Software tip for reducing temp for Nvidia Quadro GPU

[doobyns]

Hello I want to share a tip I found to have a better cooling with Nvidia Quadro GPU, in the persistence or powersave script you just have to add this line :

# enable aggressive cooling for the gpu
nvidia-smi --id=0 --gpu-target-temp=65

 

With this command the card temp will be lowered between 5°c and 8°c when using your GPU... With an agressive cooling.

 

If you want a compromise between cooling and power for your GPU you can raise the target temp :

# enable better cooling for the gpu
nvidia-smi --id=0 --gpu-target-temp=70

 

Edited June 20, 2022 by doobyns

[kizer]

I'm assuming id=0 is for first video card and you'd use id=1 for second?

I gave this a whirl on m 1050-TI

 

root@Tower:~# nvidia-smi --id=0 --gpu-target-temp=80
All done.
root@Tower:~# nvidia-smi -q|grep Target
        GPU Target Temperature            : 80 C

 

I also found this. 

nvidia-smi -q|grep Target

 

Shows your current target Temp setting. 

GPU Target Temperature            : 83 C

 

Ran your above code and set it to 80C

nvidia-smi --id=0 --gpu-target-temp=80

 

nvidia-smi -q|grep Target

GPU Target Temperature            : 80 C

 

This is kinda neat.