evga 7950GT KO noisy fan.

[de8212]

Every time I start a video in WMP a fan in my system kicks up rpms and produces more noise. It stays up for ~5 minutes and then drops back down. It stays up the entire 5 minutes even if I immediately close WMP.
I think it's the fan on my evga video card. It's getting pretty annoying but I would imagine it senses the need for it. First of all how can I monitor to narrow down which fan it is? Secondly, if it is the video card fan is there a way to disable it from doing this or at least testing it to see if that's the problem. Lastly, if it is the evga fan can I swap fans to a quieter one? Recommenddations?
thanks.

 

[TheRyuu]

How to narrow it down.
Open your case, start up WMP and stick your ear in the case
(in all likelihood it is the video card)

Yea you can go to a third party cooler.
Zalman vf-900 is good.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118001

 

[1111111]

I read before that you could get a different BIOS on the 7900GT EVGA cards so they wouldn't run the fan so fast under light/moderate loads. You might want to hit the EVGA forums to see if that applies to the 7950 cards as well. If that's not a possible fix then the Zalman VF-900(as mentioned) is a good and quiet hs/f.

 

[de8212]

thanks for the suggestions and links. Wow, I didn't realize it would be quite that much $. I may order one anyways in the near future.

 

[hemmy]

Rivatuner should be able to lower fans speeds

 

[40sTheme]

Meh, the noise on it doesn't really bother me. I tune it out anyways. It keeps that card pretty cool; i've got it OCed to 7900GTX speeds and even after 3DMark06 it only hits a max of 69C. I'd say that's pretty damned good. But, like it has been said, either aftermarket or Rivatuner for fan control.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I used to hear something when I would launch media player as well... turned out to be my DVD drive spinning up even though I might be opening a file on the hard drive. Might want to check that too.

 

[Icepick]

Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
I used to hear something when I would launch media player as well... turned out to be my DVD drive spinning up even though I might be opening a file on the hard drive. Might want to check that too.

The DVD drive in my PC is easily the loudest component when it spins up. I have the same video card you do: EVGA 7950GT KO SC and I find it to be quiet at idle and a little bit noisy during 3d games.

You stated that the loud noise occurs when playing video so I'd rule out the DVD drive before spending money on the Zalman VF900.