Any fan control software for an EVGA GTX 780?

[tracerit]

I just switched to the 780 from an R9 270 and noticed the fan is louder than the R9 270 at idle. I took a look at the rpms and it's at ~1300 which is higher than the R9 270 I believe. At least with the R9 270 I could control it through Sapphire's software.

 

[OCGuy]

EVGA has their own performance suite:

http://www.evga.com/precision/

 

[tracerit]

EVGA has their own performance suite:

http://www.evga.com/precision/

perfect. gonna dl it now. thanks!

 

[Termie]

Not going to help. I've been through this on a 780 - fan control software cannot drop the fan below the default minimum, it can only raise it.

Is this a reference or dual-fan model?

 

[tracerit]

it's the dual fan 2784 version.

yeah it looks like it's always at 40% fan speed. even though I have it set to lower it's not lowering at all :/

 

[richiegore]

I think there is an evga bios floating around that will set slow it to,drop to 30%... Alternatively I found a link on a forum saying flashing the windforce bios worked.... Its a really annoying problem, I return my card partly because of it and partly because of the 290/x announcement.... Still have yet to buy a card!!!

 

[tracerit]

searched a bit more and it turns out there's no official solution from EVGA but still some people saying flashing another manufacturer's BIOS works although I'm gonna avoid that to not mess with the warranty.

http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=1955035

This sucks but I'm just gonna deal with it.

 

[OCGuy]

What is the fan speed/temp while loaded? Just curious.

 

[richiegore]

I've come to the realisation that reference cards are generally quieter at idle in the real world as they only have one fan right in the middle of your case. Non reference cards have a fan closer to the back of the case which is easier to hear. I say this as techpowerup say the evga 780acx is quieter at idle than my old reference 7970 but it I couldn't hear the 7970 but definitely hear the acx... Obviously under load is is the opposite.... Basically I think with an open-air test bench the non reference card needs to be a good few db quieter at idle to sound the same as a reference blower. I'd love to see someone test this with a few different cases both on and underneath a table...

 

[tracerit]

at idle it's 40% fan speed 27C ambient about 23C.

at load with BF4 it gets to 65-70C with about a 70% fan speed.

it's idle that i care more about though

 

[richiegore]

Yea the idle is silly high, i think there is a newer bios that drops it to 30%... http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=2014160

 

[Termie]

I've come to the realisation that reference cards are generally quieter at idle in the real world as they only have one fan right in the middle of your case. Non reference cards have a fan closer to the back of the case which is easier to hear. I say this as techpowerup say the evga 780acx is quieter at idle than my old reference 7970 but it I couldn't hear the 7970 but definitely hear the acx... Obviously under load is is the opposite.... Basically I think with an open-air test bench the non reference card needs to be a good few db quieter at idle to sound the same as a reference blower. I'd love to see someone test this with a few different cases both on and underneath a table...

This is exactly right. This is one of the flaws in noise testing by many websites. No matter what, it won't be applicable in most user situations.

There's no doubt that the dual-fan EVGA card is louder at idle than the single-fan version, despite all the numbers that reviewers have posted.

And OP - I would be cautious about flashing the BIOS on this card.

 

[coffeejunkee]

I don't think that's the problem at all. Open air coolers will always be quieter, idle and load. We just need manufacturers to not set silly limits on fanspeed.

 

[Termie]

I don't think that's the problem at all. Open air coolers will always be quieter, idle and load. We just need manufacturers to not set silly limits on fanspeed.

I was referring to the Titan reference cooler specifically, not blowers in general. Most blowers are louder.

And yes, the Titan blower is quieter than dual-fan 780 coolers at idle. It's not just a fan speed issue, it's the quality of the fan, and the fact that there's only one. You need to do a lot of work to make two fans quieter than one good fan. For instance, the Asus DC2 system may be quieter, but I highly doubt others are, despite always showing up as "quieter" in dB testing. Pointing a microphone at the side of an open case is not an accurate test, and that's how a lot of testing is done.

 

[coffeejunkee]

Well, maybe I put it a bit too bluntly, but that's because stuff like this annoys me.

During idle they can both be equally quiet. And they should be since idle temps are mostly irrelevant nowadays with all the downclocking. If users want a cooler gpu while it's doing nothing they should be able to adjust the fancurve themselves.

I trust only one site for db readings and that is spcr. They don't normally review cards like this but if you donate I'm sure they will take a look at it.

 

[OCGuy]

After looking around, you are right, a BIOS update is your option. It looks like what BIOS depends on if you have the B silicon revision or not, but I would open a ticket on EVGA.

 

[FalseChristian]

eVGA has a new BIOS that allows to control fan speed below 30%, I believe.

 

[tracerit]

I ended up flashing the BIOS from this link in this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO193DuIfEE

BIOS version is now: 80.10.3A.00.81 (i forgot to jot down my stock one)

Now EVGA Precision has the option to bring it down to 29% although the noise difference isn't much. Fan RPMs went from ~1300 (39%) to 1150 (35%) which is weird as it should be around 975 RPMs if it's truly 29%.

Overall, I probably should've stayed with the original BIOS at 39%, i'm gonna try it out a bit but will probably reflash back to an official BIOS.

 

[Cebu]

I had the same issue with my EVGA GTX 780. I like a quite computer and the 40% fan speed drove me crazy. My friend had a Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce and his fan speed at idle was 17%. So I downloaded the Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce bios at http://forum.techinferno.com/ and flashed my 780 with that bios. It worked perfectly and I have been at 17% fan speed when idle since June or July 2013 with no problems. Here is a link to the thread where I mentioned it to some other people who had the same issue. It works like a charm. http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=1955035

 

[tracerit]

I had the same issue with my EVGA GTX 780. I like a quite computer and the 40% fan speed drove me crazy. My friend had a Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce and his fan speed at idle was 17%. So I downloaded the Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce bios at http://forum.techinferno.com/ and flashed my 780 with that bios. It worked perfectly and I have been at 17% fan speed when idle since June or July 2013 with no problems. Here is a link to the thread where I mentioned it to some other people who had the same issue. It works like a charm. http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=1955035

which GTX 780 is yours? I have the "2784" SC with ACX cooler. I'll have to try that Gigabyte BIOS out over the weekend. Thanks for the link!

EDIT: Reading more it seems that no matter what the RPMs won't ever drop below 1100RPM on our EVGA 780 cards. Someone mentioned it in the thread you linked and from what I"m seeing, even though I'm at 29%, it's still at 1100-1150RPM when it should be 975RPM.

 

[Cebu]

I have the same card. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130918 I bought it from Newegg on June 13, 2013 and flashed the bios about a week later. I am using the Precision X software and the card works perfectly. Right now my card is running at 30°C with a fan speed of 17%. It never goes over 17% when I am surfing no matter how hot it gets in my house. I am in San Antonio, TX and in the summer it will be a 100 °F + outside and between 78-80 °F inside. So if there was a problem with the cooling I would know it. Here is a direct link to the bios. Hope it helps. http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/139392/gigabyte-gtx780-3072-130516.html

 

[Cebu]

Double post

 

[tracerit]

what's your RPM according to GPU-Z? http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2340/techpowerup-gpu-z-v0-7-7/

 

[Cebu]

what's your RPM according to GPU-Z? http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2340/techpowerup-gpu-z-v0-7-7/

GPU-Z shows the fan speed as 1193. It fluctuates up and down between 1191 and 1194.

 

[tracerit]

GPU-Z shows the fan speed as 1193. It fluctuates up and down between 1191 and 1194.

Ah so it seems to be hardware limited to 1100ish rpms. I was hoping it'd get down to 800rpm but I'll live. Thanks for checking things out!