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Hello. I have GTX 550 Ti (non-overclocked) and i have an issue that appears every now and then when i play games. The FAN at my graphics card goes really down (to about 90rpm from 1500rpm), thus my GPU wents up to 100*C and my PC reboots.
In overclocking software like Gigabyte OC_GURU (which i have) and nvidia overclocking stuff it says that the fan is working at it's 100% power and i can't speed it up anyhow.

Any ideas what may cause the issue?
 
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Yeah, sounds like your fan has gone bad or is going bad. I had this same problem with my 560ti. The only things you can do about that is look for another fan for your specific 550ti, buy a aftermarket cooler, or just buy a new GPU. I recommend you just save some money and get a new GPU as that one is starting to get a little old, and the aftermarket coolers are a bit expensive. If your looking to stay in the budget price range get the GTX 750 as that is a really nice budget card.
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Yeah, sounds like your fan has gone bad or is going bad. I had this same problem with my 560ti. The only things you can do about that is look for another fan for your specific 550ti, buy a aftermarket cooler, or just buy a new GPU. I recommend you just save some money and get a new GPU as that one is starting to get a little old, and the aftermarket coolers are a bit expensive. If your looking to stay in the budget price range get the GTX 750 as that is a really nice budget card.
 
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I did set a custom profile in Gigabyte OC_GURU application and it did not really help. Does that matter to use msi afterburner? Doubt it will make difference.
Drivers are up to date.

How do i check if my GPU has enough power?
 
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Ugh i am not familiar with the UI of this website yet and i accidentally marked your post as one with a solution.

Anyway, the fan works nicely in general. It spins at nice speed. That issue only happens like once in 2 weeks. Is that still a sign if it's near death?
 
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From personal experience, I'd say its going out. Thats how my GPU started. I'd looking into upgrading.
 
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I doubt so much because i bought it only about 2 months ago.

Anyway, thank you, i will try to replace it then.
 
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Did you buy this from a store or from a person? Because this may very well be the reason they wanted to get rid of it. Now I may be wrong, but from what your telling me it looks like fan failure.
 
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I bought it from a store. I will give it to them then (i think i still have warranty papers) and let's see what they tell me. I don't really want to buy a new one because i just spent money on this one.
 
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I'd defiantly bring it back and let them know whats happening.
 
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