EVGA Precision X Remain Open for Fan Curve?

[EKuan]

Hello,

I have an EVGA GTX 980 and I completed AC IV with no hiccups. Now that I am running Dragon Age Inquisition, I got the blue screen the other night. My machine felt extremely hot, so I'm guessing it was due to heat issues. I opened Precision X and noticed that the auto button was not selected to use the fan curve, so I am assuming I was using the cards built in fan control. However, I rarely heard the fans on the GPU run. When I clicked on auto fan curve, I could hear the fans kick on, running at 50%.

So my question is, do I need to keep Precision X open in order to utilize the auto fan curve? Or can I just keep the option activated in the program, close it, and the fan curve will be active throughout game play?

Thank you.

 

[Entomber]

If you exit EVGA Precision, it will no longer affect the fan speed of your GPU. If you minimize it to the tray, then it will continue to adjust the fan speed of your GPU according to its temperature.

 

[EKuan]

Exactly what I needed to know. Thank you. I'm guessing it is normal practice to leave programs such as these (MSI Afterburner. etc.) minimized while playing games?

Also, is it better to have the automatic fan curve setting on Precision X, rather than doing nothing? I believe I had no settings while playing AC IV Black Flag, possibly relying on the GPU to run the fans on its own. But by doing this with Dragon Age Inquisition I ran into some heating issues. I assume it is best to use a fan curve. Thanks again.

 

[Entomber]

you can either manually set the fan curve, or leave it on the auto settings (which I prefer). Yes, it's normal to leave the overclocking program minimized while gaming, since the program also controls your GPU's performance ingame in addition to managing fan speed.

 

[LYQUIFY]

This is quite misleading since the program has a overclock at startup option and does overclock your card yet leaves the fan at stock settings basically leading to overheating. I saw another thread where someone had a the same problem and eventually resolved it. So it does not seem the program should be doing this.