EVGA 670 fan

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So based on EVGA Precision X, when my card is at load I am hitting around 85c. But it says the fan is only at 40% at that temp (usually at 30% idle). Why would the fan not increase even further to keep the temperature down? Is it wise for me just to increase it manually to like 75% and keep it there forever or should I not run it at higher percentage unless needed?
 
Had the same issue with high temps on my Zotac GTX680 AMP! which pretty much negates any boost clock. Ended up getting a Arctic Cooling Twin Turbo II. While it still never goes above 40% on auto. My temps max out at 67c full load and its almost completely silent unlike the stock cooler.
 
Most the reviews I'm finding say that the cards fan default profile lets it get really hot. eVGA has a precision software available for free that you can create a custom profile for you fan.

http://www.evga.com/precision/
 
Shouldn't the card handle the temp monitoring and adjust the fan accordingly? I am the type of person that just likes to install the driver and let the card handle what it needs to do without extra software installed. Aren't they made to work like this? I also just received a 670ftw, when gaming I have heard it spin up and I can feel hot air blowing out the back. I just figured the card was doing it's job.
 
You would think so. I just ordered a EVGA 670 FTW and it should be here in a week or less. Was going to get the reference one but supposedly that has some kind of hum issue(with the fan). I like EVGA products anyway and they are usually good with customer support. I'm willing to guess either the fan issue{software not hardware} will get fixed with a bios or, if possible thru the driver. Just a guess though:D
 
The precision tool works. My temps and fan noise have gone down w a simple custom fan profile.
 
nodle said:
Shouldn't the card handle the temp monitoring and adjust the fan accordingly? I am the type of person that just likes to install the driver and let the card handle what it needs to do without extra software installed. Aren't they made to work like this? I also just received a 670ftw, when gaming I have heard it spin up and I can feel hot air blowing out the back. I just figured the card was doing it's job.
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It does adjust accordingly, it handles it with a balance between temps and noise which Average Joe wants. At stock clocks the stock fan profile is all it needs. Just because you don't like to see it at 85*C doesn't mean the card cares or is in danger at that temperature. Most of us like to keep kepler below 70*C because you lose some boost speed above that, especially overclocking, however the card is working as intended.

Use the precision X software to change the fan curve if you want to, I found a nice balance between noise and keeping the card under 70*C, but it is still fairly loud which I would care about if I didn't use headphones for gaming.
 
i have an non-reference card and it can still get up to 70C. granted its summer time and i live in the desert of las vegas 115 F some days hahaha but still. i think theyre pretty hot cards and thats 70C with a custom fan profile.
 
According to a response from an EVGA guy a bios update or driver update is not likely. I'm just not a fan of stuff running in the background.
 
malachi1313 said:
According to a response from an EVGA guy a bios update or driver update is not likely. I'm just not a fan of stuff running in the background.
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Get EVGA Precision. Set a fan profile to your liking, and select apply at start up. It will apply these fan settings at start up even if the program is not running.
 
LigTasm said:
It does adjust accordingly, it handles it with a balance between temps and noise which Average Joe wants.
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This has been bothering me for the past few months. Who is this Average Joe, and why is he buying $400 video cards? (and likely $1000 systems and putting them together himself?)

I think I'm slowly understanding who he is when I read Newegg reviews that talk about "maxing out" games on a 560 or problems with driver CDs, and I may have been a Joe myself at one point, but as to how and why he is still being catered to by companies, I'm still baffled.
 
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