Can I stop the Gainward RTX 5070 Ti from overheating?
It's honestly ridiculous—this Storm card was hitting 86-89℃ during complex lighting scenes, making the clock speeds jump around like a rollercoaster. I tried cranking the fans to 100% via software, but the noise was like a power drill and the temp only dropped by 1℃. Total waste of effort. I realized my case airflow was creating a heat vortex, so I adjusted the exhaust fan pressure to hit 1500-1700 RPM. Once I did that, the sensors showed the core temp finally dropping to 74-78℃, and frame times tightened from 18.2-26.5ms to 13.1-14.8ms. I originally thought the thermal pads were poorly applied and actually repasted the card twice, only to find out it was just a lack of case pressure. The heatsink is a bit small for this chip, so it only barely passes the test under high pressure. I logged all the load data in a performance analyzer, and the fans are now steady at 1400-1600 RPM.
