GTX 950 fans not spinning / cooling question

[Meowcenary]

I just got a GTX 950 and popped it in. It's one of those "silent cooling" cards, this one more specifically: http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Cooling-Graphics-02G-P4-2958-KR/dp/B013WQC9U2

The drivers and everything are installed, my system is certainly noticing the card and I do have my 6 pin power supply cable connected to it but the fans aren't spinning. I'm assuming this may be intentional design where it kicks in when the fans are needed, but keeps them off when not needed, but I wanted to ask here to make sure. I do think I've heard the fans spinning for a few seconds when I first started up my computer for the very first time with the GPU recently installed (without the drivers)

Idle temperature hasn't gone above 30c (86F) for the video card. Haven't tried gaming with it yet because I don't want to melt my card through my board if this is abnormal.

I also thought I heard something in a newegg/amazon review about some software needed for the 950's cooling that the drivers alone apparently don't provide. Anyone know anything about that or am I mistaken?

 

[Supahos]

Yep its a power/noise/fan saving feature... They'll turn on when they need to all modern gpus so this now.

 

[Meowcenary]

Yep its a power/noise/fan saving feature... They'll turn on when they need to all modern gpus so this now.

Thanks

 

[Robert_207]

Yep its a power/noise/fan saving feature... They'll turn on when they need to all modern gpus so this now.

thanks
guys i had the same question. much obliged

 

[Kieferj]

Yep its a power/noise/fan saving feature... They'll turn on when they need to all modern gpus so this now.

thanks
guys i had the same question. much obliged

^

 

[Supahos]

Glad I could help this many people with one post, and I commend you all for actually searching before making another thread

 

[Harperrr]

I just got a GTX 950 and popped it in. It's one of those "silent cooling" cards, this one more specifically: http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Cooling-Graphics-02G-P4-2958-KR/dp/B013WQC9U2

The drivers and everything are installed, my system is certainly noticing the card and I do have my 6 pin power supply cable connected to it but the fans aren't spinning. I'm assuming this may be intentional design where it kicks in when the fans are needed, but keeps them off when not needed, but I wanted to ask here to make sure. I do think I've heard the fans spinning for a few seconds when I first started up my computer for the very first time with the GPU recently installed (without the drivers)

Idle temperature hasn't gone above 30c (86F) for the video card. Haven't tried gaming with it yet because I don't want to melt my card through my board if this is abnormal.

I also thought I heard something in a newegg/amazon review about some software needed for the 950's cooling that the drivers alone apparently don't provide. Anyone know anything about that or am I mistaken?

If you want them to spin whenever (For whatever reason) you can download MSI Afterburner, Here's a link to it: http://www.guru3d.com/files-get/msi-afterburner-beta-download,29.html