Fans such as those on X1900xtx shouldnt have a problem running at 90% right?

[Polish3d]

When gaming I run it at about 95%... that's higher than it would normally under its automatic control, shouldn't be a problem right? It's not going to wear the fan out prematurely unless the fan is defective, correct?

 

[sodcha0s]

The fan should last for the useable life of the card even running at that speed, but whether or not it will is another story. Will it wear out faster @ 95% compared to 35%? Absolutely. It's a machine, the harder you run it the faster it will wear out. The question is, why would you want to run it at 95% anyway? How hot is it running?

 

[Exsomnis]

His fan speed is for his core overclock, mine would freeze at 680MHz with default fan settings guaranteed.

I solved this problem by buying a Zalman VF900-Cu and running it at 100% all the time, mmm silence.

 

[Polish3d]

Correct. I heard though that the Zalman wasnt giving much better temps than stock, and typically worse at full fan speed

 

[Ichigo]

It's not about temperatures. It's about noise level.