Aurora R8, RTX 2080 Ti, General GPU OC questions

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Hey everyone, first I would like to say I'm am extremely un-knowledgeable about computers in general I recently got a R8 and have been experiencing lots of problems in general, which I have made posts and have asked questions about, and this community has been amazing in helping me. I have a bunch of general questions this time, I would appreciate help when anyone has time: I did go overboard and picked the Dell 2080 ti when I bought the R8, at the time, I didn't know that a bunch of different companies made the same cards and others could be better than each other.  I'm coming to find out that not only there are a lot of problems with dell's 2080 ti (which i am experiencing) that they run loud and hot too, for example (and this is going to lead me to another question which i am very curious about): I just installed Call of duty black ops 4. I opened the game and everything was in default settings in the menu, i didn't change anything. I started playing the game for the first time and all of a sudden with in the first like 2 minutes, the 2080 ti's fan started spinning so loud I can't even describe. You can hear this thing from downstairs (the computer is upstairs) and I didn't even change anything to better settings. I go and look in the AWCC and the card is already like 72c hot and climbs to 80 within 5 minutes later. A crazy amount of hot air is blowing out of the rear of the R8 as if this thing was going to explode. So my questions are, I notice in the AWCC that one of the options of the gpu, is that you can set the temp lower. by default, it is set at 84c.  My questions about this are, if i set the temp lower (I guess to 69c, it seems to start getting crazy loud over 70c) What will happen? Does that prevent the card from getting hot as it seems it would? Is this bad for the card? Also there are other options like 'power limit' , 'core clock mhz' and memory clock mhz.  - - If I set the thermal limit lower, to like 69 c. do i have to/should i change those other above options? If so, what do you recommend? Also what will happen if I change the max temp lower? Does it do things like only make the games fps lower? or is it actually bad for the card and can make game lag all over the place? To make a long story short - Why I'm asking all of this is, I don't want the card to get so loud, and I don't mind if games don't play as well, I just want to know to what extent the consequences are by lowering the max temp of the card in AWCC, etc  :) Also, any advice/comments anyone would like to add feel free to Thanks everyone!   *Edit*  I would also like to ask:   Anyone reading this that has a Dell made:  RTX 2070, 2080, or even a GTX 1070, 1080, 1080 ti etc, do they get loud like i described my 2080ti gets in the example I gave? Like not putting a 'heavy load' on it etc.  Thank you

Tesla1856 · Answer

@Jamemamone wrote:

1. or is it actually bad for the card and can make game lag all over the place? I just want to know to what extent the consequences are by lowering the max temp of the card in AWCC, etc :)

2. Anyone reading this that has a Dell made: GTX 1070, 1080, 1080 ti etc, do they get loud like i described my 2080ti gets in the example I gave? Like not putting a "heavy load" on it etc. Thank you

1. If it gets too hot, it should thermal-throttle-back. If it fails to do that, it will get damaged permanently.

2. I have a Dell-OEM GTX-1070 (MSI Aero clone) in my Aurora-R6. It's a back-blower, like a FE card.
- It is whisper quiet when not gaming.
- You can hear it while gaming (Fallout-4 or WoW), but not loud. We can still easily use the headset mic (in Discord) while playing (Aurora-R6 is on corner of desk, less than 3-ft away).

There are no completely-silent (at high utilization) high-end video-cards that I know of.
I still think you might be happier with a gaming-console or an iPad-Pro.

Aaronms1 · Answer

Well, the noise depends on your fan or cooling unit, not the video card. The RTX series runs hot and 70-80C isn't that bad. If it climbs to 90, you might want to start worrying.

Jamemamone · Answer

Hey guys, thanks for taking the time to reply.

I understand the card can get damaged if it gets too hot.

My main concerns and questions in my original post, which seem to be overlooked:

I know this card that comes with the R8s runs loud and hot. I know it is not just mine. I have read lots of other people post/comment about it.

I was mainly asking things about...I guess you could call it "Underclocking"

Please read my original post again about all the detailed questions I had about setting the max temp of the card lower in AWCC. As it seems to start getting really loud over 70c or so, which it automaticily climbs up to over 80, when I even start playing any game within the first few minutes, without even maxing out settings etc

Thank you very much again

Tesla1856 · Answer

@Jamemamone wrote:

1. I know this card that comes with the R8s runs loud and hot. I know it is not just mine. I have read lots of other people post/comment about it.

2. I was mainly asking things about...I guess you could call it "Underclocking"

1. AFAIK, it's just a clone of a FE card. Not sure why you are so "down" on it.

2. I've never heard of anyone so obsessed with fan noise to try it, but go ahead. I'm guessing you would load MSI AfterBurner and down-clock it .

Aaronms1 · Answer

You can also set a custom curve for the fans in Thermal Controller. If you really want to underclock, an easy foolproof way is to just have your power plan set to "save power." I use to use the setting for that in the NVIDIA control panel while I wasn't gaming or using Blender. You can set this in either the NVIDIA control panel under 3D settings or in the Alienware Command Center. Or in Windows.

I like NVIDIA's best because I'm more familiar with it and I can easily set performance on an app by app basis. You could also set voltage in OC settings but I've never tried to do what you're trying do there.

Billysteel · Answer

I don't think you will lose a lot of power if you reduce the clock speed but there will be an affect because it's the opposite of overclocking to get more GPU power/bandwidth.

I have a similar build with a RTX 2080 TI and my PC does not make that much noise even with everything on full ULTRA settings. If you can hear the fan really loud downstairs I think there's something you need to check with Dell Customer Support. Maybe they can run tests on your system to see if there are any abnormalities

I don't like that the temps get into the mid-80's C even if it's the norm for high end cards, it's still not good because it affects the life span of the card.

I have read other guys on Reddit modify the case fans (replace them with better quality fans that are also much quieter) and I've read big improvements with lower temperatures playing games at high settings. I would do your research about that also.

Good luck!

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