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I have a 7950GT with stock cooling. Its about 3-4 months old and has had this specific issue ever since. Its not a defect but its an irritating quirk that I do not quite understand. ]
When at the desktop the GPU fan is running at its lowest setting. Cannot even hear it in fact. Going into a game the fan obviously revs up and stays on a higher setting. That is all understandable. But when at desktop and for instance opening a video in WMP the fan revs up to a speed that I can hear but not anywhere near maximum or a speed run at while gaming. This also happens in things like Folding@home (not the GPU version) and other applications that might task the GPU.
I was wondering if there is anyway to fix this? I am assuming the fan is controlled by what type of application is being run and not heat? Its somewhat irritating for the fan to turn on when just playing a simple video. I would think that a video is not an issue for a GPU these days and should put very little load on it if any at all.
Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
When at the desktop the GPU fan is running at its lowest setting. Cannot even hear it in fact. Going into a game the fan obviously revs up and stays on a higher setting. That is all understandable. But when at desktop and for instance opening a video in WMP the fan revs up to a speed that I can hear but not anywhere near maximum or a speed run at while gaming. This also happens in things like Folding@home (not the GPU version) and other applications that might task the GPU.
I was wondering if there is anyway to fix this? I am assuming the fan is controlled by what type of application is being run and not heat? Its somewhat irritating for the fan to turn on when just playing a simple video. I would think that a video is not an issue for a GPU these days and should put very little load on it if any at all.
Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!