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ragsters   11-15-2009 at 04:08:50 PM

If I change the fan speed on the video card using the manual fan control on the catalyst manager will it fluctuate when the card gets really hot. What I mean is that when it is on default there is an automatic fan speed that will fluctuate the fan depending on how hot it gets. Will this happens if I manually change the fan speed or will it stay on the percentage that I set?

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Bronze Graphics badge jay2tall   11-15-2009 at 04:40:30 PM

If you manually set the fan speed it will not fluctuate. Why do you want to manually change this? Are you overclocking? I've used ATI Tray Tools in the past to change my fan profile. This way you can increase the fan speed at certain temps to keep it cool yet quiet when not gaming.

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ragsters   11-15-2009 at 06:19:30 PM

My idle temps seem way too high at 77C.

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Bronze Graphics badge jay2tall   11-15-2009 at 08:49:26 PM

Do you have enough case airflow? Idle they should not be that high. What model 4850 do you have?

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ragsters   11-15-2009 at 08:58:18 PM

I have about 8 120mm fans blowing. The video card is the reference design with single slot cooling. The fan speed at idle is only at 14-16%.

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strangestranger   11-15-2009 at 09:07:04 PM

Screw it i wrote another post decided it was not worth it.

Your temps are fine and not going to do any harm however most people choose to manually set the fan to a higher rpm. The fan will only spin up if the gpu temp approaches a certain level.

Your best bet is to creat one profile for gaming, and one for desktop.

------------------------------ I'm a git, deal with it.

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ragsters   11-15-2009 at 09:09:25 PM

Thanks strangestranger that actually makes me feel a lot better.

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