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Cpu and Gpu temps

Here are temperatures on my GPUs, all running 10 instances @ 15fps, 16bit, 800x600, 9.999999, low settings etc etc:

GTX 560ti, 74?C, load 60-75%
GTX 660ti, 55?C, load 27-35%
GTX 660ti, 63?C, load 24-31%

tkinda big difference between 560ti and 660ti, that should be because of different making-architecture of the chips. power-uptake of the 560ti is higher hence the bigger temperature. second 660ti is a factory overclocked edition, hence the slightly less load and higher temperature.

ambient temperature should be like 22?C.
 
Yeah, well now this seems normal. ~74C is what my gtx 560 Ti reaches with 10 instances on. What i meant, is that the GPU in the OP is a gtx 465 and it SHOULD not get to 85C with 6 instances. Causes that come to mind are either settings of d3 or low fan speed (mine is at 65%). It might also be due to old/bad thermal grease.
 
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ad3ddd said:
Yeah, well now this seems normal. ~74C is what my gtx 560 Ti reaches with 10 instances on. What i meant, is that the GPU in the OP is a gtx 465 and it SHOULD not get to 85C with 6 instances. Causes that come to mind are either settings of d3 or low fan speed (mine is at 65%). It might also be due to old/bad thermal grease.
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No, it's simply because that GPU is ancient. The temperature he's getting is totaly fine.

Older architecture GPUs (and CPUs) like the GTX465 are a piece of shit because of several reasons. They are highly inefficient power-wise, the GTX460 will take up to 330W (!) under load which directly translates into heat. Compared to my GTX660 it isn't even remotely close when it's up to computing power. This results in the GTX460 being quite challenged by 6 instances already, uptaking about 300W of power and hence converting alot of electrical energy into heat.

All while a modern GPU like the GTX660 won't be challenged at all by even 10 instances. Mine are running at like 30% load and guess what - even if they were running at 100% load they would only take up like 150W of power. So this way my GPUs take like 60-70W while running 10 instances instead of 300W. Thats a 500% energy-efficiency benefit.
 
my GPU is at 99% load and 75 degrees even if only just one instance is running, and its fan is always at 1830 rpm which is 56% (checked in GPU-Z). seems like something definitely wrong here...

another possible factor is that radiator is very close to the PC, but it's directed right on me, not on the PC (no heat is coming out of radiator's left side)
 
I am telling you, this is not normal. You can't be at 99% load with this GPU with 6 games. gts 450 which is roughly the same "ancient" technology, but far less powerful as a GPU, reaches 70% load with the same number of games. Try updating your drivers or formatting and installing a fresh Windows. Something is off here. The huge load is the reason why your GPU gets so hot.
 
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driver update didn't change anything (did it about a week ago), so maybe it's time for win8...
 
it doesn't sound software related, but yeah, try formatting and re-installing windows.
if that doesn't solve it, it's def hardware.
 
Sounds like you have an infinite loop draining ur gpu. You have any weird processes running?
 
nope.

btw I wasn't quite correct about GPU load. this is what Open Hardware Monitor and GPU-Z say (1 instance is running atm, GPU core is at 99% with 2):
 

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Okay, sounds like something is faulty. Try to reapply thermal paste. There are cases when old/bad TIM has caused such issues. But i think it's more likely to be software issue. Do a format of the system disk and reinstall windows with NO connection to the internet while doing it. I hope it is not a hardware defect. You can also try running a GPU benchmark such as 3Dmark. If it goes so high with diablo 3, i assume it will come close to the bad temperatures in a benchmark. Then after you reinstall stuff and change the TIM, do that benchmark again.
 
man, for some lousy money you can get a decept cpu cooler, and add aditional fan to impruve airflow in your case.

not worth raping your cpu like that 24/7
 
Additional CPU cooler might solve your CPU heat issues. However, adding a case fan won't improve things as much as one might think. I have 6 fans in my case and have things optimized for a good airflow; it accounts to a 3-4C change. I think you should check your GPU.
 
I enabled vsync in the game settings and it lowered both CPU and GPU temperatures by 10 degrees. I also tweaked the GPU fan speed graph with MSI AfterBurner which lowered GPU temperature by 5 more degrees.
 
finally solved all my heating issues. the reason was really silly: I had 'keep always in foreground' db setting checked and the foreground limit setting in the game was unchecked...

now GPU is always at the lowest temperature 36 degrees and d3 utilizes 2-4% of CPU per copy, CPU temperature is 50 degrees with 2 instances.
 
Told ya there is something wrong with these temperatures :)
 
hey guys Im running i7-3770k 3.50ghz n geforce 560ti what kind of d3pref.txt edits i need or my 12.instance?Even 11 instance i get alot of bottle necks cpu atm %60 but whenever I open to 12 it becomes %100 and slow me down like hell.My fps 24/8 no mip bias or something else...Help please :)
 
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Generally; i am quite aware of that fact. I am not so sure it's fine, tho. Pretty sure there's gotta be something wrong with settings. This high is just strange. Was at my buddy's place today. He runs 5 bots on a gts450 and it wasn't gettin above 60C as well. FPS 15/15 and 800x600 resolution / 16 BIT graphics sure help a lot. I suggest you guys try it with these settings and then check your temps.
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Jesus guys, read your literature, will ya :)
The 460GTX assuming it is the first version by the temperatures is based on the first Fermi chips that was only operatable on high temperatures, whereas the GTX560Ti is based on an overhauled chip that was only released in 2011, and produces sensible heat. The 450GTS has a strongly crippled Fermi chip, so despite being a derivative of the original Fermi, it will produce significantly lower heat levels than its big brother.
80? is fine for a 460GTX with stock cooler and 60-70% load. try and fry some some eggs on it instead of worrying your ass off, except if it is a second gen. 460GTX equipped with the same GF114 as the GTX560ti.
 
80C isn't fine for any GPU. It won't damage it, but it is far from fine, in my book. First off, there can't be >50 % load with less than ~15 bots, provided you've got a correct setup. Right now, i am running 8 on 560Ti and it is at 19% load. Then, how about noise levels. Any sane person who's gpu goes as hot as 80C should crank up the fans, right? Have you tried to sleep close to a PC with two 60/70mm GPU fans up to 90% speed? :P It's not a pleasant experience.. Also, 80C GPU temp will raise the ambient temperature inside your case quite a lot; should you have good airflow and a good exhaust fan, then this hot air will go directly into your room, raising its ambient temperature considerably. In case you haven't noticed, it's summer already. I find it pretty stupid to have to run the air conditioning 24/7 as a countermeasure for your computer's insane heat output, lol.

p.s. right now my gpu has it's original dual fans and the plastic "chassis" off. I've got there a 92 mm and 80mm fan instead, as well as a side fan blowing right on the radiator, and it works pretty well. It is under 50C all the time. Keep in mind, that my ambient temperature in the room exceeds 23C right now with the AC off. You can also downclock yout GPU to the lowest possible graphics clock, that will reduce the heat, but will increase the GPU load. In my case it goes from 805 to 400 mhz and doubles to gpu load from 19% to 40%.
 
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