Check if running GPU fans at full speed is appropriate for your system.
Check if running GPU fans at full speed is appropriate for your system.
After experiencing a GPU temperature of 85 degrees during gameplay, I opted to spin the fans at full speed when the temperature reached 75 degrees or higher using MSI afterburner. I'm curious about the potential risks—could this damage the card and fans over time? How long can I continue doing this, and is it typical to play at such high temperatures?
It's warm but still within safe temps. As far as leaving the fan on 100% it's perfectly fine, my uncle keeps his GPU fans at 100% constantly and have never had a issue with them breaking before upgrading to another card which for him is like every 3ish years.
Just wondering what is your ambient (room) temp as that is pretty warm for that card. Also please post your other specs.
The situation is quite warm for a 1060 with high fan speeds. It isn't dangerously hot, and the fans should handle it unless you're gaming nonstop for 12 hours. The GTX 1060 has a low 120W TDP, so keeping it cool shouldn't be too tough.
Would you like me to list your full specifications, including CPU, power supply, and motherboard?
The environment is warm but still within acceptable ranges. Leaving the fan at 100% is completely okay; my uncle always keeps his GPU fans at full speed and hasn’t faced any problems before switching to new cards, which usually happens every few years. I’m curious about your room temperature since it’s quite high for this card. Could you also share your other specifications? Also, what should be the ideal temperatures during full load while gaming? My system includes an i5 7600k, Z270 motherboard, GTX 1060 with 6GB OC, and an MSI dual fan v1. The room temperature is typically around 23°C, sometimes a bit cooler.
So what temperature settings are ideal for me when running at full load and gaming? My system includes an i5 7600k, Z270 motherboard, and an MSI MOMA Midi GTX 1060 with a 6GB OC dual fan setup. The room temperature is usually around 23°C, sometimes a bit lower. Could you share your case and power supply details? Also, have you ever overclocked before? It looks like this dual fan should comfortably stay below 80 degrees even at high performance settings.
The GPU temperature should be approximately 70°C during heavy use. Did you increase the overclock of the 1060?
That's quite intense for a 1060 with high fan speeds.
Are you certain the GPU has enough airflow?
I'm also interested in the airflow situation.
What case do you have? Are the fans on the intake or exhaust?
Where is the GPU positioned? And where is the PSU located?
Fans are meant to run. The speed isn't going to kill them any sooner than they are rated for. Heat on the other hand, that is a bigger concern. Better to use the fans than have the processor on your graphics board basting itself and the rest of the card in it's own waste heat. The only downside to high fan speed is noise. Speaking from experience, since my own gaming system sits in another room and I never hear the fans anyway, there is zero reason for me to run my GPU fans under 100%. You won't get better cooling than that, unless you want to go above and beyond what the manufacturer has provided. I've run cards this way for years and have had fewer issues due to the high fan speeds rather than more.
I'm also curious about case ventilation. If it's insufficient, you're going to heat saturate the air in your case, and nothing is going to stay reasonably cool at that point.
My situation is pretty minor with two case fans, one 120 mm and another smaller one. The case is an aerocool v3x advanced, paired with a 550w Corsair PSU. The small fan is at the back, while the larger one sits in front. The GPU is close to the bottom under the PSU, which is positioned at the back of the case. I haven't done any overclocking except for the MSI OC 1060, so I believe it's already OC'd?