Going on holiday, F@H

[patonb]

I run my 2 260s ast 50%.. was just auto, but 50% drops thigs 5C, and no extra noise.

 

[S0ULphIRE]

You could EASY write a script which starts f@h after a certain period of inactivity. No probs there. I'll see if I can write you up something today.

 

[philbar71]

hmm, i would not worry about it. if you want to run the fan at 100% then do it. for a week of continuous 100% speed should not hurt it. it was designed to be run at 100%.

also it's a XFX, if the fan does fail then you can just send it in to them for a replacement.

 

[ricanflow]

I see no reason to run fans at 100%.

With all my cards i find a sweet spot....i keep the temp monitor open and find a balance between cooling and noise. Ambient temps make a big impact on cooling, i have to shut half of my cards down at night because my room gets too hot.

When i move into my own place, ill be able to run the ac colder and wont have to shut the cards down. And if you notice, once you go past 60% the cards really dont cool any better, all youre doing is moving around hot air.

 

[patonb]

Totally agree with ricon here, 100% is useless.

Spend a bit of time to dial it in.

 

[zedman3d]

The amount of cooling capacity your going to get from that slight increase in fan speed to the 100% mark will be minimal....

I see no reason to run fans at 100%.
....if you notice, once you go past 60% the cards really dont cool any better, all youre doing is moving around hot air.

Totally agree with ricon here, 100% is useless.

I also agree with rican! haha

 

[jfenwick]

I'll second...third...fourth, whatever its at now that motion. Even in my quad gpu rig I have them running at 70% and it's fine....still sounds like a jet taking off but not as bad as at 100%.

 

[ricanflow]

Matter fact i find that max speed just makes things worse, because the fans get clogged up with dust quicker.

 

[Trotter]

The fan on my GPU runs 100% 24/7... but it is a case fan so it is pretty quiet.