Question Loud GPU fans ?

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Hello, i have problem with my Gigabyte RX 7800 XT GPU. It's fans are very loud when I'm gaming.
The only solution is to cap the FPS, then the problem dissapears.

Under the links below are temps from HWMonitor, after 5h playing Warhammer 3 (with FPS cap on) and how it sounds without FPS cap.

Thank you for all your help. I want to add one thing, my problem with loud fans appears in Warhammer 3 and Space Marine 2, but in Diablo 4 and Space Marine 1 they run very well without FPS cap.

View: https://imgur.com/a/BRCnaLP#tsu2vAB


View: https://imgur.com/a/wRFeMuK#JRPmxZy
 
Sounds like a normal airflow "whoosh" of GPU fans.

As of them being loud, well, that's how all powerful modern day GPUs sound like.
0 noise = 0 cooling and with such power hungry GPUs, this can't be done.

Limiting FPS means that GPU doesn't have to work on it's hardest. And when GPU isn't working at it's hardest, it doesn't heat up as much - thus, fans doesn't have to go 100% tilt.

As of fixes, well, besides the FPS cap you have already found out, one thing that helps a lot (i do it myself), is using headset for in-game audio. When you have good headset with good outside noise cancellation, the airflow noise isn't heard and you can focus on gaming.
Other options include limiting GPU fan RPM (but that can lead to GPU thermal throttle), having a GPU that is designed better with quieter fans (e.g MSI GPUs that i'm personally using for this very reason) or increasing the cooling of the whole PC (via case fans), so that GPU doesn't heat up that much. Or you can also learn to live with it.

Overall, there are no solid fixes. There are workarounds that may not fit for your taste.
Well, definitive fix would be putting the PC into another room and then routing the monitor and peripheral cables into your gaming room (in lieu of how servers are set up) but that takes the most amount of work. But it would eliminate the noise problem for good, without replacing hardware and/or limiting FPS/fan RPM.
 
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Sounds like a normal airflow "whoosh" of GPU fans.

As of them being loud, well, that's how all powerful modern day GPUs sound like.
0 noise = 0 cooling and with such power hungry GPUs, this can't be done.

Limiting FPS means that GPU doesn't have to work on it's hardest. And when GPU isn't working at it's hardest, it doesn't heat up as much - thus, fans doesn't have to go 100% tilt.

As of fixes, well, besides the FPS cap you have already found out, one thing that helps a lot (i do it myself), is using headset for in-game audio. When you have good headset with good outside noise cancellation, the airflow noise isn't heard and you can focus on gaming.
Other options include limiting GPU fan RPM (but that can lead to GPU thermal throttle), having a GPU that is designed better with quieter fans (e.g MSI GPUs that i'm personally using for this very reason) or increasing the cooling of the whole PC (via case fans), so that GPU doesn't heat up that much. Or you can also learn to live with it.

Overall, there are no solid fixes. There are workarounds that may not fit for your taste.
Well, definitive fix would be putting the PC into another room and then routing the monitor and peripheral cables into your gaming room (in lieu of how servers are set up) but that takes the most amount of work. But it would eliminate the noise problem for good, without replacing hardware and/or limiting FPS/fan RPM.
Thank You for Your response. I have only one last question, are my pc temps ok?