Fan Profile

[EarthboundHero]

Hey guys, so I've got a Gigabyte R9 280 Windforce card. I was wondering if when I set the fan profile it was okay to leave the fan off until 60 degrees. I'll have a picture of what my fan profile looks like. Can you give me some feedback please?

 

[SImoHayha]

It's better to have it smoothly accelerate as it gets warmer. That's like having a car and your like ehh its fine that the car doesnt have oil in it to cool it's self down. Then what happens ? You get a broken car. So yea its better to have the fans on then off until it hits 60 c

[EarthboundHero]

It's better to have it smoothly accelerate as it gets warmer. That's like having a car and your like ehh its fine that the car doesnt have oil in it to cool it's self down. Then what happens ? You get a broken car. So yea its better to have the fans on then off until it hits 60 c

What do you think's a good curve?

[AlwaysFSX]

That must get annoying REAL fast.

[SImoHayha]

What do you think's a good curve?

 

What do you think's a good curve?

Well have it at 20 % Then 40 % Then 60 % then 80% then 100% That is what i have. Helps alot.

[W-L]

What do you think's a good curve?

 

I personally have something like this it seems to work pretty well for me, quiet for the most part and ramps up when needed.

 

[EarthboundHero]

@W-L Here's another question, how do you get the profile to stick after closing Afterburner?

[W-L]

@W-L Here's another question, how do you get the profile to stick after closing Afterburner?

 

It should just stay after clicking OK and minimizing afterburner, don't click the X on the main page or it ends to program completely.

[EarthboundHero]

It should just stay after clicking OK and minimizing afterburner, don't click the X on the main page or it ends to program completely.

It stays as long as Afterburner is open. If I close it, it goes back to stock fans.

[W-L]

It stays as long as Afterburner is open. If I close it, it goes back to stock fans.

 

Are you minimizing the program so it's running in the background, like I said don't close the program itself?

 

Hover over your lower right icons on the task bar to check and see if afterburner is still running, if it's still running the background it should override the GPU's stock fan curve. 

[EarthboundHero]

 

Are you minimizing the program so it's running in the background, like I said don't close the program itself?

 

Hover over your lower right icons on the task bar to check and see if afterburner is still running, if it's still running the background it should override the GPU's stock fan curve. 

I have to keep it running to keep the custom curve? I can't close it?

[W-L]

I have to keep it running to keep the custom curve? I can't close it?

 

For afterburner to have the custom fan curve always running it has to run behind the scenes, it's also made for overclocking so it keeps the details for the overclock running if you doing that also.

If you click the X and close the program instead of minimizing it will revert back to the stock clock speeds including the fan curve.

[EarthboundHero]

For afterburner to have the custom fan curve always running it has to run behind the scenes, it's also made for overclocking so it keeps the details for the overclock running if you doing that also.

If you click the X and close the program instead of minimizing it will revert back to the stock clock speeds including the fan curve.

Alright thank you.