AMD Radeon 7850 Loud Fan

[taxemicshadow]

So i just got my HIS IceQ X 7850 after having good experiences with their 6570. Idle temps are averaging about 50°C, load being around 70 (highest ive seen today). The reason this concerns me is because HIS advertises their fan as 28db and my 6570 which i overclocked a TON didnt make a sound. The 7850 has a larger fan which should help with the noise but it doesnt seem to do anything in terms of noise. Any help? Is it defective or just a loud cooler from the getgo

 

[bigshootr8]

It's ghetto man 😛 and I'm unsure do you have any monitors that test the fan speed, GPu temp?

 

[taxemicshadow]

It's ghetto man 😛 and I'm unsure do you have any monitors that test the fan speed, GPu temp?

Catalyst shows me the fan speed and the temps. When i set the fan speed to auto it goes about 40% which is rather loud and averages 50°C idle. I've manually turned it down to the nearly silent 20% and i average 49°C. weird how that works. It really becomes a problem when the fan speed ramps up to 60% when playing a demanding game like ARMA 2 or Far Cry 3

 

[bigshootr8]

Maybe there is a setting where when your card gets to a certain point it pushes the fan speed up. Maybe you can do something within Catalyst to change that.

 

[taxemicshadow]

Maybe there is a setting where when your card gets to a certain point it pushes the fan speed up. Maybe you can do something within Catalyst to change that.

Right now i have it manually set to 20 and its quiet at 49°C avg. but im hesitant to play a game at this fan rate

 

[bigshootr8]

Maybe find a happy medium also in the future I'm not saying you can do this now you could get a case like the fractal R4 which has sound dampening padding and that would doze out the noise you are experiencing.

 

[fil1p]

Hey,

Did you try a custom fan curve? If not, then download a program like MSI afterburner and then try setting a custom fan profile. Start with setting a fan profile that uses rather high fan speeds and then play a game or run a benchmark to make sure the temperatures are ok. Then lower the fan curve (custom fan profile) and test it again. Keep lowering the fan speeds in the custom fan profile, and make sure to watch your temps.

Hope this helps!

 

[fil1p]

Right now i have it manually set to 20 and its quiet at 49°C avg. but im hesitant to play a game at this fan rate

If it is a fixed fan rate, then i would not play with it set at 20, as if it is fixed it will stay at that and you risk having the temps go too high. The custom fan curve would solve the issue by dynamically changing the fan speed according to the temperature. The difference between a custom fan curve and "Auto" is that you get to choose how the fan is to behave at a certain temperature.

 

[taxemicshadow]

If it is a fixed fan rate, then i would not play with it set at 20, as if it is fixed it will stay at that and you risk having the temps go too high. The custom fan curve would solve the issue by dynamically changing the fan speed according to the temperature. The difference between a custom fan curve and "Auto" is that you get to choose how the fan is to behave at a certain temperature.

._. thats is why i dont want to play a game at that fixed rate. I can bump it up to 30 before it gets a little too noisy, 40 is where it gets a little too much

 

[fil1p]

Well try setting a custom fan curve, it will be quieter than having it on Auto, and safer than having it fixed a a very low value.

 

[bigshootr8]

Yea I agree if you can setup a fan curve that would be the optimal way of setting up things only really turning up the fan as things got more intense on your card temp wise.