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Gigabyte GTX 780 Ti Windforce x3 450w (why is triple fan so loud)

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Does anyone know why these cards are so noisy. I bought one yesterday as its pre-overclocked & comes with a 450W capacity HSF with triple fans but I have found to my horror today after delivery its simply a loud card.

Up until 60% fan speed its almost silent 60-70% it gets quite noisy 70% + its very loud & noticeable.

Tried using the Gigabyte OC Guru tool to set a fan profile.
Tried lowering the default overclock to same as a std GTX 780 Ti.
Tried with/without case sides on.

The fans are still way too noisy for me think I have to DSR its simply not silent enough unless your game only uses 50-55% of the GPU power :rolleyes: due to the terrible low quality fans Gigabyte use they are only about 1cm high fan blades & way too small IMO. They should have used higher profile fan blades :rolleyes:

Crysis 3
NFS Most Wanted (Criterion)
Batman Arkham Origins

Are the worse offenders all those games cause the fan noise to become unacceptable to me for such a premium product. Older games do not go beyond 50-55% GPU power so the fans never ramp up but it seems unreasonable to me that I have to compromise on such a high end GPU due to poorly designed triple fans.

Stunning card except for the fans :( everything else is very solid :D
 
The cards that blow air into the case like the Windforce or the Msi gaming I have (Amd 290) need the hot air pushed out the case and it can help if air is blown on to them as well. That might be happening with your card as Windforce coolers on 780's should be quite good.

What temps are you getting in Crysis 3 when the fans ramp up too high and what fan speed?

A exhaust fan on top of case to blow hot air out helps temps quite a lot.
 
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That card shouldn't be getting anywhere near 60% fan speed in normal operation. (Possible you have a faulty sitting heatsink or case cooling just isn't upto it if the temps are exceeding ~72C).

Granted mine is the 780 GHZ instead of Ti but IIRC under the max torture I can put it under it only goes to 72C @ 48% fan.
 
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It should be running around 75c 2000rpm fan speed going by a review testing that type of card.

Crysis 3 does heat up cards more than other games especially on certain levels of it.
 
2000rpm is about 46-48% on that card IIRC which sounds about right for what it "should" be doing max - if its hitting 60+% something ain't right somewhere.
 
Rroff said:
2000rpm is about 46-48% on that card IIRC which sounds about right for what it "should" be doing max - if its hitting 60+% something ain't right somewhere.
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That was the reviewer testing in Farcry 3. Whether they were testing inside the case or open bench is another thing.

Probably too much hot air is building up in the Op's case and causing the windforce cooler to ramp up the fan to 70%+ in Crysis 3.
 
Use MSI AB to create a fan profile.

I used to run my GPU at ~70c with 60% fan (default profile) after some messing around i found that i can run the GPU at around 75c with a 45% Fan Frofile, even in Crysis 3.

The card should be fine running at ~80c, just because by default the fans spin up fast does not mean they need to :)

 
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I have this card also and find it's near silent when gaming. The case is a HAFX so well ventilated which might explain why it doesn't need to ramp the fan speed up.
 
Thanks for the input everyone think I am going to have to DSR as its not in all games only those 3 mentioned. Its silent the rest of the time. But I did not pay almost £500 to have a factory oced GPU I cannot use at max power its pointless for me to own this as it makes the same amount of noise as the stock HSF under heavy load & the stock HSF does not have a hot backplate at all as it seems to draw that away out the case immediately.

My case is well ventilated I have 3 intake fans & 2 x 120mm exhaust fans 1 right next to it. The backplate of the GPU is the only thing which is getting warm the rest of my case is full of SSD's & a massive CPU HSF which never goes above 45-50c & is always hand touchable its only ever slightly warm. There is also approx 2" gap between the GPU on both sides of the case its not like its cramped in at all.

The strange thing is only Crysis 3, NFS Most Wanted, Batman Arkham Origins heat the GPU up to 80C in a few seconds of launching & with a custom fan profile the triple fans keeps going to full speed (4700RPM which is ultra loud) then back down again at certain ingame points like the water scenes in Crysis 3 once the GPU hits 82C. I am a max detail gamer I do not believe in backing settings off if I am using a highend expensive GPU either.

Its a well made card but I think they should have used larger depth fan blades & a custom backplate heatsink it would still have been silent @ all loads not just in certain games. Also TXAA or Super Sampling are another way to heat this GPU up rapidly :eek:
 
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Certainly something dodgy as it should not be ramping up to that speed and your case seems well ventilated. Is one of those exhaust fans a top exhaust?
 
Out of those 3 games you mentioned, I have C3 and Batman.

Maxed out they do heat the cards up quite a bit, so I wouldn't be concerned.(They add around 10 degs on my cards)

In saying that, the fans shouldn't be that noisy
 
whyscotty said:
Out of those 3 games you mentioned, I have C3 and Batman.

Maxed out they do heat the cards up quite a bit, so I wouldn't be concerned.(They add around 10 degs on my cards)

In saying that, the fans shouldn't be that noisy
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Yeah crysis 3 is one of the warmer games, its not as warm as BF4 though with vsync off.
 
whyscotty said:
Out of those 3 games you mentioned, I have C3 and Batman.

Maxed out they do heat the cards up quite a bit, so I wouldn't be concerned.(They add around 10 degs on my cards)

In saying that, the fans shouldn't be that noisy
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I think unless you have a massive case with a lot more ventilation those games do heat it up a lot but most owners probably do not notice unless they sit as close as me (2ft away).

I am DSRing right now no way am I paying almost £500 for a highend card which is not quite enough in all games. I only game @ 1920x1200 with FXAA usually as well its not like I am putting the top resolution end of stress on the card is it!

I have to wonder how many games & how thoroughly the reviewers tested :rolleyes: & in what conditions (case side off is cheating thermals AFAIC :() as I did a lot of research before buying this appeared to get the best overall air cooled reviews :rolleyes:

Gonna lose about £20 P&P but ho hum such is life :(
 
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Yeah top exhaust about 2-3 " away from the GPU.
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It certainly looks like something is wrong with the card then as Windforce coolers should not ramp up that high.

When my Msi gaming was under a desk even with the top exhaust heat rising up was not escaping and caused higher than normal fan speeds in games like Crysis 3 but that was with the fan running about 900rpm. Also pci-e devices right next to the card can block airflow but you have none of that.
 
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It certainly looks like something is wrong with the card then as Windforce coolers should not ramp up that high.

When my Msi gaming was under a desk even with the top exhaust heat rising up was not escaping and caused higher than normal fan speeds in games like Crysis 3 but that was with the fan running about 900rpm. Also pci-e devices right next to the card can block airflow but you have none of that.
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Do not think its the card its the base HSF design in my mid size desktop case with not only 5 case fans also lots of air ventilation slots all around the back of the card as well as in the case side & case front.

The GPU is the only part which is too hot to touch everything else is warm & hand touchable no matter how long it has been on.

All Gigabyte had to do was put a cheap heatsink on the backplate & use double the height fans to make it totally silent. IME its silent until it goes beyond 60% fan RPM then up to 70% RPM its noticeable after 70% it gets way too noisy for such a premium product/price. Gigabyte OC Guru II custom fan profile just makes it cycle up to 4700 RPM (vacuum cleaner level!) every few mins to maintain the thermal profile.

I am 100% commited to DSRing now its been packed away ready to post back next week after 3-4 hours stock useage.
 
Unless the ti puts out a lot more heat The 780 windforce does fine with those fans and never gets to 70c or 70% fan in my case,, even running at a 1267 core o/c i very rarely hit 72c and 70% fan speed with a ambient in the low 30's
I wonder its a poorly fitted cooler on yours
 
AWPC said:
Do not think its the card its the base HSF design in my mid size desktop case with not only 5 case fans also lots of air ventilation slots all around the back of the card as well as in the case side & case front.

The GPU is the only part which is too hot to touch everything else is warm & hand touchable no matter how long it has been on.

All Gigabyte had to do was put a cheap heatsink on the backplate & use double the height fans to make it totally silent. IME its silent until it goes beyond 60% fan RPM then up to 70% RPM its noticeable after 70% it gets way too noisy for such a premium product/price. Gigabyte OC Guru II custom fan profile just makes it cycle up to 4700 RPM (vacuum cleaner level!) every few mins to maintain the thermal profile.

I am 100% commited to DSRing now its been packed away ready to post back next week after 3-4 hours stock useage.
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I have case 4 fans running below 1000rpm (cpu, top/back exhaust, fan blowing on card, no psu fan) and at stock voltages overclocked in Crysis 3 heat torture level (the root of all evil level) tested for quite a while with case enclosed get's to 80c and 60% (I think that is around 2200-2300 rpm)

The Msi gaming only has two 100mm fans (the three fan system even with smaller fans tends to push more air) and the 290 produces more heat than a 780 Ti so I would say you have a dodgy card as the Windforce brand for quietness is as good if not better than the Msi and I am very fussy when it comes to noise.
 
DSRed now I even tried running the card below spec it takes a little longer to heat up but Crysis 3 with water gfx onscreen makes it get silly hot.

Sorry but I am done with this card its not good enough for me I expected a lot more for such a premium product :(

Think its not really designed for some case types I only have a mid sized desktop with 5 case fans cannot get anymore in & my case has a lot of air vents in the back /sides the backplate seems to get too hot IMO but I am done with this card its just wasted my time & £20-25 P&P RMA costs.

It also makes me wonder what thermal conditions all these glowing web reviews were performed under :rolleyes: as the stock GTX 780 Ti also has a noisy HSF in certain games yet that also got high praise for low fan noise :rolleyes:
 
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