GPU extremely loud yet temps are fine?

[austiinog]

Hey all so long story short, My GPU gets pretty loud when gaming (Specifically Fortnite) even thought the temperatures are fine (mid 70s). This has been happening forever and I cannot seem to figure out why its so damn loud. On my last game on Fortnite, my gpu was hitting ~73c yet running at ~3000 rpm (According to Radeon overlay). Any insight on this would be appreciated. Specs Below

Mobo: MSI B350m Bazooka
GPU: PowerColor Red Dragon RX 580 4gb GDDR5 w/latest drivers
CPU: Ryzen 5 1400
Memory: 1x8gb Potenza stick
PSU: EVGA 450b
Case: Phanteks P400 tempered glass
Fans: 1 rear exhaust, 1 front intake

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Download MSI Afterburner or EVGA Precision X and set up a fan curve. That way to can select what percentage fan speed you want at specific temperatures. Your fans are probably running at 100%.

 

[austiinog]

Download MSI Afterburner or EVGA Precision X and set up a fan curve. That way to can select what percentage fan speed you want at specific temperatures. Your fans are probably running at 100%.

What would be an ideal fan curve? Something like 10% for every 10 degrees? Or something similar?

 

[feelinfroggy777]

That’s fine. I usually run 50% as a baseline. Then you could bump it to 60% at 60C, 70% at 70C and so forth.

Pending on the cooling capacity if your GPU, case, and overclock you may need at higher fan curve to keep your temps down. Just play with it and see how different settings impact the noise and the cooling.

 

[austiinog]

That’s fine. I usually run 50% as a baseline.

So you’re gpu fans are always on, even in idle correct? When set in auto in afterburner, my fans only start spinning when they reach 50c or so.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

That’s fine. I usually run 50% as a baseline.

So you’re gpu fans are always on, even in idle correct? When set in auto in afterburner, my fans only start spinning when they reach 50c or so.

I leave my GPU fans on to some degree. You dont have too, if you have them set to 0% till it gets to 50C they will just kick on quicker. Mine are water cooled, so I have a turbine that cools the VRM and memory and it is not noisy. If your fans are noisy you can set them at 20-30% as a baseline.

In EVGA Precision X or MSI you will set your power and temp target. So it will down clock the GPU if you reach your temp target to keep the GPU cool. So even if you had your fans set at 0% for gaming (which I am not recommending), the card would not go past the temp target because it would just slow down to a crawl.

If I were you I would just play with and see where you can keep the noise level down and the temps reasonable.