Haven’t noticed any problems with fan reliability. Well, as I said, using a python script that does software fan control I was able to lower idle fan speed to 550 RPM.
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It’s the quietest card I had under full load, and it’s horrible at idle. The “stock” 1200-1700 RPM range looks more like on/off switch. But why is the “stock” setup so you’ve put this card into one of the “silent” builds, if I’m not mistaken? Have you seen (heard) this problem? Or is 1200 RPM fan speed at idle acceptable for you?Īnother funny thing: with +50% power limit, when running heavy games, fans aren’t spinning faster than 1700 RPM. So, yes, this problem can be solved with some tuning (and python scripts), kinda. For me it seems that semi-passive cooling actually makes acoustics worse. On Windows I can’t turn off the “semi-passive” cooling, only adjust the minimum fan speed, so the result there is worse: the card frequently switches fans on and off, and when it turns on it’s 700 RPM (which is noticeable, but at least not annoyingly loud). So I doubt there’s something mining in the background. With it, the card runs at 45 degrees C, 550 RPM at idle (with “automatic” fan control, fans only turn on at 55 degrees temp). In the end I wrote a python script that checks the temperature and manually sets fan speed every second. Well… The card is inside of Dark Base 900 non-TG version, with thick sound dampening pads everywhere, and they don’t help. And that I shouldn’t notice a fan spinning at 1200 RPM too. All other fans are running at max 500 RPM at idle, so it is very noticeable.Īm I the only one seeing this problem? Sapphire’s support told me that I probably have a virus that mines something on the GPU (yes, under both OSes).
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And, well, the card can’t stay in passive mode all the time, even when just rendering the desktop. By default, when the card exits “passive” mode, fans immediately spin up to about 1200 RPM. I wonder why no reviewer said anything about this.