This is a problem both if we refer to the temperatures they reach, since not knowing what scale the ideal temperature of our video card is can mean that we are making it work beyond its capabilities, this can in turn cause a breakdown on this, reducing its useful life and, if you want to go further, of all the components of our PC.
So, what temperature range should my GPU operate at?
Graphics cards generally have two states:
Inactive or in low consumption, this implies that what we do on the computer does not require too much graphic intervention, as can be the case with the use of office applications which are not based on processing graphics such as word processing, Internet browsing. or watch videos (although with the latter the temperatures can be a few degrees higher, but not too much)
In this case, the normal temperature should be between 30ºC and the 40ºC be able to cross the barrier of 45ºC in case you are watching videos. In any case, the temperature in this mode should not exceed 50ºC.
When using a high-consumption operation, in this case refer to when you are using our new graphic card for the tasks that require much more power, sessions in which the GPU holds large loads of work, as it can be used in the case of juice. a video game.
In any case, the normal temperature when using our chart in this way should be between 70ºC and the 80ºC.
In the event of exceeding the 85ºC-90ºC This is cause for alarm, as these temperatures should not be normal on a graphics card that is in a PC with good airflow, if this is not the case. overclocking obviously.
Check the temperature? Very simple
There are applications that monitor all of our equipment, allowing us to check at any time if any of the components exceed their capacity. Some applications offer a wide variety of actions to take if necessary, but others are simpler, they only show us the temperatures in our graph without even being able to change the speed at which our fans spin. Below we show you several that you can use if you need them.
Do you just want to check the temperature in Windows? Use the task manager!
This application, integrated into Windows, allows us to perform different functions, among which end processes, check the performance of our computer and in this case, check the temperature of our graphics card.
We can open the task manager by pressing the following key combination: CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.
Once in the task manager, simply go to the Performance tab and click on GPU to check the temperature of our graph:
I’m using Linux and I don’t have task manager, what should I do?
Despite what people may think, Linux is not that complicated an operating system, although sometimes there are people who choke if they don’t know the English language very well, but that’s for that YouTube tutorials exist.
To check the temperature in Linux, you can use the command “sensors» which will allow you to check the temperature of your graph:
To do this, we will only have to open the terminal with CTRL+ALT+T and execute the following command: sudo sensors-detect
If the information does not appear, it means that our graph does not contain the sensors necessary for Linux to detect it by itself; if it does not have them we will have to use an external application.
MAC users exist too!
And for this reason, we are also going to give you the solution: iStat menus.
This application designed for MAC allows us to check all the relevant information about our computer, including the CPU, GPU and even the battery.
I need, in addition to checking the temperature, to be able to modify the attributes of my GPU!
Without problem, there are different applications that allow us to modify the graphics as we wish, in this case you can use MSI Afterburner, a free application that will give you everything you need:
- First we need to download and install the application.
- After that, just run the application as administrator and we can check the temperature of our graph:
Additionally, it allows us to control the voltage as well as the speed of the graphics card itself and the fans. It is not recommended to touch the voltage or clock speed if you do not have a minimum of technical knowledge because it can wreak havoc on our graph if it is poorly configured.
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