I think you need to check your card thermal paste and pads. Also you case airflow is quite bad. Why don't you upload a picture of your set-up so we can see

That was what I'm thinking earlier but when the card down clock itself after it hit the temp limit, I think otherwise and start worry about it


It's a brand new card though, like less than a week when I bought it. Sure I'll share my set up later this evening or tonight.

no harm trying, just remember sometimes Afterburner will have issues with driver, and the thermal or power limit might not work, thus need to try to underclock.

Your gpu is overkill for 1080p gaming, hence the high thermal output.

Hmm.. the only thing I can adjust with Afterburner is the fan curve, power limit didn't stop it from reaching peak 83c before it down clock itself. I'll consider the under clock later if I had enough with the hot temp

@jetblast here's my pc case layout for your reference

From the picture, Your card is clocked way above boost clock. I don't see any issue with your setup and suggest you just use it as it is intended.

The card is maintaining its set power target hence the raised clocks

To lower temps you would have to lower the clocks or power limits but you would sacrifice performance. Best would be to set the temp limit to your ideal temperature, but why change since the card is made to be set at 83C...

This post has been edited by N1ck: Mar 19 2019, 06:01 PM

The ventilation of the case does seems pretty bad though, it seems like a large volume of heat are trapped in the case,with those weak fans that you're using, which i assume is a sickleflow and CM stock fans. And the narrow space between the graphics card and the floor of your case, is comparable to my dual card build, temp will go up to 80s from 73 degrees(single card setup) as there'll be restrictions with the amount of direct air the fans of the card can suck in. I'm having Gigabyte 2080ti myself and oh boy, these rtx cards do get hot. But upgrading/adding your fans will definitely help

GPU temp is okay, but the heat is going back to case, which will increase the internal ambient temp if ventilation is not good, this is second issue.
First issue is over-performing GPU, without FPS limiter the game will render like over hundreds of FPS unnecessarily/

psu shroud too close imo. try remove those stupid cover

that would spoil the airflow direction, also the clearance is enough.
Unless the cover beneath can install another fans.

Yeah, exactly point on my fan model. Unfortunately i can only install 1 more extra fan which is below the front intake fan but I don't think it'll improve the air flow anyway since below there are where the extra cable resides.


I know that card is overkill but people from reddir (I asked) recommend to get it anyway for future proofing instead of getting 1660ti. Does this mean I have to forge another budget for better case?

matx/itx case? one of the problems. tight airflow.

i don't recognise the GPU brand too. msi? gigabyte? zotac perhaps? but all of them have backplates though.

it looks like the thermal solution of the card is another issue as well.

This post has been edited by lolzcalvin: Mar 19 2019, 11:26 PM

The only way to at least improve it is by upgrading those fans. Noctua A12 or S12A and Corsair AF120 are the few good ones out there that you can look into. Though, I reckon the best solution is to get a better case. There's a list of case's temperature and airflow comparison online that you can take a look at before you make a purchasing decision, such as this https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3120-bes...c-cases-of-2017 . You can see how much of a difference in temp a case can make

This post has been edited by Steve Lum: Mar 19 2019, 11:35 PM

If you missed the first post, I've put the details of my gc. It's galax and i think the only model without backplate

I chose mAtx because of the suitable form factor. I did consider about the air flow but I didn't knew it would be this bad though

my mistake.

I'd still think the thermal solution of this galax card is posing a problem as well. one could argue that rtx 2060 needs only 2 fans but when i was running 1060 i've had 3 and it ran ~70++ ℃ under air-conditioning room. and 1060 would've ran way cooler than 2060.

Upgrading those fans would really hurt my budget right now for 4 of them. Case is no different here and that means I'd to save up more that what I had in mind initially. I've seen that ATX has better airflow mostly so is it better to just upgrade current case to ATX?

Oh, i need to add more fan too for ATX :sad:

Not when I asked about the product before. They said galax is a good card for both performance and cooling. If it run undee 80c, I would not worry at all but here I am, when the case itself was the problem

My 1060 run at 80c before upgraded but I didn't pay much attention to it because its fan wasn't as loud as this galax card

you need some good fans, for intake you need stronger fans due to filtered fans have reduced airflow.
at least 2500rpm with PWM is preferred.

I can't recommend any fans though as I'm using some weird OEM fans (NMB/Sony), their life span is too long to wait them to die before I can try out new fans.

Remove the filter from top panel and change it to exhaust if possible, also another problem with the back panel exhaust, the fan grill is too restrictive.

Tip for your next case in case you want to improve the thermal performance, for exhaust fan grill, choose the one with less restrictive grill, the bigger the holes the better, it create less noise and improve airflow.
My Lianli case top and back panel exhaust fan grill is customizable / removable, it was the best case i had but too expensive lol (500 sgd...)

I have another wip case which is Fractal design R6, you can try to check other model as well or wait for other forumer suggestion as well.
Look for case with good ventilation option, your current case is only good for aio cooler/htpc.

Guess I don't have much of a choice now but to wait for several month till I had budget to upgrade both fan and case.

The top panel is already setup as exhaust fan (stock case fan). At first, I setup that way because my cpu started to get really hot under load, now I'm starting to see the airflow problem after you point it out.

For the back panel though, I thought it was wide enough for air to pass through and it has no filter. Top panel filter can be removed. Front panel however, I'd afraid it will pull more dust if I open the that panel for unrestrictive air flow.

Yeap! It's defo better to upgrade your current case to ATX cases. Full-sized towers are usually better for future proof as well, for upgradability in the future. I'm still using CM Cosmos 2 case from 7 yrs ago, and i've upgraded the hardware three times now without any hurdles, looks sparkling brand new too . And you don't have to buy extra fans yet, considering those cases do come with 2-3 fans, which totals up to 7 fans with ur current case Then perhaps you could upgrade those fans after

Room temperature at 35c is abnormal laaaa.

Erm dude, this is absolute BS.

Whether or not it's overkill for 1080P is not going to affect your temperature, in fact for 1080P it's far from being an overkill.

Also the RTX 2060 - is just nice for 144Hz refresh, in some cases still not enough to maintain full 144 fps.