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    New XPS 8500 with GTX 660 1.5GB--system not regulating fan speed--HELP!

    I tried asking Dell tech support and they didnt have a !@#!@# clue what I was talking about.
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    New XPS 8500 with GTX 660 1.5GB--system not regulating fan speed--HELP!

    The money for the system was a major investment for me right now. I value anything that will extend life over quiet :). I can deal with a noisier fan while I'm gaming.
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    New XPS 8500 with GTX 660 1.5GB--system not regulating fan speed--HELP!

    I'm getting NO performance problems with the card. It just seemed unusual for the temp to spike that much without the fan budging. Everything is running fine. I'll probably set a slightly more aggressive fan profile in Afterburner--after all the fan shouldn't be able to laze around all day...
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    New XPS 8500 with GTX 660 1.5GB--system not regulating fan speed--HELP!

    BUMPing to check for other opinions... :)
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    New XPS 8500 with GTX 660 1.5GB--system not regulating fan speed--HELP!

    So if you're saying that it's ok for the fan to stick to 28 percent when temp shoots up to 72C, it's ok for the card to cool down slowly after gaming, since the fan's at 28 percent (instead of a faster fan speed cooling it more).
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    New XPS 8500 with GTX 660 1.5GB--system not regulating fan speed--HELP!

    ROFLMAO...I happen to like Hellgate London. Seriously though, you seriously think the fan speed is alright not budging from 28 percent when the thing hits 72C?
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    New XPS 8500 with GTX 660 1.5GB--system not regulating fan speed--HELP!

    Maybe I'm being paranoid, but it's a brand-new system, and if the fan speed isn't acting as it should I want to bring it back...
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    New XPS 8500 with GTX 660 1.5GB--system not regulating fan speed--HELP!

    I know I can do that, but the system should be doing SOMETHING with the fan speed when the temp is going to over 2.5 times the temperature at idle (26C vs 72C)
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    New XPS 8500 with GTX 660 1.5GB--system not regulating fan speed--HELP!

    How do I change that? Restarted computer, hit F12, can't find anything in the BIOS about the video card favoring quiet over cool. If it's the video card's BIOS settings, how do I change that?
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    New XPS 8500 with GTX 660 1.5GB--system not regulating fan speed--HELP!

    I just doublechecked it--played for a bit with HWinfo64 running in background. Temp went to a high of 71C, fan speed never budged. No increase in noise from the case, either, so I doubt it's a faulty monitor.
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    New XPS 8500 with GTX 660 1.5GB--system not regulating fan speed--HELP!

    It was the video card fan--I'm using GPU-Z.
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    New XPS 8500 with GTX 660 1.5GB--system not regulating fan speed--HELP!

    Have a brand new XPS 8500, i7-3770, 16GB RAM, 1.5GB GTX 660. Video card with 0% GPU load is idling between 26 and 28 degrees C. Was just playing about an hour of Hellgate London singleplayer, DX10 option, all settings maxed. The card temperature went from 26C to a high during my play of...
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    New system, weird video card fan issue, and question

    I just figured...since the temp went all the way to 51C from 25C while playing Skyrim, that the automatic fan speed control might have kicked it even higher than 35 percent in order to bring the temperature down more. By the way, what is YAGNI? :)
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    New system, weird video card fan issue, and question

    Just picked up a new Dell XPS 8500 yesterday. Having a weird video card issue (GTX 660 1.5GB). If it matters, the system specs are: i7-3770 16GB RAM 256GB SSD 2TB HD GTX 660 1.5GB My last system had an ATI 6750, and I got used to controlling my own fan speeds through profiles. If I...