Getting 680 fan speed lower in 2d

[Towlie]

Had card a few days and do think it is quiet when playing games, but the card seems too loud in the desktop in 2d, definitely makes more noise than 8800GTX which it shouldn't really. Have a feeling 4870 x2 made less noise in 2d as well but been a while so hard to remember.

EVGA precision states fan is at 30%, is there any way to get it to 20% say?

 

[Jocelyn84]

I'd like to know about this too. I'm upgrading my monitor and video card, but if the 680 isn't as quiet as my 560 ti Top in 2D mode, I think I'll wait for something else.

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[T_Yamamoto]

i think lowest speed is 30%

also, the GPU is usually the lowest thing in a computer

 

[Jocelyn84]

i think lowest speed is 30%

also, the GPU is usually the lowest thing in a computer

Lowest thing in what? Noise? My intake fan (Thermalright TY-140) and cooler fan (Scythe Slipstream PWM) both run 300-500 RPM and are sonically invisible in 2D, so in my case the GPU is not the lowest in noise

Edit: Has anyone tried lowering the fan percentage via MSI Afterburner?

 

[Towlie]

I had a passive card just before the 680, so it is definitely the card. It was temp after 8800gtx died.

 

[Ferzerp]

Not with the EVGA software anyway. 30 is as low as it goes. If you try to input values out of the normal range in to a CFG file, it doesn't work.

 

[Jocelyn84]

Not with the EVGA software anyway. 30 is as low as it goes. If you try to input values out of the normal range in to a CFG file, it doesn't work.

Yes, that's why I asked about MSI Afterburner. Can anyone please test and see if you can go below 30% and if so how low? Thanks

 

[chimaxi83]

Afterburner only allows 30%-85%, and that's based on the BIOS. You can set a custom fan profile below 30% in Afterburner settings, but it doesn't do anything.

 

[Jocelyn84]

Afterburner only allows 30%-85%, and that's based on the BIOS. You can set a custom fan profile below 30% in Afterburner settings, but it doesn't do anything.

Thank you! Guess I'll probably be waiting then...

Edit: What's the fan speed rpm at 30%? Thanks

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[Gryz]

Resurrecting a very old thread.

But I'd like to know: has anyone ever found a way to set the fanspeed on the gtx680 to lower than 30% ?

When idle (surfing, etc) the gpu fan is the loudest component in my system. Being able to lower the fanspeed from 30% to 20% at idle, with msi afterburner, would be nice. Maybe someone figured out how to do it now ?

 

[notty22]

Even my ATI 4770 blower model won't go below 30%, I was curious what the rpm is also as asked above. At 30%, it's near silent , 2 feet away in a Dell 530.
I locked it at 30% and the lowest clocks, running dual monitors. My television.

 

[RubyX]

It's possible with a modded BIOS. My 680 is running at 12% most of the time.

I can't remember where I got that BIOS, but it shouldn't be too hard to find...

 

[Gryz]

I've looked around to find a BIOS for my card. If I understood correctly, you need the exact BIOS for the specific card you have.

I have an Asus DCii, but the non-top version. I've seen a BIOS for the top-version. But I am unsure it will work for the non-top. Supposedly the BIOS for the Asus GTX670 top and non-top are the same. But I can't find any info about the Asus gtx680 non-top.

And I'm too scared to mess with my BIOS on a videocard unless I'm 99.9% certain it'll work.

 

[ICDP]

My EVGA 680 was barely audible in 2D but I found it acceptable thankfully. I don't think there is any way to make this lower as the BIOS controls the fan speed. Unless you are prepared to load a modded BIOS and thus invalidate your warranty I think you are stuck at 30%.

 

[RubyX]

I've looked around to find a BIOS for my card. If I understood correctly, you need the exact BIOS for the specific card you have.

I have an Asus DCii, but the non-top version. I've seen a BIOS for the top-version. But I am unsure it will work for the non-top. Supposedly the BIOS for the Asus GTX670 top and non-top are the same. But I can't find any info about the Asus gtx680 non-top.

And I'm too scared to mess with my BIOS on a videocard unless I'm 99.9% certain it'll work.

I have a Zotac, and installed the BIOS of an EVGA Superclocked. Worked like a charm.
If even THAT works, using the Asus "top" version on a non-"top" shouldn't be a problem at all (unless your card can't handle the higher clocks, but you can try that beforehand).