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gtx 970 70% fan speed for long period of time while gaming?

Werdna
By Werdna
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is it fine? im afraid it will break or something. noise is not my issue. I just want to know if running high fan speeds will do any harm to my components :o 

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is it fine? im afraid it will break or something. noise is not my issue. I just want to know if running high fan speeds will do any harm to my components :o

What I have learned when I asked if I could have my fan speed at 100% for long period of time.

They said that it will shorten life time but most likely not break.

I would say that 60-70% while gaming is common.

Just done have it like that when you are only using web browser or something.

 

So no it would probably not break and to me it looks fine 70% is not that high. But the 970 should most likely not need it since it and 980 is so strong and power efficient.

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    AMD Ryzen R9 5900x @ 5.1GHz - Auto OC
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    ASUS ROG STRIX x570-F Gaming
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    MSI 3070 8GB Ventus 2x OC
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One thing is you won't be able to use a Graphic card more than 5 years. I'm running my EVGA GTX 560 ti overclocked and 90% or 100% fan speed for 2 years now and it works perfect.

 

Considering power efficiency of maxwell architecture in 970, you may not need that much of fan speed

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What are your GPU tempratures while having 90-100 fan speed? 

i7-5820K | ASUS X99-A | Corsair DDR4 LPX 16 GB | MSI GTX 970 Gaming | Corsair 750D | WD Black 1 TB | MX100 256 GB | EVGA SuperNOVA 750 Watt | ASUS VG248QE | Corsair H105 | K70 MX blues non-RGB | M95 | H1500 | Windows 8.1 64-bit

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I used to run both of my cards @ 100%, now I put them around 80-85 as my cards can barley get to 65 degrees. Most people upgrade before the card has a chance to die.

Main RIg Corsair Air 540, I7 9900k, ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero, G.Skill Ripjaws 3600 32GB, 3090FE, EVGA 1000G5, Acer Nitro XZ3 2560 x 1440@240hz 

 

Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz

 

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