Zotac GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming Review

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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. 


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

  • The card's temperature under heavy game stress stabilized at roughly almost 60 Degrees C. We note down the hottest GPU reading, not the average.
  • The card in IDLE is not passive, fans keep spinning.
These tests have been performed with a 20~21 Degrees C room temperature, this is a peak temperature based on a game loop.

Long Duration Stress Temperature and GPU Throttling clock

Have a look below at the nice and steady GPU clock, it's at a ~1850MHz boost marker throttling a bit up and down due to the power limiter. The protective limiters (aside from the power limiter) kick in albeit slightly as you can see the card throttling a tiny bit. This is Time Spy scene 1 looped continuously in what is actually our pre-benchmark warm-up sequence.
  

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