GPU fan too low for my taste. Is something wrong?

Hi, I’m using my PC also for few games using Steam and I notice that after a game the AMD X570 GPU temp is very high, so I run “sensors” few time and I notice that the GPU fan are running very slow, here some numbers

Before the game:

sensors
amdgpu-pci-0e00
Adapter: PCI adapter
vddgfx:      812.00 mV 
fan1:        1682 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, max = 3200 RPM)
edge:         +36.0°C  (crit = +94.0°C, hyst = -273.1°C)
power1:       35.07 W  (cap = 160.00 W)

k10temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Tctl:         +46.8°C  
Tdie:         +46.8°C  
Tccd1:        +36.8°C  

nvme-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite:    +28.9°C  (low  =  -0.1°C, high = +69.8°C)
                       (crit = +89.8°C)

iwlwifi_1-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +35.0°C  

nvme-pci-0c00
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite:    +13.8°C  (low  =  -0.1°C, high = +69.8°C)
                       (crit = +89.8°C)

During the game session:

sensors
amdgpu-pci-0e00
Adapter: PCI adapter
vddgfx:      837.00 mV 
fan1:        1223 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, max = 3200 RPM)
edge:         +63.0°C  (crit = +94.0°C, hyst = -273.1°C)
power1:       36.03 W  (cap = 160.00 W)

k10temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Tctl:         +51.2°C  
Tdie:         +51.2°C  
Tccd1:        +53.8°C  

nvme-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite:    +37.9°C  (low  =  -0.1°C, high = +69.8°C)
                       (crit = +89.8°C)

iwlwifi_1-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +45.0°C  

nvme-pci-0c00
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite:    +20.9°C  (low  =  -0.1°C, high = +69.8°C)
                       (crit = +89.8°C)

MOMENT AFTER THE END
sensors
amdgpu-pci-0e00
Adapter: PCI adapter
vddgfx:      812.00 mV 
fan1:        1037 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, max = 3200 RPM)
edge:         +59.0°C  (crit = +94.0°C, hyst = -273.1°C)
power1:       35.22 W  (cap = 160.00 W)

k10temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Tctl:         +63.2°C  
Tdie:         +63.2°C  
Tccd1:        +48.8°C  

nvme-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite:    +38.9°C  (low  =  -0.1°C, high = +69.8°C)
                       (crit = +89.8°C)

iwlwifi_1-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +45.0°C  

nvme-pci-0c00
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite:    +20.9°C  (low  =  -0.1°C, high = +69.8°C)
                       (crit = +89.8°C)

Any way to have the fun running at more speed when temp increase ?
Thanks

What is you question exactly ? There is not in your message.

Sorry you are right I forgot :slight_smile:
Any way to have the fun running at more speed when temp increase ?

You’re mentioning sensors but you never mentioned fancontrol if you don’t like the defaults RPMs…

Please be aware that running fans at a higher speed than the default might wear out your fans sooner!

For more info:

man fancontrol

For a GUI version:

pamac install fancontrol-gui

:bowing_man:

It is generally more safe to have the firmware (BIOS) control the fans.

There are some risks when fan speed is controlled “manually”:

  • What happens if the program controlling the fans fails? The computer could overheat and get damaged.
  • Higher temperatures could cause more wear on the electronics, resulting in a shorter lifespan.
  • Higher fan speed could wear out the fan mechanics.
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To be honest, 63°C at peak is still safe. I will not worry. If it’s get 10 or 15°C higher, i would be concerned though.

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Thanks to all,
@Fabby I have fancontrol, but don’t use it.
@Wollie BIOS don’t have setting for GPU fan only control for CPU/CASE fan
@yannssolo Yes I know but is strange tome that the fan don’t increase speed as Temp goes up

From what you’ve responded I’m concluding: You’re afraid that your fans don’t spin up enough but that fear is not based on any tangible data, so let’s take that fear away:

  1. Let’s stress your CPU for 1 minute:

    pamac install stress-ng
    
  2. Open 2 terminals

  3. in one terminal you run:

    watch --interval=3 "sensors"
    
  4. In the other one you execute:

    stress-ng --cpu 16 --timeout 60
    
  5. Let’s stress out your GPU now:

    pamac install glmark2
    glmark2
    
  6. Wait and enjoy the pretty pictures and ignote anything it does in the console.

Now tell us: What is the maximum T° you’re seeing and do the fans spin up now?

Note: As you didn’t post an inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width which is the the minimum required information for us to be able to help you and which you sould always post regardless of the question you’re asking :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: (Personally Identifiable Information like serial numbers and MAC addresses will be filtered out by the above command) I’m assuming you have an AMD 7 3800X CPU which has 8 cores / 16 threads total and a AMD RX 570 GPU.

First sorry I forgot to post my inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width:

System:
  Kernel: 5.14.0-0-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.14-x86_64 
  root=UUID=26106dc5-857d-4ced-89ce-45e2561cca2c ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet 
  apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 
  dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X470 Taichi serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: P4.60 date: 12/03/2020 
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present? 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 31.27 GiB used: 3 GiB (9.6%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 
  family: 17 (23) model-id: 71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 8701021 cache: 
  L2: 4 MiB bogomips: 124869 
  Speed: 2718 MHz min/max: 2200/3900 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2718 2: 1957 3: 2073 4: 2156 5: 2207 6: 2200 7: 2197 8: 2501 9: 2160 
  10: 2053 11: 3456 12: 2669 13: 2374 14: 2199 15: 2794 16: 2088 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1 
  bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy 
  constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc 
  cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid 
  fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm 
  mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc 
  nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq 
  pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse 
  pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es 
  sha_ni skinit smap smca sme smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 
  stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl 
  v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave 
  xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: 
  conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] 
  vendor: Sapphire Limited Nitro+ driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 0e:00.0 
  chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 
  loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa 
  display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 910x381mm (35.8x15.0") 
  s-diag: 987mm (38.8") 
  Monitor-1: DisplayPort-1 res: 3440x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109 
  size: 800x335mm (31.5x13.2") diag: 867mm (34.1") 
  OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 570 Series (POLARIS10 DRM 3.42.0 
  5.14.0-0-MANJARO LLVM 12.0.1) 
  v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] 
  vendor: Sapphire Limited driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0e:00.1 
  chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 10:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.0-0-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.34 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi 
  v: kernel port: e000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp8s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASRock driver: igb v: kernel 
  port: d000 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp10s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  IF-ID-2: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> scope: link 
  IF-ID-3: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
  bus-ID: 1-9:3 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001 
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.59 TiB used: 720.1 GiB (15.3%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Silicon Power 
  model: SPCC M.2 PCIe SSD size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B 
  logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> 
  rev: ECFM12.3 temp: 28.9 C scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:8 vendor: Silicon Power 
  model: SPCC M.2 PCIe SSD size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B 
  logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> 
  rev: ECFM12.2 temp: 13.8 C scheme: GPT 
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 1TB 
  size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LM015-2E8174 
  size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: SDM1 scheme: GPT 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 133.59 GiB size: 133.59 GiB (100.00%) 
  used: 56.51 GiB (42.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 
  label: N/A uuid: 26106dc5-857d-4ced-89ce-45e2561cca2c 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 500 MiB size: 499.7 MiB (99.95%) 
  used: 110.5 MiB (22.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 
  label: N/A uuid: 032E-DC93 
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 312.49 GiB size: 312.49 GiB (100.00%) 
  used: 206.96 GiB (66.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 
  label: N/A uuid: 342ba19b-e2b0-4e32-98a8-5c4107b230f3 
  ID-4: /run/media/paolo raw-size: 149 MiB size: 146.7 MiB (98.45%) 
  used: 111 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:11 
  label: boot uuid: 3C62-801B 
  ID-5: /run/media/paolo/VMs raw-size: 292.97 GiB size: 292.83 GiB (99.95%) 
  used: 171.7 GiB (58.6%) fs: xfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 
  label: VMs uuid: c26b6c74-a4ea-4b4b-a2eb-bf1a7a58d21c 
  ID-6: /run/media/paolo/VMs1 raw-size: 461.65 GiB size: 461.46 GiB (99.96%) 
  used: 284.82 GiB (61.7%) fs: xfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:10 
  label: VMs1 uuid: 28ee01b9-21c4-45a6-8400-d78ecbbea04d 
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found. 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 1024 MiB fs: ext4 label: N/A 
  uuid: 33ed73e6-74ab-4b9c-aaeb-23dca8bbfd4b 
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 size: 59.3 GiB fs: btrfs label: N/A 
  uuid: 69867491-de6d-4149-bcaf-0ab23df7c698 
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 size: 112.5 GiB fs: btrfs label: N/A 
  uuid: 2aed03da-cfc5-40ea-81e3-06d300efebf2 
  ID-4: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:9 size: 384.98 GiB fs: ntfs label: game 
  uuid: 6A30C6E330C6B57B 
  ID-5: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-6: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 540.87 GiB fs: ntfs label: W10 
  uuid: 6258B84558B819AD 
  ID-7: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 1024 KiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-8: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 1.07 TiB fs: xfs label: backup 
  uuid: 6670077f-4b63-4353-a5a5-2317b85e3647 
  ID-9: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 767.97 GiB fs: xfs label: magazzino 
  uuid: 28d7b36e-eec9-401e-be1e-4e1d95def061 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 14 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-2: 1-5:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-5.2:4 info: Razer USA BlackWidow Elite type: Keyboard,Mouse 
  driver: razerkbd,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA 
  chip-ID: 1532:0228 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: 1-9:3 info: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth 
  driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA 
  chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001 
  Device-3: 1-11:5 info: Razer USA Naga Trinity type: Mouse,Keyboard 
  driver: razermouse,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA 
  chip-ID: 1532:0067 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Device-4: 1-14:6 info: Razer USA Tartarus V2 type: Keyboard,Mouse 
  driver: razerkbd,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA 
  chip-ID: 1532:022b class-ID: 0300 
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 57.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 32.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1439 
Info:
  Processes: 415 Uptime: 3h 9m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1841 lib: 468 
  flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.06 

But you know my hardware :stuck_out_tongue:


this is the result Max T as you can see max temp is lot lower than in gaming session and also temp is lower… why ??
Second yes I worry because i see artifact like this on the screen
Screenshot_20210910_121829

Conclusion:

Fear is the path to the dark side: Fear Leads to Anger. Anger Leads to Hate. Hate Leads to Suffering…

Stop fearing! There’s nothing wrong with your system!

The long version:

Please read this:

Especially the section Linux has multiple kernels and if you have no compelling reason to be on a Stable Development kernel, install an LTS one and use that.

Please read this

Please read this:

Especially this bit:

:angry: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Gaming stresses both CPU and GPU at the same time

That’s because you’re on a Stable Development kernel… Use an LTS one instead…

:man_shrugging:
:grin:

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ok fabby got you point.
BUT
I use Manjaro to use the latest kernel
I have the latest BIOS for my Board
I have no swap because I don’t want to have it
But Tanks for your time

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Have you actually read the article? If yes: Your system, your rules, your decision! :clap:

I’m pretty sure you haven’t read the article, because:

note: The largest server one of the authors of this wiki article has ever installed had, indeed, 8TB of RAM and even that machine has the above swap settings, so why not your machine?

That author happens to be me and this is the machine:

And that has 91GB of swap on a 256GB RAID-0+1 NVMe because it’s a server and it doesn’t hibernate…

:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

I’m happy for your toy, hope you enjoy it as much I do with main workstation :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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