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ASUS & MSI GTX 970 Fan Control?

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September 26, 2014 11:58:01 AM

Ok this might be a stupid question, but can owners of the MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G and the ASUS STRIX GTX 970 please help me out here?

I know both of them have a 0db (Zero) - mode, where the fans turn off completely. Since I'm building a silent PC, this is probably the main reason for why I'm so interested in these 2 cards.

But since I plan on overclocking the GPU (and I know the MSI has the better OC potential), I'd like to know how much control over the fans you actually have.
[ Btw did you know that the MSI GTX970 is lacking indipendent fan control? Apparently only the MSI GTX980 has this feature :(  ]

1. Can you change the fan/temperature curve without erasing the 0db mode? (I've read that the ASUS Strix only goes up to 42% fan speed using auto, which may or may not limit OCing & that the fans only turn off when you're using the auto fan speeds)

2. Can you change the temperature value at which the fans start/stop spinning? (iirc ASUS Strix is pre-configured to ~65°C, the MSI to ~50-55 and tbh I think 50°C is the better choice, so I'd like to know whether or not you can adjust the threshold)

3. Which software do you use to control the fans? MSI Afterburner?


Thanks in advance :) 

Ps: English is not my mother tongue, so please go easy on me :ange: 

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September 26, 2014 12:05:00 PM

I have one in the mail. I'm also interested in this info.

PS: Couldn't tell English isn't your native language.
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September 27, 2014 3:21:47 AM

cowboydude99 said:
I have one in the mail. I'm also interested in this info.

PS: Couldn't tell English isn't your native language.


seems like we're the only ones wondering :( 
[ Or maybe I posted this at an unfortunate time of the day? :ange:  ]

I'd really like to be able to create a custom fan curve where the fan speed stays at 0% until around 50°C (or any other temperature of my liking)... however I've heard that just lowering the fan speed to 0% in Afterburner does not actually turn the fans off because every manufacturer has a min. fan speed set in the GPU BIOS (~25%) and it won't allow any fan speeds lower than that

Now the question remains whether or not the MSI & the ASUS Strix have a min. fan speed like that (>0% and only the manufacturer's automatic fan speeds can "overwrite" that value) or whether that min fan speed actually is =0% (and therefore can be used to turn off the fans in Afterburner when overwriting the fan speed curve)

Ps: Thanks :) 
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September 27, 2014 3:24:15 AM

I'm pretty sure if you use a fan curve, you lose the 0db feature. This is one of the reasons I went for the MSI. I don't want to lose the silence at low loads but I didn't want to be limited by the 42% max fan speed on the Asus.
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September 27, 2014 4:27:23 AM

Alex Kelly said:
I'm pretty sure if you use a fan curve, you lose the 0db feature. This is one of the reasons I went for the MSI. I don't want to lose the silence at low loads but I didn't want to be limited by the 42% max fan speed on the Asus.



Well that sucks...
I guess I'll also go for the MSI then.

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September 27, 2014 4:48:14 AM

Yeah :/  it does. No worries at all.
MSI seems to be the way to go, I just wish it had a backplate :p 
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September 29, 2014 7:47:03 PM

Alex Kelly said:
Yeah :/  it does. No worries at all.
MSI seems to be the way to go, I just wish it had a backplate :p 


I agree I miss the backplate, but it's a sick card. I keep my fans at 50% and I can barely hear them...pretty nice

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