Any way to control fan curve of EVGA 980ti without using precisionx

[DesiPower]

Is they any way to permanently change the fan settings without precisionx? problem is that if precisionx is not running then the customized fan curve does not run, and precisionx somehow reuses to start with windows, so I have manually start it and keep it running.

 

[dmoney1980]

Msi afterburner?

 

[railven]

WHat I used, MSI AB. Unless something changed along the way. For example, I know I can only change the LED colors on my hybrid with Precision X. Tried Precision X once. Went back to MSI AB before the end of the day.

 

[flexy]

Tried 'em all, Precisions X, MSI AB, Gigabyte OC Guru, and some others...I am always sticking to MSI AB. There may be other tools which allow you set the fan SPEED (like NV Inspector etc.) but not actually editing and applying a custom curve. And TBH, there is no reason NOT to run MSI Afterburner.

 

[DesiPower]

Installed and started using Afterburner, looks very similar to PrecisionX, meybe better? idk, will know after some use. But the fundamental issue remains the same, once I close/exit/close the software the fan settings return to default. I was wondering if it possible to keep the settings without running any software in the background.

 

[flexy]

I've never had a problem with AB running, it is ALWAYS running and one of the essentials I install on every computer basically .)
I don't know of any tool that can apply a fan curve even after you quit...this would be something where you'd likely need to edit the bios to overwrite the internal fan settings in the bios. (IMHO idiocy when Afterburner can do this, and much better and more flexible)

 

[railven]

Installed and started using Afterburner, looks very similar to PrecisionX, meybe better? idk, will know after some use. But the fundamental issue remains the same, once I close/exit/close the software the fan settings return to default. I was wondering if it possible to keep the settings without running any software in the background.

That might be the problem. I'm pretty sure you got to keep the program running in the background to maintain the settings you set. If you exit the program it will return everything to stock (at least that's what I'm remembering now, to frank I don't think I've ever exited/closed to the program outside of trying things at stock.)

 

[DesiPower]

Like AB better than PX, my issue with PX is that most of the time it will crash after resuming from sleep, also it did not load with restart. Thanks guys

 

[bystander36]

There is an option to apply your OC and Fan settings at startup without the software running with MSI Afterburner (it may just be the interactive software that doesn't load, but some background app is running instead). Create your profile, and set the fan curve on the main page, and save it. At the bottom, there is a small checkbox "Apply overclocking at system startup". Check that, and it'll apply your OC and Fan settings when the system boots. It notes that if you hold the Ctrl button immediately after logging into Windows, it'll bypass the OC.

 

[flexy]

Really, this works? I have "Apply overclocking at system startup" always checked by default, but didn't know it would stick even with AB itself not running.

 

[bystander36]

Really, this works? I have "Apply overclocking at system startup" always checked by default, but didn't know it would stick even with AB itself not running.

I have tested it in the past, and it worked. I have not run it recently in such a manner, as I like the software running for the monitoring which goes to my G13 LCD. I could be mistaken, but that is what I recall.

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

If you are open to modifying and flashing you video card's bios (especially if you have a dual bios card from evga), it is "permanent" and always works.

I tweaked the fan curve on my 980ti classified to my liking and haven't fiddled with it in over six months. Its nice to not have to resetup any of it with windows reinstalls.

 

[DesiPower]

If you are open to modifying and flashing you video card's bios (especially if you have a dual bios card from evga), it is "permanent" and always works.

I tweaked the fan curve on my 980ti classified to my liking and haven't fiddled with it in over six months. Its nice to not have to resetup any of it with windows reinstalls.

Nice!! Not sure if mine are dual BIOS, but how do you do that?

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

Nice!! Not sure if mine are dual BIOS, but how do you do that?

It's really not very hard. If you have FTW models (I think I saw you talk about it in another thread) they have two bioses. They should have a little switch on the edge of the PCB to switch between them.

Typically you are allowed to flash the second bios and do whatever you want with it so long as the primary bios is left alone. eVGA doesn't seem to care what you do with either as long as you flash the primary bios back to stock before RMAing it.

There are some guides you can find online (I can't seem to locate a decent one right now but I know they exist). I'll outline what you need and the basic steps. I highly recommend flashing the second bios only in case of disaster. You can always switch it back to the primary bios even if the second one gets borked.

Needed:
GPU-Z
Maxwell Bios Tweaker
NVFlash with certificates checks bypassed.

You'll use GPU-Z to take a copy of the original bios. You might want to boot with both bioses and record them, sometimes the second bios has different settings.

Open the bios copy in Maxwell Bios Tweaker. The fan settings are pretty easy to mess with and you can tweak and test it until you get it to work the way you want. Make sure not to change anything else, even scrolling the mouse wheel changes settings. Once you're done, save the bios.

You'll open Device Manager, locate your card, and disable it.

Launch NVFlash. Turn the EEPROM protection off. Flash the card with the new bios. Re-enable EEPROM protection. Restart. Open Device Manager, re-enable it, and voila! New bios tuned to your specification.

 

[DesiPower]

Neat, will look around. Yes, I have one FTW and one SC, thanks

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I don't know if all that is necessary. I have Afterburner set up on my 2x GTX 970 system. It doesn't "start" at boot time, but what I mean by that is that the program interface doesn't load with the initial boot to desktop. Setting the "apply your OC and Fan settings" at startup apparently creates a file that loads at boot time. It doesn't require starting up Afterburner in the system tray at boot time.

As long as I'm passing this on, I have my own dilemma.

I know these programs are more or less agnostic, and I know that Afterburner is popular. Not only is it popular, but it's simply the best such program I've seen among maybe three.

I bought a GTX 1070 Gigabyte (mini-OC) for my Skylake rig. Then, I installed AFterburner without much thought about it. At this point, I'm not ready to overclock the card, but only wanted the program for monitoring.

Then, I installed Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming Engine, more or less equivalent. It comes with three ready-made profiles: "OC," "Gaming" and "Eco." These are all linear speed schedules following voltage on the X-axis, and of different slopes. There is also of course a "manual" feature, which you'd really want to use to seriously overclock the card.

Eco mode shows the clock reduced by 24 Mhz, which appears as a -24 value on the speed slider. So I was asking myself what this means if Afterburner only has values beginning with 0. I'd rather use Afterburner, so I'll have to run some tests to see how speed and voltage scale under both programs. If you say "you don't have to do that," it's just extra trouble to satisfy myself.

But I'm convinced you should only use one or the other -- and not both. The Gigabyte software has some useful "pre-set profile" features, but AB wins hands down for its robust design. But with the Gigabyte software (and I could even be mistaken), it seems you have to keep the program in system tray all the time. There's no "Apply settings at Startup" feature that I've discovered. When I'm ready to push the card to custom settings, I'll want to use Afterburner if I can, and uninstall the Gigabyte program. I would not leave both programs installed together. Probably -- asking for trouble.