Best fan speed configuration

[aubrey08]

Hi just bought 7970 using MSI afterburner for the first time. graph is "kinda" confusing what would be the best fan speed with temp graph setup?? Thanks even showing your would be helpful

 

[aubrey08]

Thanks what about fan speed update period i set it to 500 how is that?

 

[wolfram23]

I haven't made a fan profile in a while, but when I was running reference coolers on my 5850s, man, I'd never ever let it hit 100%. Waaayyyy too loud. Even 80% was super loud.

I usually had it sit at 30% up to about 45C, then jump to 40% and ramp it up to 60% by 70C, then a sharp incline up to 80% at 80C, and stayed at 80 from there on out. I found a profile like that gave me the best performance/noise ratio as it only really got loud if I was really pushing it hard.

 

[aubrey08]

I take it the shader and the core voltage are for overclocking only because there both set to zero

 

[aubrey08]

Like seriously im running anygame i want on maxed settings. Why do people overclock? Can it actually get any better? Most games are console ports.....

 

[aubrey08]

I dont know what i was actually thinking not ever using this msi afterburner to begin with. feel like a complete tard cause i used to use amdoverdrive on the CCC and had to always manual control my fan speed. This is great best program any gamer could ever need!! Thanks for all your input i ran BF3 on ultra settings never went over 60c

 

[wolfram23]

Like seriously im running anygame i want on maxed settings. Why do people overclock? Can it actually get any better? Most games are console ports.....

People overclock because they aren't running any game on maxed settings

Or, just to crush a benchmark and grow their e-peen

 

[aubrey08]

I used the disk for installation of the drivers do they check for current drivers or its what was put on disk on time of release?

 

[wolfram23]

Usually you just get what was on at time of release. On a new build it's always good to manually check for updates.

I wrote some stuff on that you can check it out here if interested: http://wolframpc.blogspot.com/2012/01/pc-maintenance-performance-tips.html

 

[aubrey08]

Nice blog i like it somthing to refer to quickly Thanks