Open up that PC and have a good look inside. Dust accumulation on the GPU's heatsinks and fans is a common reason for elevated GPU temperatures. Although it may seem rather harmless, dust is a ...

If you have a desktop, you can attempt to alleviate overheating issues by cleaning dust off your GPU's fans. Laptop users can wipe the exhaust grills or use a cooling pad as a temporary solution.

The reason for this is that many professional-grade GPU accelerators are installed in rack-mounted server cases, and are therefore equipped with heat sinks but no fans: the case is meant to ...