All computer components during operation emit a certain amount of heat. With poor cooling, the temperature of the computer can reach critical values and disable it, especially for a video card. In this article we will try to figure out what the normal temperature of the video card should be and how to avoid its increase.
The temperature of video cards from different manufacturers is different from each other and greatly depends on the method of cooling and power. For a regular video card, it is approximately 40 degrees during idle time and 70 degrees under load. Too often find out what the normal temperature of the video card is not necessary. One check every three months is enough. If there are crashes when working in some applications, reboots and a decrease in system performance, then the readings of temperature sensors can tell a lot to an experienced user.
At the moment, equipment for computers operates at very high frequencies and manufacturers, due to very high competition, very high requirements for product capacities and performance. Nowadays, gamers are incredibly lucky, as manufacturers, competing among themselves for the sales market, produce models with amazing hardware power for a relatively low cost. In addition, in the struggle for a client, companies already at the factory accelerate a standard video card to serious indicators, or provide various utilities for independent “overclocking” of computer hardware.
The game video card has the ability to heat up very much, and in order to constantly maintain the normal temperature of the video card, manufacturers install various complex cooling systems with large coolers and radiators.
In case of serviceability, the cooling system does not allow such a heating of the processor, but over time any even the most reliable equipment begins to wear out, especially the cooler. The grease dries up, dust gets in, parts are deformed. As a result - overheating and failure.
If your computer has similar "symptoms of illness" and the optimal temperature of the video card goes beyond its permissible limits, appropriate measures should be taken:
- first, pay attention to the dust contamination of the cooler fan and its cooling fins;
- secondly, attention should be paid to the location of the system unit itself (there should be free space around it for access to fresh air and good ventilation). Even such a simple action as removing the side cover of the system unit at times increases the cooling of the computer and its performance;
- thirdly, you can use various programs that increase the speed of rotation of the cooling fan of the video card. In this case, in order to ensure that the normal temperature of the video card does not go beyond the permissible norms, when starting “heavy” applications, you must manually increase the frequency of the fan.
I would also like to say about the effectiveness of the last paragraph. It is necessary to regulate airflow not only to maintain the optimal temperature of the video card, but also to ensure its power reserve. You can conduct a simple experiment yourself: with increased cooling on your computer, the frame rate increases by fifteen percent! Nice performance gain, what do you think?
Can you imagine the capabilities of your computer if the normal temperature of the video card at its full load will be several times lower than the temperature set by the manufacturer? To do this, there are systems of enhanced forced cooling, the main component of which is liquid nitrogen. Well, this is the topic of a separate article ...
I wish you to use only high-quality and good hardware! Good luck