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what software we using these days to change Fan speeds?

There's a variety of software in use I believe, Afterburner and AMD's own Wattman are the primary ones I believe however.

I used to use Afterburner myself, but after the (somewhat) recent change to a RX580 myself (last year March), I stuck it out with Wattman and made modifications to driver settings make it near silent now.

First things first, you should undervolt that card right now. Supposedly all RX580's came out from factory overvolted and all that does it cause temperature increases for no benefit in performance.

My RX580 Wattman is to set GPU P States 5, 6 and 7 to 1090mV for default silent speeds of 1355Mhz. Power Boost to +50. And Memory Voltage to 850mV for a 2100Mhz boost to the GPU Memory (I slowly get GPU memory errors with more than this, but for games, it's not an issue, and I can chuck the full 2250Mhz in and it'll be fine for games). Temperature goals are 80C and 90C, with a fan speed of 1300-1500RPM. I average 81-83C with an ambient room temp of around 24-25C.

Each card is different, so you'll need to find what works best for you. But these settings above allow a very low noise system.
 
Yes, you can undervolt via Wattman as well.

The default stock voltages that are applied from factory are often in the 1.15 to 1.2v region, especially for P states 5 to 7, which is when your GPU is going to being most stressed. The only thing is, none of the RX580's need this much power to do their default factory clocks. So unless if you're heavily OC'ing that card a lot in the first place, you're much better served by lowering the appropriate P state voltage to a lower level and enjoy relatively the same performance and much lower temps too.

Inside Wattman, adjust the Global Settings in the Gaming section of the AMD Drivers. There, select Global Wattman.
Adjust the GPU Voltage from automatic to manual.
For States 5, 6 and 7. Try something like 1100mV (1.1V) first to make sure it's still stable (the reason for this is because all cards are different, so what mine can you yours may not, etc).
Adjust the GPU Memory Voltage from automatic to manual.
Enter into State 2 850mV.
If you want, you can adjust the Frequency of your GPU memory later after you've got some better temps locked down.
Next, change Fan Speed from automatic to manual.
You'll have to play around with this bit next for your own tastes, and adjust for sound/temps. I've personally used 1300 min and 1500 max for these entries for the Fan Speed.
Temperature I've left at automatic, but the range in my card is defaulted to 90C max temps and 80C for the target temps.
Finally, adjust the Power Limit % to +50. This will prevent your card from throttling itself in heavy usage.

Again, you may need to adjust some of the numbers to suit your card. But you'll find a world of difference in temps after undervolting the card.
 
Meddling-Monk said:
Yes, you can undervolt via Wattman as well.

The default stock voltages that are applied from factory are often in the 1.15 to 1.2v region, especially for P states 5 to 7, which is when your GPU is going to being most stressed. The only thing is, none of the RX580's need this much power to do their default factory clocks. So unless if you're heavily OC'ing that card a lot in the first place, you're much better served by lowering the appropriate P state voltage to a lower level and enjoy relatively the same performance and much lower temps too.

Inside Wattman, adjust the Global Settings in the Gaming section of the AMD Drivers. There, select Global Wattman.
Adjust the GPU Voltage from automatic to manual.
For States 5, 6 and 7. Try something like 1100mV (1.1V) first to make sure it's still stable (the reason for this is because all cards are different, so what mine can you yours may not, etc).
Adjust the GPU Memory Voltage from automatic to manual.
Enter into State 2 850mV.
If you want, you can adjust the Frequency of your GPU memory later after you've got some better temps locked down.
Next, change Fan Speed from automatic to manual.
You'll have to play around with this bit next for your own tastes, and adjust for sound/temps. I've personally used 1300 min and 1500 max for these entries for the Fan Speed.
Temperature I've left at automatic, but the range in my card is defaulted to 90C max temps and 80C for the target temps.
Finally, adjust the Power Limit % to +50. This will prevent your card from throttling itself in heavy usage.

Again, you may need to adjust some of the numbers to suit your card. But you'll find a world of difference in temps after undervolting the card.
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i cant see the sound/temps only "min acoustic limit"

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Might a driver difference causing me to have the min-max fan speed option instead of a fan curve, or it's specific to certain HS/F shrouds that have been applied to our cards. Mine's a Powercolor Red Devil RX 580 (non Golden Sample).

In any event because you have access to a fan curve (and I didn't, but would have liked to have at the start, although I like mine as it is right now. :) ), I would alter the fan curve as you test out the temp/noise ratio and find something you like. The rest of the stuff is fiarly identical to what I've used (and I note you've even been able to hit 1050mV too for the GPU, grats), so it's really again, just adjust the fan as you test it out in gaming to find the right amount to use. :)

Personally, my fans at 1300-1500 RPM is roughly 40-45% and achieved around a 81-83C temp on the GPU. And for me, it's still audible (just), and now the loudest item in my case, but I've managed to lower the noise output of my system, so it's fairly silent, albeit at the cost of higher than normally accepted temps. Most would tell you that not to let it go above 70C or 75C. But the cards can hit 80's no problem and it won't be a problem. They just start throttling at 90C, which should be pretty hard to get to so long as there's some air going through the case and over it without any obstructions at those low fan levels. But again, I was after as much silence as possible, so I was aggressive with my approach, with access to the fan curve, you can adjust more easily to suit your tastes.

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D'oh, my driver version is 18.8.1. I'm guessing your one is more recent than that one?
 
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