Multiple monitors = higher GPU temp?

[jpublic]

So, I decided to use a spare monitor and run my computer with two.

Within seconds of plugging it in, my GPU suddenly jumped up 17 degrees Celsius.

Is this normal?

[biosc1]

I wouldn't think so, but handling something else...

Then again, I run 3 monitors and never really noticed a temp increase. Could be you need a driver update/fan control?

[Entropy]

I think this answers your question

[jpublic]

Gee, thanks. Not.

I was hoping someone could verify, because I was getting conflicting stories. It appears it comes around due to having two different monitors with different resolutions.


I gave up on the experiment. As much as I'd like to run a second, the extra power consumption and irritation weren't worth it. Especially since I'm damned if I could get my current LED to match to that older TFT.

[Reverant]

What GPU are you running?

[Handmade.Mercury]

Yeah, there are some GPUs that just don't downclock when pushing multiple monitors. My GTX 570 is one of them. Good thing I don't run multiple monitors.

[bean]

Originally Posted by Entropy

I think this answers your question

lame. I was expecting an informative link on that because the subject interested me.

[Entropy]

You mean like:

NVidia.com
Toms Hardware
Digital Storm Online
Anandtech
EVGA.com
Whirlpool
BoardReader
LegitReviews
NVNEws

Which came up during the Google search I provided. This really isn't much of a mystery....there's a ton of info out there on this problem...countless others are experiencing the same problem and NVidia even addressed it with a driver release.

[Reverant]

So a guy pulls up to a Mustang Club meeting in his 67 hardtop and starts chatting with a group of enthusiasts.

Guy: My temperature gauge's been rising since I last did some work under the hood. Anyone know why that would happen?

Entropy: You drove past a bookstore on the way here. I don't see why you didn't stop and spend hours reading a variety of sources before coming here to ask that question.

[Entropy]

Originally Posted by Reverant

So a guy pulls up to a Mustang Club meeting in his 67 hardtop and starts chatting with a group of enthusiasts.

Guy: My temperature gauge's been rising since I last did some work under the hood. Anyone know why that would happen?

Entropy: You drove past a bookstore on the way here. I don't see why you didn't stop and spend hours reading a variety of sources before coming here to ask that question.

I don't think what I did was all that unreasonable...all the links I provided were on the first results page from Google...several of them were to NVidia.com and the rest were to enthusiast websites....it doesn't get more informed than that.

Opening a tab and skimming through links is hardly analogous to reading through books at a bookstore down the street...that was a fairly strained analogy. There are forums dedicated to topics like this...ColonyofGamers isn't one of them...he hardly walked up to a bunch of experts.

What's ironic is that my link has provided more insight then anyone else here.

[Reverant]

I'm just ribbing you. My point is that people come to a small community of like-minded enthusiasts for advice and discussion, not to be sent away to an obvious reference point; veteran geeks know the two most obvious answers are "RTFM" and "Google it." I'm sure jpublic is aware of Google

Anyway, I'm interested to see how the issue pans out.

[jpublic]

Honestly, Entropy, my first response was a LOT more vitriolic. Nothing pisses people off more than that silliness.

Anyway, I've got a 560Ti, and I think it's an nVidia thing. Upon further investigation and borrowing a monitor off a friend (who has the same one as my main) if you run two identical monitors it doesn't happen. Sometimes. If you're lucky.

Well done, nvidia.

[LiquidRain]

AMD cards do it too. They can't underclock as far and put the memory into a more idle/low power state since multimonitor requires more bandwidth to push all dem pixels, is my understanding, which leads to more heat and power usage.