Yeah the thing is the card throttles to protect its self from damage. So your clock speeds etc will drop temporarily to get the temperature to where it wants it. But airflow and case have a massive bit to play in helping temps to. I had my 1080ftw in a fractal define mini c and my 1080 would be...
Hit there I’m not 100% on the 40 series cards but I do know the likes of 1080 and 2080 super have thermal throttle limits of 83c & 84c respectively. My old 1080ftw card regularly ran between 78-82c occasionally throttling. The card I have now the evga 2080 super ultra xc is never anywhere near...
