Hd 6950 fan boosting during games

[Karnyge]

Hey guys just been playing a bit of css and noticed the fan on my graphics card as been boosting up to a noisy level for about 2-4 seconds every 50 odd seconds, anyone had this sort of issue before. I should also note, in the past on a few occasions when starting my pc the video card fan will boost up to its max, makes a heck of a racket it usually requires me to restart, doesn't really happen often I wonder if it's related.

Cheers

 

[hang-the-9]

It's not an issue, it's just the fan cooling off the card so it does not burn your house down. Try cleaning out your case and video card fan/heatsink.

There may be a bios flash for that card also from the vendor, but use that as a last resort because a bad flash will kill your card. Although that is very rare.

 

[bystander]

Another, more elegant solution is to use MSI Afterburner and create your own fan profile. It sounds like the profile goes from a reasonable fan speed under one temp, and once it hits a bit higher temp, it jumps into high gear. With a fan profile with a couple extra temps and fan speeds setup, you can make it a much smoother transition at the higher temps.

 

[Karnyge]

thanks for advice, def sounds like its just giving the card a squirt of air to cool it off, just looking at the front fans on my case (antec 1200), looks like the filters need a good clean! lazy much?

Cheers guys.