Radeon 7870 fan speed?

[whatisluke]

Hello, I just got my new computer with MSI Radeon 7870 and when i play more demanding games (Guild Wars 2, Far Cry 3, Borderlands 2..) the gpu fan speed goes to 100% (4000+ rpm). I tried to reduce the fan speed with multiple programs but it looks like the fan just ignores the settings and speeds up.

The weird thing is that if i set my fan to 40% on MSI Afterburner, the graph shows the fan spinning at 40% but it still does 4000+ rpm and is so loud i can hear it trought my headset.

I'm sure it's not overheating because the fan kicks in after about 2 minutes of gaming and by that time the card barely reaches 50C.

Any advice? Thanks

 

[lt_dan_zsu]

Are you applying the settings that you change?

 

[whatisluke]

Of course am I've been doing this with my previous two cards. This is the first card I'm having a trouble with.

 

[lt_dan_zsu]

Sorry, but I have seen people ask why they don't get above 60 fps when they had their framrates capped. What programs are you using?

 

[whatisluke]

Np. I'm using MSI Afterburner atm, I've tried Sapphire Trixx, CCC, Gpu Tweak... Probably every fan control software. I've found some people who have the same problem and I guess that the fans just don't respond to the Afterburner under load.

 

[lt_dan_zsu]

I haven't heard of this problem before. it's not always at 100% is it?

 

[whatisluke]

I've removed the card, switched the pin connectors and put it back in and it looks like it's better now. The fans are now going at around 2500-3400 rpm when under load. Much better than full blast 4k+.

It still doesn't respond to the afterburner completely but I can live with the way the fans work right now.

 

[lt_dan_zsu]

Glad you solved your problem. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.