GPU Fan Control

[VerbisDiablo]

I was watching a vid about turning up your GPU fans to improve performance.  I have an EVGA FTW3 Ultra RTX 3080.  I have precision X1 and MSI Afterburner.  The hottest I've seen my GPU get was 78c while playing Coldwar TDM for 4 hours.  Usually regular gaming, depending on the game of course, it doesn't get above 72c.  I hear a lot about making a fan curve and I've heard to keep them at 100% all the time.  Not sure how to make a fan curve and 100% all the time seems like it would lower the cards life span.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

[da na]

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Making a fan curve in msi afterburner is easy. There’s a graph you drag some dots around on to define at what temps the fan goes at what rpm. Also don’t keep them at 100% all the time, that’s pointless when your temps are already pretty low, it would just be loud. And don’t worry, your card won’t die any faster with a fan curve, a good fan curve wi help it live longer because of lower temps.

[svmlegacy]

I'd reccomend against using two different GPU utilities at the same time, as they both may end up fighting over what to do with the card.

 

Afterburner has a built in utility for setting fan curves. Not sure about Precision X1.

[Skiiwee29]

9 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

I'd reccomend against using two different GPU utilities at the same time, as they both may end up fighting over what to do with the card.

 

Afterburner has a built in utility for setting fan curves. Not sure about Precision X1.

Precision X1 does, and honestly, it would be the one I recommend to use over MSI Afterburner in this case due to his card being EVGA. This will allow him to control the RGB on it as well as take advantage of the ICX temperature sensors on the card that Afterburner will not see or be able to record.