8600gt fan speed control?

[xax]

Hi. I'm looking for a way to lower the fan speed from my Leadtek 8600gt card. Don't get me wrong, the card is not that loud (when in Windows), but it's the loudest component and I'm hopping to change that. When I boot/reboot the PC the fan is at full speed and the noise level is high (I think over 30dB), but when XP loads the driver the card becomes very silent for a few seconds - until the deskop is loaded, when the fan speed increases, but not to the max.). I've tried Rivatuner, Atitool, SpeedFan, NTune and I don't know if it's me, but now it seems even louder than before. There must be a way to lower further the fan speed since the driver is able to do so. Thanks.

 

[PCTC2]

upgrade the drivers from nvidia.com to 162.18 i believe for XP (it will help you select). then use nVIDIA control panel (available by right-clicking on the deskop, or in the XP Control Panel) and find GPU Performance. It will have an option for fan control.

 

[xax]

Originally posted by: PCTC2
upgrade the drivers from nvidia.com to 162.18 i believe for XP (it will help you select). then use nVIDIA control panel (available by right-clicking on the deskop, or in the XP Control Panel) and find GPU Performance. It will have an option for fan control.

I've already installed the 162.18 drivers and ntune. The only option in Nvidia Control Panel is for 3D and the minimum value is 100%/48C - this is also the "automatic fan control config.

 

[PCTC2]

I had this problem too. Try changing to "Manual" then hit apply, then change the fan speed, and then hit apply again.

 

[xax]

This is exactly what I did but the minimum speed is 100%/"GPU temp". When on Automatic the speed is 98%/"GPU temp". I can't get it lower than 100%, but I can higer.

 

[PCTC2]

i forgot that it goes up to 125%.

sorry, i'm lost for ideas. anyone else?

 

[xax]

Update: I've just got an email back from Leadtek and they cliam all their 8x00 cards don't support manual control the fan and that the bios controlls it. This is not true since after installling the driver the fan slows down.