davidtran007
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I recently picked up a used MSI 6970 (Reference) and was wondering if it was faulty...
The problem being, the fan will max out at 100% (even with manual fan control settings applied at 35% on Afterburner and ATI Overdrive) when the GPU is under load or if it gets past a certain temp. None of my previous Radeon cards did this. It's really getting annoying because it sounds like a vacuum when the fan kicks in at 5000 RPM. I've tried different drivers and cleaning them out with driver sweeper as well. The card has the latest BIOS installed.
Is this normal? I have it connected to a Corsair HX620 (6 pin + 8 pin) if that matters
The problem being, the fan will max out at 100% (even with manual fan control settings applied at 35% on Afterburner and ATI Overdrive) when the GPU is under load or if it gets past a certain temp. None of my previous Radeon cards did this. It's really getting annoying because it sounds like a vacuum when the fan kicks in at 5000 RPM. I've tried different drivers and cleaning them out with driver sweeper as well. The card has the latest BIOS installed.
Is this normal? I have it connected to a Corsair HX620 (6 pin + 8 pin) if that matters