Graphics card getting loud under load

[lixlax]

Hello!

I got a new graphics card: a Gigabyte AORUS Radeon™ RX580 8G.
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Graphics-Card/GV-RX580AORUS-8GD-rev-10-11#kf

Everything is working fine except that it gets super loud when under load. The fans are constantly rotating at or close to 3000rpm (~80% fan speed) after a minute or two- temperature is on target at ~73c. When the card idles the fans stop and the temperature is 45c as it should be.

I have removed the cooling twice to make sure that the radiator and die have a good contact which they seem to be having (paste spreads evenly).

According to the information I have found in the internet that card should have a quiet operation with fan speeds staying under 2000rpm on normal use.

Is there anything I could do/try or should I RMA?

 

[RLGL]

Verify the temperature of the card using GPU Z

 

[SKORPI0]

It's supposed to do that under load, rotate the fan >3000 rpm.
Try MSI Afterburner to monitor the temp. and control the fan speed.

 

[danielcooper]

You can "oil" a fan if it has a sticker in the center of the fan blade that covers access to the ballbarings may be it can help. Also, you can lower the speed of the fan by using software such as Nvidia Inspector. Many manufacturers also supply tools for this. But usually you can't go below a certain threshold. You can combine this with undervolting the GPU for the card's 2D-mode which will result in creating lower temperatures allowing you to speed down the fan even more.

 

[lixlax]

I'm using the afterburner, I also lowered the max fan rpm to 2000 in Radeon wattman but then the application (PUBG) shut down after ~5 minutes due to getting too hot.

My almost 3 years old R9 380 Nitro have similar power draw, smaller heatsink by the looks of it and I could barely distinguish it from my low rpm 140mm case/AIO fans (in the same games). The Gigabyte on the other hand sounds like a jet engine and I can easily hear it even with my headphones on.

I just don't believe that the card is supposed to work like that, I also read the customer reviews at Amazon and most point it out as a very quiet card. My main suspicion is still that something is wrong between the GPU die and the heatsink.

 

[Oyeve]

Might be insufficient case cooling. Check the case fans.

 

[Smoove910]

Did you uninstall/reinstall the drivers when you installed the new card, or did you just remove the old card and install the new card and expect everything to work?