What's the best fan curve to set for a Gigabyte 3070 Ti?

[Iggy Wolf]

So my new 3070 Ti seems to be quite "overzealous" when it comes to powering demanding games. And by demanding, I mean old games like Metro 2033 and Last Light Redux. Might have been demanding during the 10xx series, but obviously small fries for the 30xx+ series.

It's in my old PC with an i5 6400. One 80mm intake fan in the front. One 80mm exhaust fan in the back. And one 120mm exhaust side fan. The CPU temps rarely get above 77 on a stock fan cooler. The GPU however will happily climb to the 83 C temp limit at 100% power limit. It's too loud and hot for my taste at that point.

Especially since the memory clock hits 9055. And the boost clock goes to 1945. Again, not really necessary just to maintain a 120 FPS cap in Metro. I set the power limit to 70% with negligible loss in performace. Now I'm wondering what's a safe fan curve I can use without having the fans run at 100% all the time, just to keep temps at around 75 C.

The temp limit is already set to 75 so I know the cars will throttle anyway if it exceeds that. But I don't think the fans need to run at 100% at 75. What's a safe fan speed I can use without risking overheating/throttling?

Would 70% be too low? Or is 85% manageable for noise level while still keeping it cool? Maybe others have a similar card. Mine is a 3 fan version, so at 100%, it's pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ loud (might as well be a turbine or jet engine).

[emoticorpse]

How did you end up with those small fans?

[Ð₳Ɽ₭★𐌔Ŧ₳Ɽ]

what fan curve or any cooling will be specific to you, as your case air flow and ambit temps will not be the same as anyone else. monitor your temps and make adjustment that work for you.

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gg

[Iggy Wolf]

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How did you end up with those small fans?

The case is an ASUS M32CD. Truth be told, I could probably install 92mm ones (cause 120s won't fit) but I doubt it would make much of a difference. The card doesn't heat up in all games like this. In Alien Isolation, or simply even old games from the early 2000s, on stock manufacturer fan settings and power limit, it doesn't get higher than 56 C and fans barely spin past 40%, sometimes dropping to 0% cause the game is barely pushing it.

It's only cause games like Metro and Crysis are known to be demanding and used as benchmarks, that the card is even forced to work at all. It's just that it starts working TOO hard to push games that are more limited by the CPU at this point (the GPU could probably achieve 165+ (my monitor's 1080P 165 Hz) but the CPU won't let it. So it's just wasting memory clocks and boost on performance it won't even utilize.

[Raoul]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Iggy Wolf:

Would 70% be too low? Or is 85% manageable for noise level while still keeping it cool? Maybe others have a similar card. Mine is a 3 fan version, so at 100%, it's pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ loud (might as well be a turbine or jet engine).

Best way is to test this yourself, so for example with manual fan control increase fan speed in increments while the game or any stress benchmark like unigine heaven is running and you'll soon find the sweet spot for the clock, power and noise level you want it to be at. I do this every time I get a new GPU. And then you can simply adjust the auto fan curve to match your results.

[Iggy Wolf]

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Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Iggy Wolf:

Would 70% be too low? Or is 85% manageable for noise level while still keeping it cool? Maybe others have a similar card. Mine is a 3 fan version, so at 100%, it's pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ loud (might as well be a turbine or jet engine).

Best way is to test this yourself, so for example with manual fan control increase fan speed in increments while the game or any stress benchmark like unigine heaven is running and you'll soon find the sweet spot for the clock, power and noise level you want it to be at. I do this every time I get a new GPU. And then you can simply adjust the auto fan curve to match your results.

I did. I chose a modest fan curve. Fan speed/Temp: 40/50, 50/60, 60/65, 70/70, 80/75, and finally 100/80+. While it still sounds quite loud at 75 fan speed when temps are 70-75, it's not AS loud as at 100. And still, I don't think it's worth lowering fan speed to 60 or 65 at 70 just to make it a bit quieter, because then the temps are bound to go higher since the fans are at lower RPM. The clock stabilizes at 1830, only occasionally jumping to 1950, but at least the temps stay around 73/74. My previous 2060 Super couldn't even stay below 80 C, despite lowering the power limit to 83 and temp limit to 74. I think 75% fan at 73 C is a fair compromise. It's not 100%, so it's not like it's wearing out the ball bearings and fan faster. I'd prefer 60% at 65 C, but you can't have everything (at least, not without a noticeable performance loss due to throttling and lower power limit).

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Whatever keeps a good enough balance between both Cool & Quiet.