I'd like my pc to be as quiet as possible in every day use when I'm just surfing etc. (when I'm gaming, I'm using headphones, so then pc noise doesn't matter so much) In MSI Afterburner I've reduced the fan speed as much as possible, however it has a fixed low limit at 26% fan speed. I'm using this GPU: MSI GeForce GTX770 OC 2GB N770-2GD5/OC Is it impossible to turn off the fan speed completely? I have low temperatures in my cabinet when I'm not gaming, i.e. during every day use, so turning off the GPU fan should not be a problem, I think. Best, Henrik
Edit its BIOS. Even after editing the BIOS you can't use AB with a custom fan curve afterwards, it will override the BIOS and the minimum 26% fan speed kicks back in.
770 is different than Maxwell in TDP and stuff. it's not a good idea to turn fan off completely. Heck even for a Maxwell I don't see an idle temp of 40 is good enough, the main reason I chose my gigabyte 980. Lowest fan in this card is 12%
Thanks I got pretty much the same reply on the MSI forum here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=253366.0 I've decided to put my GTX 770 up for sale as I'm not really gaming these months anyway. Might as well try to recover some money on it while it's still worth something. Thanks again
mostly the 970 -980 are fanless in idle,and it depends on you own liking. i use a little fan(25%) in idle because i like it to be cooler then with no fan speed on.and i dont even hear them.
The fans on my R9 290 spin at 850 rpm. Card is insanely silent at idle and even load and I sit right now to my pc. Its not silent but its almost in audible.
You need the fan to run at some speed, or else the GPU will overheat. Shroud coolers don't have passive airflow in mind. 26% should be completely inaudible unless you have zero case fans and your ear next to the tower.
The fans on my card, it has 2, spin at a minimum rate of 20% which is 1100 RPM. Under load when gaming, they never go over 45% or 1800, and the temperature never goes over 59C. This is according to HWinfo. I never really hear them. The CPU fan which is on the larger stock AMD cooler (the one with heatpipes), spins a minimum of 1900 and a max of about 2700 while gaming while the temp never exceeds 52C. The CPU fan was going up to like 4750 and making an annoying whining sound when gaming before I set a fan curve using the Gigabyte utility EasyTune 6. I set it to hit max fan at 62C but it never gets close.
You can take the card apart and wire a toggle switch on either wire. The fan runs DC and connects to the card. Just know that this is more dangerous than OCing your card. Pay attention to temps.
