GPU temps in Odyssey

AugustBlade

AugustBlade
Recently, I downloaded MSI Afterburner and RTSS to smooth out my frame timing in the games I play. While playing Odyssey, I noticed that my GPU temperatures while on the ground and in settlements skyrockets to the point where it reaches the temp limit I have set, and starts throttling the GPU. These images show the differences between being in space and on the surface of planets:
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The only way I can play everything that Odyssey offers without spiking my GPU temps, is to have RTSS cap the framerate to 30 FPS. Which, works really well. I get no hitches or stutter. But, still...30 FPS? I play a few other games that are graphics intensive, and they don't get anywhere near these temps. How are your guys' temps when playing Odyssey?
 

FX2K

FX2K
Sure Odyssey is hitting gpu's harder than it should / needs to, its still (imo) broken in that regard and needs a more work.
But, its a good thing when a game can utilise as close to 100% of your GPU as possible, which in turn means higher temps, sure... but why wouldn't you want full utilisation of your hardware? If temps are a problem, you need to be looking at cooling.

As for the 2060, I'm sure that's supposed to run at around 80-84 degrees under load, so not sure where the issue is.
 
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AugustBlade

AugustBlade
FX2K said:
Sure Odyssey is hitting gpu's harder than it should / needs to, its still (imo) broken in that regard and needs a more work.
But, its a good thing when a game can utilise as close to 100% of your GPU as possible, which in turn means higher temps, sure... but why wouldn't you want full utilisation of your hardware? If temps are a problem, you need to be looking at cooling.

As for the 2060, I'm sure that's supposed to run at around 80-84 degrees under load, so not sure where the issue is.
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Is it though? I didn't know that. You and Crank Larson mentioned cooling. How exactly do I cool my GPU? I ask because I'm a little new to PC building, and the rig I made does have a good cooler for the CPU, which keeps it at good temps. But, is there some type of cooling specifically for GPU's? I did a custom fan curve that goes to 100% when the card reaches 80c, but it didn't help.
 

FX2K

FX2K
I don't know the specifics for your card, but I've had many hot running cards in my life and now have a cool running one.

My RTX 2080ti ran at 84 degrees (iirc) under full load for demanding games. Nothing wrong with that. Great in the winter :)
My RTX 3090 runs at approx 68 degrees (its a monster of a cooling solutions though)

Sure, there can be throttling at high temps, but the first thing to look at would be ambient room temps, case airflow, dust buildup, overclocked / over-volted card? other related things .. it all matters.. but only if you are actually having temp issues.

What doesn't necessarily matter, imo, or make much difference, is your card running at a peak temperature that it is designed to run at.

If it gets too hot (lets ignore the amazon game thing a moment) then its designed to slow itself a bit to cool, or even shut itself down to prevent damage.
If its getting too hot and not even close to full load, then you have cooling / airflow issues.

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Vardaugas

Vardaugas
You get a close 60 fps on planets. Cap the frames at that. Should deal with the temperature issues about as good as the 30 cap. Elite seems to produce as mane fps as it can and that puts a strain on the GPU when you don't figure out proper caps for the performance you are running the game with.
 

Crank Larson

Crank Larson
AugustBlade said:
Is it though? I didn't know that. You and Crank Larson mentioned cooling. How exactly do I cool my GPU? I ask because I'm a little new to PC building, and the rig I made does have a good cooler for the CPU, which keeps it at good temps. But, is there some type of cooling specifically for GPU's? I did a custom fan curve that goes to 100% when the card reaches 80c, but it didn't help.
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I hit heat throttling with my 980Ti and it took me ages to realise. I bought an all-in-one water cooler kit for that after which it never went above 75c. Custom kits can get even lower temperatures (but will cost a lot more), but so long as the max is within the cards specs it doesn't matter. There was no more throttling afterwards, and all the games where I had experienced stuttering previously ran perfectly.

I've since upgraded to a 6800 which is not water cooled. But I'll likely add water cooling as soon as there is a reasonably priced option available.
 

CMDR Jayce MacLeod

CMDR Jayce MacLeod
I have a 1080ti - an EVGA FTW3 to be exact. Good airflow in the case. Hitting a usual 72-73 on average, not much different then before.

For contrast, if I load up Furmark and run the most demanding tests, I can hit as high as 84 degrees.

Overall, I'm fine with Oddessy's temps
 

colprice2002

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And I've checked my settings and temperatures today:-
FPS capped to 90fps (1920x1080 60hz frame rate)
Deep space, 40-50 % CPU usage, 30% GPU, 90fps
Planet surface (SRV and on foot) 40-80%cpu, 40% GPU, 90fps
Disembark in space station, 80%cpu, 70%cpu, 55-60fps
Enter lift, 100%cpu, 70%cpu, 50fps
Enter concourse, 90%cpu, 70%gpu, 35-45fps
None of the above figures should be taken as exact!
What it does seem to indicate is that for my system, it becomes CPU bound rather than GPU bound.
Fyi,
CPU i5-4670 K overclocked to 4.2 (water cooled)
Rtx 2060 (using thrust master controller custom cooling curve)
Pc case is a Fractal with 3 cooling fans.
 

Morbad

Morbad
AugustBlade said:
But, is there some type of cooling specifically for GPU's?
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A GPU has it's own cooler, and not all GPU coolers are equal. They can be supplemented or replaced.

Ambient temps and case airflow also matter.

Undervolting is another way to improve temperature and performance that doesn't require any change to the hardware, just capping voltage to a more efficient range and optionally tuning boost clocks to take better advantage of the margins available at a given voltage.

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I read that RTX cards going over 80c get throttled. Is that not true?
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Boosting is dynamic and will benefit from cooler temperatures, without any practical limit to how cold, at least not without subambient cooling.

Most RTX cards have an ~84C (GPU edge) target temp, and will stop boosting and ramp fan speed to keep that temp. They won't actively throttle back below guaranteed boost until 90C+, however.
 

CptXabaras

CptXabaras
Max GPU temp for me is 42 Celcius / VRM 50 Celcius. I'm watercooled obviously (ekwb full GPU cover + backplate), but Elite is the only game that brings it at 42 degrees with the card power throttling at 300 watts (it hovers between 2012mhz to 2050mhz.

On other games I hardly pass 35 / 38 degree.

My room temperature is a constant 21 / 22 degrees Celsius
 

CMDR Von Abrahart

CMDR Von Abrahart
I would love FDEV to let us know what the issues are exactly and how they are resolved - I’m sure it would be interesting to see the GPU / CPU issues
 

SSMYT

SSMYT
2080 gigabyte, three cooler, GPU 41/50ºc in ultra 2k 60 fps block, CPU 61/49ºc, It is not your gpu, it is your ventilation, your tower does not have good air flow, the X4 heats the CPU between 60/70 / 49ºc randomly and leaves me at 39/41 / 50ºc the gpu depending on the area, if I have one of 3 fans, but I have had a 1080 of msi of 2, I never went up to 80 or more than 70 in the middle of summer and because the afterburner was closed, always check to have MSI afterburner with a manual / automatic fan profile, not stock
 

ferus

ferus
I have a fairly new rig (built in January) and in some settlements I’m hitting 74 degrees in Odyssey on my RX 6800 XT (coupled with AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and 32 GB RAM) playing at 1440p, everything maxed out.

No other game does that. And that’s capped to 60 FPS.

Most of the time though the temps are between 50-60 be it in space or on planets.
 
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