0dB Mode on a GTX 980

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Hi guys

The Asus GeForce GTX 980 DirectCU II OC Strix has a 0dB mode, meaning it's (pretty much) silent up until the card starts to heat up. The problem is, it doesn't look like it's going to be here for a while and it's a good bit more expensive than the other ones.

Given that this card can do it, is it possible to get the other cards to do it too with some sort of change in the fan profile?

The reference coolers are supposed to be pretty good, and some of the third party solutions are supposedly better, so I'm assuming the coolers themselves would be able to accomplish it, it just seems to be a matter of telling the card to do it.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

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Thanks for the info guys!

I really don't fancy messing with the BIOS, so I'll leave that one out (for now).

If the MSI card will leave the fans off below 50c, is it possible to mess with this a bit to get it to stay off until the card reaches a higher temperature (i.e. 70c) through MSI Afterburner or some of the other ones?

 

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I think I've actually decided to go for 970 SLI.

Now to figure out if I can make the MSI fans stay off at a temperature higher than 50c. Anyone tried it?

 

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The requirement is fanless at idle. My perception of noise is unfortunately very high, so fans running at all while its idling isn't an option for this particular purchase.

All I really need to know is whether or not I can make the MSI cards accept a higher temperature threshold to keep the fans off. There is only one other fan running in the system so the idle temps can get a bit high.