GPU fan issues, again.

[Katze]

So I had a similar issue before but this time its different, my card has a zero RPM mode but wont actually stay off.

My card will slowly rise to 51 degrees then turn on the fans, like it did with my original issue, but now when it does, the fans "pulse" on and off instead of just saying on for a few seconds.

 

Here is a graph in Afterburner.

 

The fan RPM spikes constantly, and I can hear my graphics card audibly "revving"

[Mark Kaine]

yeah, a zero fan mode gpu shouldn't do this, but how are we supposed to help you without any specs? I don't know...

 

Sounds like your cooling situation might be bad (can just speculate without specs tho) 

 

also if this is a nvidia card you probably set it to prefer maximum performance, don't do that. 

[Katze]

12 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

yeah, a zero fan mode gpu shouldn't do this, but how are we supposed to help you without any specs? I don't know...

 

Sounds like your cooling situation might be bad (can just speculate without specs tho) 

 

also if this is a nvidia card you probably set it to prefer maximum performance, don't do that. 

Oh sorry, mean to post the card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8GB

Running munti monitors.

 

And my case is a Define R6, HDD cages removed with two front 140mm fans.
 

Whatever, heres a pic:

[Mark Kaine]

32 minutes ago, Katze said:

And my case is a Define R6, HDD cages removed with two front 140mm fans

Ok so your cooling is probably OK... 

 

 

So unless you set it to "prefer maximum performance"

this 

32 minutes ago, Katze said:

Running munti monitors.

is your issue. known nvidia "bug" when running multi monitors, idk a fix tbh. 

 

 

you can try set custom fan curves so it starts at ~55c, but I doubt that helps much... but you can try. 

 

 

[Katze]

27 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

Ok so your cooling is probably OK... 

 

 

So unless you set it to "prefer maximum performance"

this 

is your issue. known nvidia "bug" when running multi monitors, idk a fix tbh. 

Yeah I seen a post about this too, I've also tried running my second monitor off onboard graphics.
It will still turn on and off.

 

EDIT: May have found the issue, I noticed the core clock was all over the place when Firefox was open, I disabled Hardware acceleration and now the clock is mostly sitting at 210, with the occasional spike. GPU temp holding for now.