Geforce Gtx 960 - 1200 RPM idle

[henchey]

Hi there. My MSI Geforce GTX 960 is about 3 months old. About a week ago one of the fans would always be spinning even when idling and I noticed this because of the noise. Now whenever I turn on my computer, one of the two fans is spinning at around 1200 RPM when its at 26 degrees. I can't seem to understand why this may be.

 

[Jayhawker32]

Download MSI Afterburner and set a custom fan curve so the system runs quieter.

https://gaming.msi.com/features/afterburner

 

[henchey]

Download MSI Afterburner and set a custom fan curve so the system runs quieter.

https://gaming.msi.com/features/afterburner

The temp is already under 40 and the fan is going. Changing the curve won't help

 

[Jayhawker32]

Yeah, you can set it so the fan won't run until the temp hits 40 degrees C or whatever you want.

Obviously this is a bit drastic but here's an example of what you could do so the fans wouldn't run until you hit 40 degrees C.

 

[king3pj]

That's not actually that drastic because the fans on the 900 series GPU's aren't supposed to run until the card reaches 60 C by default. Switching that to 40 C would actually make the fans run more often if his was acting the way it should.

It's a nice feature they added to make the GPU silent when your PC is idle or you are just browsing the web.

 

[henchey]

Yeah, you can set it so the fan won't run until the temp hits 40 degrees C or whatever you want.

Obviously this is a bit drastic but here's an example of what you could do so the fans wouldn't run until you hit 40 degrees C.

It is unresponsive to MSI afterburner. I set it at zero and no response. When I am logging into windows on startup the GPU is already spinning at 1200RPM.

 

[Jayhawker32]

That's not actually that drastic because the fans on the 900 series GPU's aren't supposed to run until the card reaches 60 C by default. Switching that to 40 C would actually make the fans run more often if his was acting the way it should.

It's a nice feature they added to make the GPU silent when your PC is idle or you are just browsing the web.

I meant more just the slope of the curve but yeah I agree.

 

[king3pj]

I would contact MSI about an RMA. Since it is only 3 months old you should have no trouble getting a replacement.