Diablo 4 causing hot GPU

[Nerph-]

Hey all,

I have an MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8GB GPU. It seems Diablo 4 hits my graphics card quite hard. When I was on the character creation screen, my GPU was at 77C. While in theory this isn't a major issue, it's the only game I've had make my gpu this hot and in all honesty I'm not comfortable with it.

I'm using a 1440p 144Hz monitor.

Things I've tried to help lower the temps and load on my GPU:

• Updated GPU drivers to latest.
• Updated motherboards bios to latest (no idea if this would help but thought I'd better do it anyway).
• Tried changing graphics options to low and medium (was set to high by default).
• Limited foreground FPS to 144 and kept lowering it until I got to 60.
• Fiddled with a bunch of different graphics settings (too many to name), changing them to medium or low.

I forgot to try setting my monitors resolution to 1080p, so I'll try that next time. Other than that though I'm not sure what else to try, so any advice is welcome.

Thanks!

Edit: If push comes to shove, I'm willing to replace my GPU with something like a 3060 ti (but would obviously rather not if I can avoid to).

Edit 2: Looking at 3060 ti's and I can get this for €370: ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition 8G GDDR6X

[vincink]

I'd give Blizzard some time to optimize the game a bit. My GPU so far hasn't had too much trouble with D4-- it's an old AMD 5700 XT-- which is from around the same time as the RTX 2070.

That said, a few things you could try is....

1. Try a monitor with a lower refresh rate. Although the game renders at 60 fps, the card is still sending frames to the monitor at 144Hz. I highly doubt this is the problem, though.
2. Have you tried setting the FPS limit through Nvidia's software? (Is it still Control Panel?)

[Nerph-]

I'd give Blizzard some time to optimize the game a bit. My GPU so far hasn't had too much trouble with D4-- it's an old AMD 5700 XT-- which is from around the same time as the RTX 2070.

That said, a few things you could try is....

1. Try a monitor with a lower refresh rate. Although the game renders at 60 fps, the card is still sending frames to the monitor at 144Hz. I highly doubt this is the problem, though.
2. Have you tried setting the FPS limit through Nvidia's software? (Is it still Control Panel?)

I haven't tried setting the FPS limit in Nvidia Control Panel, so I will. Thanks for the suggestion.

After googling I stumbled upon this thread with someone with a RTX 2060 having the same issues as me, and he'd tried setting the FPS limit in Nvidia Control Panel, but with no avail:

https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4...-not-good/1307

I'm not gonna lie, after looking at reviews of the 3060 ti I linked in my first post, I'm tempted to just get that if the FPS limiting doesn't work.

[StillMcfuu]

Hey all,

I have an MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8GB GPU. It seems Diablo 4 hits my graphics card quite hard. When I was on the character creation screen, my GPU was at 77C. While in theory this isn't a major issue, it's the only game I've had make my gpu this hot and in all honesty I'm not comfortable with it.

I'm using a 1440p 144Hz monitor.

Things I've tried to help lower the temps and load on my GPU:

• Updated GPU drivers to latest.
• Updated motherboards bios to latest (no idea if this would help but thought I'd better do it anyway).
• Tried changing graphics options to low and medium (was set to high by default).
• Limited foreground FPS to 144 and kept lowering it until I got to 60.
• Fiddled with a bunch of different graphics settings (too many to name), changing them to medium or low.

I forgot to try setting my monitors resolution to 1080p, so I'll try that next time. Other than that though I'm not sure what else to try, so any advice is welcome.

Thanks!

Edit: If push comes to shove, I'm willing to replace my GPU with something like a 3060 ti (but would obviously rather not if I can avoid to).

Edit 2: Looking at 3060 ti's and I can get this for €370: ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition 8G GDDR6X

It's Nvidia reflex, turn it off. It keeps the gpu pinned to lower latency. My case is open and I can hear my gpu racing, so I was lowering the fps until I found what reflex did.
Still lowering the fps in the Nvidia panel is a good idea because my fps will jump in menus.

[Nerph-]

It's Nvidia reflex, turn it off. It keeps the gpu pinned to lower latency. My case is open and I can hear my gpu racing, so I was lowering the fps until I found what reflex did.
Still lowering the fps in the Nvidia panel is a good idea because my fps will jump in menus.

Ok I'll go try that now, thanks.

[Flame6]

There's nothing wrong with running at GPU at 77 degrees for an entire gaming session. Even 85 is fine. GPUs get hot under load. It's a good sign because its showing you a game is actually optimized to utilize it.

[Nerph-]

Neither FPS limiting or disabling Nvidia Reflex worked much for me.

There's nothing wrong with running at GPU at 77 degrees for an entire gaming session. Even 85 is fine. GPUs get hot under load. It's a good sign because its showing you a game is actually optimized to utilize it.

That's fair. Not sure why it bothers me I guess I'm not used to many games pushing my GPU.

I decided to order that 3060 ti anyway. If it's any better, I will sell my 2070 on the second hand market.

[Dilbon]

But it's annoying if the fans get loud.

[max888]

That's nice optimization from Blizzard

[Linkedblade]

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77° is a perfectly fine operating temperature. If anything it's probably less a settings error, and more of an airflow issue. Take your side panel off and see what temp it hits under load.

[Puupi]

77c is not even hot for a GPU. 77c would be a bit hot for a CPU.

[Nerph-]

77° is a perfectly fine operating temperature. If anything it's probably less a settings error, and more of an airflow issue. Take your side panel off and see what temp it hits under load.

Okay well, I replaced my 2070 with a 3060 ti and that GPU seems to run less hot, by around 15 degrees less. While 77 might not be an issue, the fans going full speed sounding like a plane going down the runway was bothering me I'd already made a custom fan curve for it in Afterburner as well.

Anyway, the issue is in theory solved

[ldev]

I'd give Blizzard some time to optimize the game a bit. My GPU so far hasn't had too much trouble with D4-- it's an old AMD 5700 XT-- which is from around the same time as the RTX 2070.

That said, a few things you could try is....

1. Try a monitor with a lower refresh rate. Although the game renders at 60 fps, the card is still sending frames to the monitor at 144Hz. I highly doubt this is the problem, though.
2. Have you tried setting the FPS limit through Nvidia's software? (Is it still Control Panel?)

What's unoptimized in D4 engine?
<16 GB VRAM and Ultra textures, seems that some unused textures are not getting cleared, but I doubt anyone will be able to play with Ultra textures with 8 GB VRAM anyways.
Issue with DLSS3 frame generation not increasing FPS

I don't think there will be more optimization other than fixing these two issues.

[Stormwolf64]

That's nice optimization from Blizzard

If it's visually up to date then yes. If it looks like a game from 2010 and almost makes your GPU melt, then no

[Yizu]

If you are really concerned, you can undervolt or even easier a power limit on your gpu til you are comfortable with max temps

[Ssateneth]

77c is 100% normal and not cause for alarm. you are overeacting.

[Kilpi]

If it's visually up to date then yes. If it looks like a game from 2010 and almost makes your GPU melt, then no

Luckily D4 doesn't look like a game from 2010.

[Julmara]

clean your computer

[Nerph-]

77c is 100% normal and not cause for alarm. you are overeacting.

Idk. The sound the fans were making on the rtx 2070 didn't really sound healthy at all. Maybe I could have adjusted the fan curve more, but I'd not have felt comfortable with it.

I'm curious if there might have been a fault with my rtx 2070. I honestly cannot believe that it's normal it getting to those temps on the character creation screen, with fps limited to 60, settings on low, etc. The rtx 3060 ti I replaced it with was sitting at 10-15 degrees less at the same screen with the same settings.

Anyway, as I said previously it's not an issue anymore.

Edit: Also, other games with more intensive graphics didn't cause the 2070 any issue, d4 was literally the first game to make the card sweat.

clean your computer

Not the issue at all, but thanks.

[Cynical Asshole]

Lol. Temp dropped by a huge amount once I removed the left side of the case, exposing the motherboard to air.

So poor air circulation was indeed the cause.