Re: GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0 fans not slowing down
2015/05/24 07:07:53
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Tried the 350.12 driver which did not solve the issue.
Regarding the removal of the fan shroud: it is not possible to remove the fan shroud without physically damaging the shroud itself as one screw is hidden behind a plastic strip for which I was not able to find a way of removing it without breaking it.
Now I simply leave the fans unplugged and have my underlying 2x120mm Noctua fans cool the GPU with case airflow. Here are my testresults:
EVGA GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0, 0% Fan config
Unigine Valley runtime: 15m
Time to reach stable temperature of 86°C under heavy load (Unigine Valley): ~2m
Time to reach stable idle temperature of 33-35°C with web browsing and light activity: 8m21s
While playing Battlefield 4 in a 64 player server for 45 minutes (map was "Siege of Shanghai") the GPU did never go past 81°C.
Since this works fine for me, I won't go through the hassle of RMAing this card. System runs quieter that way.
But thanks for the help anyway.