My 1080ti is too loud!

[Dominic-Toretto]

Hey guys,

I have a 1080ti Founders Edition, and now that the weather is getting warmer the card is so loud under load! It is like a fighter jet! The noise is starting to partially irritate me lol.

Any ways I can reduce this short of selling the card? Don't really want to sell just to buy a another non reference 1080ti

 

[Kelt]

Guessing the only way is to watercool it or put a third party cooler on it.

Reference cooler is to be avoided if noise is a concern.

The last graphics card I had with a reference cooler was an 8800GT...never again!

Granted it was a single slot cooler so it was never going to be quiet, but it drove me up the wall.

So much so I put a twin slot cooler on it. much quieter!

 

[Zechris]

Run it under a cold tap

 

[tamzzy]

what you need: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=400-HY-5598-B1

 

[Radox-0]

Use MSI afterburner or EVGA precision X (or similar) and limit the fan profile. The card will drop boost clocks accordingly. It does mean clock speeds drop as a result, but will lower the noise. Hybrid option / water blocks are the other options.

 

[LeMson]

What case, and can you increase airflow within case?

 

[Dominic-Toretto]

Use MSI afterburner or EVGA precision X (or similar) and limit the fan profile. The card will drop boost clocks accordingly. It does mean clock speeds drop as a result, but will lower the noise. Hybrid option / water blocks are the other options.

I have it overclocked running at 2GHz core aswell, not keen on dropping the fan and dropping core speeds lol. Really would be ideal if it was cool and quiet

What case, and can you increase airflow within case?

Thermaltake Core P5, its open air, so there is not really any airflow in or out if that makes sense.

 

[nightrider1470]

Use headphones

 

[thewanted]

Have a look at the NZXT G12 and a 120/140mm AIO.

 

[Radox-0]

I have it overclocked running at 2GHz core aswell, not keen on dropping the fan and dropping core speeds lol. Really would be ideal if it was cool and quiet

Well that is your issue if your trying to hold 2 GHz and have overclocked the GPU I guess. I would just reset it to stock to be honest. Recall I was often running around the 1800-1850 mark on the core with stock fan profile which is relatively quiet prior to water. 200 MHz - 150 MHz drop in clock speed is not going to mean your dropping massive amount of FPS to be honest, more so if the noise is annoying. Little you will be able to do, even blowing cool air onto the card if you want to maintain that sort of overclock outside of water / hybrid cooler.

 

[JediFragger]

Make sure you have an intake fan pointed at it, kept mine under control a lot better.

 

[AiiR]

Get an NZXT G12 bracket and a compatible AIO. Best thing I did to my 980ti. Managed to get a H55 for 30 quid, so total cost was £50 for better temps and near silent operation under load.

 

[CREATIVE!11]

I have my PC in the hallway to avoid this problem and close my door. I use 5m HDMI and 5M Usb cords for mouse / keyboard.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Have you make sure you case actually have decent airflow with cool air being brought into it, rather than leaving the poor card suffocating spinning the fans like crazy fighting for air?

 

[RanxZy]

I found the stock coolers performance to noise ratio atrocious on the Titan X Maxwell. Was fine after putting a EVGA Hybrid kit on it.

I find it hard to see why anyone would want the stock Founders over a decent aftermarket card, unless:

A They have limited airflow and have to exhaust

B Will put it under water

C Wear loud headphones

So many aftermarket cards can hold lower temps under load with significantly less fan RPM than the stock blowers.

 

[Wrinkly]

Cap the FPS at 60. Dropping from 1440p to 1080p reduces stress on the GPU and so produces less heat, what resolution do you play at?

 

[Drollic]

I never get why anyone buys fe, the coolers are hopeless. If you can strip it down using a good quality tim on the chip it can save you 5deg easy.

 

[britain4]

I dropped a few degrees (or fan RPMs) changing the paste on my reference 780Tis to Kryonaut. Not a huge difference though - <5 degrees - and they are older cards so who knows how much the paste has deteriorated over the years.

Still made a noticeable difference to noise with them both running at full pelt.

 

[willhub]

Those blower fans are always really loud, why call it Founders Edition like it's something special when actually it's a bit of a lemon

 

[KungFuSpaghetti]

As others have said, get the Kraken bracket and an AIO. I had the exact same issue as you, but on a much lesser card. I got the OCUK TechLabs Kraken kit and it's dropped temps by a staggering amount and it's operationally silent. Well worth the £99