I used to have a "silent" duel fan card (with horrible coil whine) and finally upgraded to get away from it but chose a single fan plait 1660 card as it seem to be one of the only cards that would fit my case.
in basic 3d games this card is a dream, doesn't break a sweat and sits happily at 35*C with the fan speed silent around 38% (this is the lowest the fan will go)
anything graphically intensive, bloom the works and the temps jump to and hold around 65*C the fan cranks upto around 67% and is audible enough to be annoying !
so I was looking for any ways to cheat some more quiet, first wondering if underclocking may help reduce heat / noise ?
secondly Im not very knowledgeable about fan curves but I know once my fan gets around 52% speed it starts getting annoying, is it fine to lock the fan at an acceptable noise level and have the card just run hotter ? if so what kind of numbers *C are "good"?
lastly I thought maybe I should add extra chassis fans to help airflow but feel like maybe the extra fans would add more noise and give negligible temperature changes, thoughts ?
I am open to other suggestions
Thanks
in basic 3d games this card is a dream, doesn't break a sweat and sits happily at 35*C with the fan speed silent around 38% (this is the lowest the fan will go)
anything graphically intensive, bloom the works and the temps jump to and hold around 65*C the fan cranks upto around 67% and is audible enough to be annoying !
so I was looking for any ways to cheat some more quiet, first wondering if underclocking may help reduce heat / noise ?
secondly Im not very knowledgeable about fan curves but I know once my fan gets around 52% speed it starts getting annoying, is it fine to lock the fan at an acceptable noise level and have the card just run hotter ? if so what kind of numbers *C are "good"?
lastly I thought maybe I should add extra chassis fans to help airflow but feel like maybe the extra fans would add more noise and give negligible temperature changes, thoughts ?
I am open to other suggestions
Thanks