I know the max rated temperature for my GPU is 92°C, but that doesn’t mean it’s your target temperature!
Well, if you’re looking at Tdie/edge temps it’s pretty unavoidable to see 80-90c on modern cards, at least if they’re air cooled. I think amd has a 20-30c delta between Tdie and average ‘gpu’ temp, nvidia is around 20c? Either way, even with a perfect paste application you can set your target temp to 70c and still get some nasty looking temp spikes.
Thermal protection is way faster than software can report, unless you’re overclocking it’s really not something to worry about imo.
Thanks for your post. I learned something.
I do worry about the temperature because I don’t like the smell of burnt dust. Also the coating of my table starts decoloring if my laptop sits on it at peak temperature. All that would be avoidable if the fan controls would just raise the fan speeds sooner.
No problem, although I was definitely thinking of desktops and not a laptop. Some of the ‘quiet’ fan curves can be very underpowered and are detrimental to performance.
If it’s not under warranty and you’re comfortable opening it up, replacing the thermal pads and paste will do wonders for your temps though. Even if it’s fairly new, a lot of laptop OEMs just have terrible paste applications.
I’m comfortable opening it up, but applying thermal paste, possibly fucking up and frying the chip? Hell, no! :D
Edit: If I start tinkering with this, I’ll first look into other fans that might shovel more air more quietly.
