Graphics Card Temperatures

Graphics card temperatures

So here we'll have a look at GPU temperatures. First up, IDLE (desktop) temperatures as reported through software on the thermal sensors of the GPU. IDLE temperatures first, overall anything below 50 Degrees C is considered okay, anything below 40 Degrees C is nice. We threw in some cards at random that we have recently tested in the above chart. But what happens when we are gaming? We fire off an intense game-like application at the graphics card and measure the highest temperature of the GPU. 

So with the card fully stressed we kept monitoring temperatures and noted down the GPU temperature as reported by the thermal sensor.

The Strix has a BIOS switch, one with a performance fan profile (default), and one with a silent fan profile. Both perform the same in gaming, there is no difference in clocks. However the fan RPm is lower for the silent mode and thus the temps 10 Degrees C higher (which still is very acceptable), have a peek.

• Perf - The card's temperature under heavy game stress stabilized at roughly 63 Degrees C. We note down the hottest GPU reading, not the average.
• Silent- The card's temperature under heavy game stress stabilized at roughly 73 Degrees C. We note down the hottest GPU reading, not the average.

Long Duration Stress Temperature and GPU Throttling clock