does having gpu fans spinning at high speeds affect its life span?

[chensonnyy]

ive been looking for a good fan curve for my gtx1080 and i see lots of people talk about how they set it to 20% for 20c, 40% for 40c, so basically a 1:1 ratio. Is this harmful for the card? Ive tried it and it spins REALLY loud. Which kinda worried me. But it did keep the card cool.

 

[jimmysmitty]

The card no. However the fans bearings might wear slightly faster than if left at default settings.

To be fair the GPU is designed to go up around 70-80c. I leave my GTX 1080 Strix fan profile at stock and it never gets super loud.

 

[chensonnyy]

so just default settings are good?

 

[jimmysmitty]

Its up to you really. The default settings are designed to keep the GPU happy. You can create your own fan curve but it would take a lot of tweaking and up to you if you can handle the noise levels if you want to keep it even cooler.

 

[chensonnyy]

I'm still a novice when it comes to anything pc related so I guess I'll just keep the card at its default fan settings. I don't really mind the noise as long as the cards fine. Thanks