LigTasm
Supreme [H]ardness
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So I did a lot of reading, it seems like the higher end LE model of this card had an issue where the fans never turned on at all. My issue is different, and is mentioned a few times in newegg reviews, etc.
I can't manually control the fans at all. This is a problem because it idles with the fans off, but because its a big bastard of a card with a 300W profile it gets hot fast, so the result is every 8-10 second the fans ramp up and then shut right back off creating this never ending cycle of fans going up and down. The fans DO work fine in gaming and keep the card very cool.
All I want to do is run the damn fans at like 20% at idle, but no software seems to do it. I tried Trixx 6.4 and even dug up the since-removed from their site version 6.5. No go. Afterburner won't do it. Wattman, nada.
Anyone know more about this than I do? Am I going to have to mod the vBIOS to get the stupid fans to turn? I contacted Sapphire and they told me to use Trixx, it doesn't fucking work and I'm sure pursuing that angle will be about as fun as going to a rock fight.
I can't manually control the fans at all. This is a problem because it idles with the fans off, but because its a big bastard of a card with a 300W profile it gets hot fast, so the result is every 8-10 second the fans ramp up and then shut right back off creating this never ending cycle of fans going up and down. The fans DO work fine in gaming and keep the card very cool.
All I want to do is run the damn fans at like 20% at idle, but no software seems to do it. I tried Trixx 6.4 and even dug up the since-removed from their site version 6.5. No go. Afterburner won't do it. Wattman, nada.
Anyone know more about this than I do? Am I going to have to mod the vBIOS to get the stupid fans to turn? I contacted Sapphire and they told me to use Trixx, it doesn't fucking work and I'm sure pursuing that angle will be about as fun as going to a rock fight.