83° is the limit for most GPUs, they will throttle at that point. I checked up on Bannerlord, there is an FPS limiter in game settings. I also read on some forum that the graphics engine is badly designed. You can configure GEFORCE experience to show an FPS counter.
Try limiting the FPS to 60 in game settings, test.
Do you have a second monitor to watch temps/fans/clocks/load/freq/whatever you want, like I do with OpenHardwareMonitor?
Here is and example screenshot, red is GPU%/Frequency/Temp/Fan speed
AW-CC has no control whatsoever on the speed of the front or top fans. Its a known issue common to all AW-CC, with stock fans and with corsair fans. Dell messed with their poor quality loud front fans, almost everybody does replace them with corsair
@Tesla1856 and @Anonymous made good suggestions below, if you have corsairs, they will be running lower speed, less cool air flowing for the GPU. If your fans are cutting out like my ML 120 Pros can do on my R8 around the radiator, it can have a very bad effect on temps. I have to set a max offset to 80 atm.
R11S with 3080 here. Replaced both fans with Corsair ML120Pros. Cpu is liquid-cooled. Before the GPU went faulty(another story) I was getting temps in the low 70s during heavy gaming (Hunt: Showdown @QHD 144hz max ssettings, etc). I know it's unlikely but maybe one of your fans is placed in the wrong direction?
Still waiting on your tests of limiting your FPS to stop your GPU from hitting the max temp.
You can also manage ML120 Pros on R8 AWCC. You have to use a manual curve or a fixed offset, both have to be based on the maximum that you can set to avoid fans cutting. My R8 had the corsairs cut if I set the offset above 80.
Well, you should never mix and match thermal paste, that's a bad idea since the compounds used in them vary wildly. Adding more thermal paste to try and lower temperatures usually has the opposite effect.
With thermal paste, in general, less is better. The best way of replacing thermal paste is to remove the original completely using 99% pure propyl alcohol (These days most is 50% pure, 99% pure is the one you want) until nothing is left on the cpu. I usually use cotton swabs and very carefully rub from the edges inwards until it's all gone. Of course you unplug the power cord from your computer before you start this process.
New thermal paste should be a pea size in the center of the CPU, followed by placing the heat sink over it and evenly push it down slightly. If it's a mounting pattern with 4 screws in each corner, turn screws in an x pattern ensuring you tighten them up evenly to avoid having the heat sink sit on an angle on the CPU. Also do not overtighten them.
There's videos on youtube that explains it better then me.
As for the GPU, I have an R10 with an RTX 3080 and the RTX at 100% GPU usage and 100% power at around 2 Ghz core clock, it never reaches above 65 Celsius. At that temperature you can hear the fans, but not super loud. I would say normal loud. If you get 83 Celsius that is the temperature limit and I would say something is not right.
This is with the stock hardware, and a 135/200 OC on the video card with the "performance" thermal profile from the Dell utility. I have not bothered playing with it more because it performs well enough for what I need it to do that pushing it further is just going to generate more heat and noise with no direct benefit in my case.
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February 2nd, 2021 08:00
Hi @Viking42
Are you VSynced, Gsynced or FreeSynced?
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Turn-up your Front-Fan in AW-CC (to bring-in more cool-air).
However, if you messed-with your stock fan(s), they may no longer be running at the proper RPM.
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Hi @Viking42
83° is the limit for most GPUs, they will throttle at that point. I checked up on Bannerlord, there is an FPS limiter in game settings. I also read on some forum that the graphics engine is badly designed. You can configure GEFORCE experience to show an FPS counter.
Try limiting the FPS to 60 in game settings, test.
Do you have a second monitor to watch temps/fans/clocks/load/freq/whatever you want, like I do with OpenHardwareMonitor?
Here is and example screenshot, red is GPU%/Frequency/Temp/Fan speed
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AW-CC has no control whatsoever on the speed of the front or top fans. Its a known issue common to all AW-CC,
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Well, not the AW-CC on my Aurora-R6.
I can set Thermal Controller to Manual.
Then, I setup a nice-little up-hill Curve for FRONT-FAN (Linked-to CPU Sensor).
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February 2nd, 2021 23:00
Hi
As you may notice in multiple posts in this forum,
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/Aurora-R11-front-fan-replacement/m-p/7740113
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/Aurora-R10-chassis-swap-of-fans-questions/m-p/7654669
AW-CC has no control whatsoever on the speed of the front or top fans. Its a known issue common to all AW-CC, with stock fans and with corsair fans.
Dell messed with their poor quality loud front fans, almost everybody does replace them with corsair
Viking42
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February 2nd, 2021 23:00
Hi
My screen is set for freesync, and is suspect i set a kind of sync in my games
Is it a known ressources eater?
Viking42
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February 2nd, 2021 23:00
1) 40deg celsius is a very fine idle temp for a CPU, was 53C idle when i got the stock aurora R10
2) yes i cleaned up fully the old paste before nicely apply new, paste, lowered by 10deg celsius the idle temp
3) The post is about the 3080 GPU temp, not the CPU temp
Viking42
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February 2nd, 2021 23:00
Yes, i have a small 13inch side monitor to look at the temps, good hint!
I'll do the test, also wondering for GTAV
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February 2nd, 2021 23:00
@Tesla1856 and @Anonymous made good suggestions below, if you have corsairs, they will be running lower speed, less cool air flowing for the GPU. If your fans are cutting out like my ML 120 Pros can do on my R8 around the radiator, it can have a very bad effect on temps. I have to set a max offset to 80 atm.
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February 7th, 2021 03:00
R11S with 3080 here. Replaced both fans with Corsair ML120Pros. Cpu is liquid-cooled. Before the GPU went faulty(another story) I was getting temps in the low 70s during heavy gaming (Hunt: Showdown @QHD 144hz max ssettings, etc). I know it's unlikely but maybe one of your fans is placed in the wrong direction?
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February 7th, 2021 04:00
@Viking42
Still waiting on your tests of limiting your FPS to stop your GPU from hitting the max temp.
You can also manage ML120 Pros on R8 AWCC. You have to use a manual curve or a fixed offset, both have to be based on the maximum that you can set to avoid fans cutting. My R8 had the corsairs cut if I set the offset above 80.
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Well, you should never mix and match thermal paste, that's a bad idea since the compounds used in them vary wildly. Adding more thermal paste to try and lower temperatures usually has the opposite effect.
With thermal paste, in general, less is better. The best way of replacing thermal paste is to remove the original completely using 99% pure propyl alcohol (These days most is 50% pure, 99% pure is the one you want) until nothing is left on the cpu. I usually use cotton swabs and very carefully rub from the edges inwards until it's all gone. Of course you unplug the power cord from your computer before you start this process.
New thermal paste should be a pea size in the center of the CPU, followed by placing the heat sink over it and evenly push it down slightly. If it's a mounting pattern with 4 screws in each corner, turn screws in an x pattern ensuring you tighten them up evenly to avoid having the heat sink sit on an angle on the CPU. Also do not overtighten them.
There's videos on youtube that explains it better then me.
As for the GPU, I have an R10 with an RTX 3080 and the RTX at 100% GPU usage and 100% power at around 2 Ghz core clock, it never reaches above 65 Celsius. At that temperature you can hear the fans, but not super loud. I would say normal loud. If you get 83 Celsius that is the temperature limit and I would say something is not right.
This is with the stock hardware, and a 135/200 OC on the video card with the "performance" thermal profile from the Dell utility. I have not bothered playing with it more because it performs well enough for what I need it to do that pushing it further is just going to generate more heat and noise with no direct benefit in my case.