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Concerned about new BFG GTX280!
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I think my card is fine really, since putting it on auto its good even in furmark now, won't go about 86 deg which is fine by me.
I just assume warhead has a few glitches, other games are lookin real nice its amazing the improevemtn in IQ, I never believed it and thought it was voodoo, COD4 for example still looks real nice maxed out n stuff
Any guides to making a fan profile in rivatuner I am being tard and can't figure out how to make one...
hang on google is my friend
I just assume warhead has a few glitches, other games are lookin real nice its amazing the improevemtn in IQ, I never believed it and thought it was voodoo, COD4 for example still looks real nice maxed out n stuff
Any guides to making a fan profile in rivatuner I am being tard and can't figure out how to make one...
hang on google is my friend
This is what I said in another thread:
auto fan seems very very sluggish to respond to extremes... I ended up tweaking mine using rivatuner:
power user->RivaTuner\Fan\AutoFanSpeedControl:3
Low-level system tweaks:
Fan->Enable low-level fan control
Select Auto
Double click on the entries
Duty cycle min: 47
Duty cycle max: 100
T min: 53
T range: 20
T operating: 64
T low limit: 52
T high limit: 68
This seems to allow it to agressively react to extreme temps and keep the VRMs in check without making a lot of noise under normal circumstances and ramping the fan up elegantly so you don't notice the increase in noise so much.
The exact numbers will need to be changed for your card to suit the clockspeed, your cooling and model, etc. I'm not gonna start explaining how to tweak each setting tho :S
auto fan seems very very sluggish to respond to extremes... I ended up tweaking mine using rivatuner:
power user->RivaTuner\Fan\AutoFanSpeedControl:3
Low-level system tweaks:
Fan->Enable low-level fan control
Select Auto
Double click on the entries
Duty cycle min: 47
Duty cycle max: 100
T min: 53
T range: 20
T operating: 64
T low limit: 52
T high limit: 68
This seems to allow it to agressively react to extreme temps and keep the VRMs in check without making a lot of noise under normal circumstances and ramping the fan up elegantly so you don't notice the increase in noise so much.
The exact numbers will need to be changed for your card to suit the clockspeed, your cooling and model, etc. I'm not gonna start explaining how to tweak each setting tho :S
What do you want to achieve?
Good cooling at load and low noise at idle?
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Not only should you make Rivatuner stepped fan profiles to raise the fan speed along with the temps you should also opt for two hotkeys, one for 100% & one for 40%. I use two obscure numpad keys for this & if I want to turn off the PC straight after playing a graphic demanding game I can press the selected 100% key & rapidly cool down the card.
Incidentally my 280 never goes above 60c even playing GTA4 or Crysis on high settings
http://www.vaguetech.com/?pageid=rt207#advcontrol
Incidentally my 280 never goes above 60c even playing GTA4 or Crysis on high settings
http://www.vaguetech.com/?pageid=rt207#advcontrol
