Hello!
I fly over protogeometric cities and territories at low altitude. All simulator settings are ultra.
I have an EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA video card. I noticed that the temperature of the video card in 2k resolution is 60-70 C. In 4k resolution, the temperature of the video card is 75-84 C. The video card load is 50-60% in both cases.
I find the temperature of the video card 82 C in 4k resolution to be too much.
What experiences do you have?
Myj 3080ti runs in low 80’s when running at 5120x1440. Slightly lower if i cap the framerate at 40fps.
Have you tried to undervolt the GPU?
Your temps are perfectly fine - the GPU was designed to purposely run fast… and hot. It’s designed to throttle back once it hits its max safe temps so there should be no issues. I had a XFX RX 5700xp that would safely hit its designed max temps of ~95c and throttle back. When I inquired to XFX support about the high temps, they indicated it was not a problem as the card was designed to handle it. This is a clip from a review from TechPowerUp regarding temps for your video card:
“We’ve seen EVGA’s FTW3 Ultra cooler before in various reviews. It’s an excellent design that not only looks great, but also has plenty of cooling power. During full load, we measured temperatures of 79°C, and memory reached 86°C. These temperatures only match the NVIDIA Founders Edition and are slightly higher than other custom designs tested today. The underlying reason is that EVGA’s card emits much more heat than the other because the company bumped up the voltage quite a bit. Increasing the voltage yields higher frequency headroom, which no doubt can be interesting for some overclockers, but also costs efficiency and has the cooler work harder.”
There’s no need to undervolt. If you don’t know how to do it, I would not mess with it.
The other thing you can try is to set the Nvidia control panel Power management Mode setting to optimal power instead of the usual prefer maximum performance that is usually recommended by many.
I find I get the same performace with it on optimal but lower temperatures as well.
I’ll give that a try to see if it makes any difference…lower is better of course, but I’m happy with the temps I’m getting. They’re comfortably below the manufacturer specs.
