R9 280x vapor-x 3000 RPM

[Guywars]

Is it normal that my GPU's fans spin at 3000 RPM while playing "heavy" games? (Overwatch, Witcher 3)
It's summer here so the ambient temperature isa bit high but it's so noisy and it's really annoying :/

 

[krells]

I had the older two fan version of that card and the fan profile was pretty aggressive (and noisy). I would monitor your gpu temperature when gaming and to get a baseline. If you temperatures are too high you can create a custom fan curve that would reduce the noise a bit at the expense of the card running warmer.