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Zotac 1070 amp! Cant go under 40% fan speed

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By Altaren
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I just bought a used 1070 and it works great but i noticed it wont go under 40% fan speed. I tried afterburner and their own firestorm software. Seems like its bios locked, is that normal? How safe is it to reflash the bios, i did that on my 280x but that had a dual bios so i wasnt worried about bricking it.

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it's normal. Not all cards can stop their fans. I've seen blowers set as high as 50%

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

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9 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

it's normal. Not all cards can stop their fans. I've seen blowers set as high as 50%

IAh i see, thank you. Still that does seem super odd, every graphics card ive had so far had a minimum of 20% and a lot of the newer ones are supposed to be able to turn off completely.

EDIT: On their site featuring the gpu (here) there is a section advertising "freeze" a feature where the fans slow down and become silent. Makes me think the fans arent hardware limited to a minimum of 40%

Also this review mentions the same thing "In fact, these fans also employ what ZOTAC calls Freeze, which essentially just means they will turn completely off with the card is idling or not using much power and doesn’t need the extra cooling."

EDIT2: If anyone is searching for this later, the card i have is amp! core edition and it apparently doesnt have the "freeze" feature.

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