Skyrim and GPU temp & usage.

[kingkoopaboy]

Ok so first of all I have a EVGA GTX 680 stock. My concern is every time I play Skyrim it makes the cards temperature go 60 degrees and up. Making the GPU's fan work harder producing more heat. The game is modded with ENBs and texture mods of all sorts. I know the graphics are good specially modded but why is that Skyrim is the ONLY game in my library that makes the temp go that high? I play Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Assassin's Creed 3, Borderlands 2, Mass Effect. Most of those games make the temp go up to 50 no more. Also is it bad for the card to reach that temp often? Thanks in advance.

[Reynard131]

This really depends upon if the heat is being effectively dissipated... If you have A/C or you are where your ambient temps are lower then you are ok..

 

But if you are where the ambient temps are high and the heat is saturating the card it will slowly kill the card a few ways..

 

Are you using EVGA precision ? up the fan speed...

 

The Death road is three ways... VRAM will slowly breakdown...creating errors.. GPU and other semiconductor 'bumping' will have issues due to hotspots, or bad solder mfg. process. ROHS compliance brought in Tin solder instead of Lead.... Tin is brittle and melts much lower temps.

[Manany]

GPU can generally get hot, 60°C is nothing to worry about, it's rather a good temp I'd say. Just try to keep it under 90°C lol.
With Skyrim, my eVGA GTX 670 (OC @ 1202) often reach 74, 75°C while with other games... it's always under 70°C but just like you I have modded my skyrim, with tons of textures/meshes replacement and ENBs + more grass.

Actually, I am more concerned about my graphic card's VRM temperature, they can get very hot, even hotter than the GPU, but there's no monitoring for them most of them most of the time.

Edited June 13, 2013 by Manany

[kingkoopaboy]

Ok thanks. I was a little worried. It's my first built.