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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Beefcake on March 21, 2017, 01:23:13 AM

Title: Odd question about GPU fans.
Post by: Beefcake on March 21, 2017, 01:23:13 AM

While checking one of my case fans that became unplugged, I noticed that only one of my 2 GPU fans was running. (Running MSI Geforce 970, about a year old) Is it normal for it to only run 1 fan every so often or is it a driver bug? I know the fan works as I restarted the system and both spin up and run when under load but I was just curious.

Title: Re: Odd question about GPU fans.
Post by: Drano on March 21, 2017, 05:47:42 AM

Not sure about your particular card but my MSI card's fans don't spin up at all until the GPU temp hits 60c. Could be a feature of the card. Saves fan life.

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Title: Re: Odd question about GPU fans.
Post by: Beefcake on March 21, 2017, 12:24:16 PM

Quote from: Drano on March 21, 2017, 05:47:42 AM

Not sure about your particular card but my MSI card's fans don't spin up at all until the GPU temp hits 60c. Could be a feature of the card. Saves fan life.

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Yeah mine does that as well, they'll spin up at start and then stop when the card is idling. I can plan some old games without them even turning but on the newer stuff they'll spin up shortly after the game starts.