GPU Fan speed question

[edifyingkarma]

I am running 2x8800GTs in SLI and would like to turn the fan speed up to about 70% to have them run cooler on a regular basis. My only worry is that running the stock fans at higher speeds all the time will cause them to fail sooner.

From experience, have any of you had issues with stock fans failing considerable sooner because you ran them at higher speeds? Thanks for the input

 

[Seb1]

There is a possibility for a fan failure, because of the increased speed the fan sticker could come off and stick between the fins and block the fan on rare occasions. There are so many people running their fans at higher speeds than usual. Anyway, above 55% the rev.1 fan it's loud IMO and if you are willing to use an SLI setup at 70% - buy some earplugs j/k

 

[SBSuperfly]

One 8800gt fan at 70% sounds like a hair dryer. Running two in SLI at 70%...well, I hope jet engines aren't too loud for you.

 

[Technophobe]

As people have said, run your fans at the highest speed you are happy with (noise wise). If you have a 8800GT model that has a non-reference fan installed, some of these run at 100% speed all the time anyway.

I have never heard of a fan sticker coming off and jamming the blades, thats a new one for me. I would think that would be like 'winning the lottery' type chances.