW, and obtained more or less the same temps.

 

For me it is too much, and I m considering a better cooler, but after all the temperature outside an in the computer room was 34 ºC!!!

Thanks jc-  but I'm referencing the GPU temp, not the CPU...   Thanks, Bruce.

Thanks jc-  but I'm referencing the GPU temp, not the CPU...   Thanks, Bruce.

 Yes, I would say its right there on the upper limits. Per nvidia's specs 97 is the max temp. I got a 560ti 448 and it only gets to about 70 max full load.

oops!  Have to check my GPU temps :-/

 Yes, I would say its right there on the upper limits. Per nvidia's specs 97 is the max temp. I got a 560ti 448 and it only gets to about 70 max full load.

 

 

Thanks-  the part that makes me wonder is that the fan is only at 53% (3090 RPM)....  but I'm certainly concerned if I'm so close to the max temp....  time to look at how much dust I have collected down there, and maybe look at a better heatsink that the stock card comes with....

 

Thanks again,  Bruce.

The best GPU fan controller software available.

I always have it running.

brucek, on 10 Aug 2013 - 4:40 PM, said:

 

Thanks- the part that makes me wonder is that the fan is only at 53% (3090 RPM).... but I'm certainly concerned if I'm so close to the max temp.... time to look at how much dust I have collected down there, and maybe look at a better heatsink that the stock card comes with....

 

Thanks again, Bruce.

Try Goran's suggestion. I currently run EVGA's Precision X to o/c my gpu and to control fan speeds. http://www.evga.com/precision/