Hi,
I have two questions, one specific to my graphics card, and a general one :
1. I noticed that my Sapphire HD 7870 makes the same noise as the one in this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNXyq4wszE (at 0:13 and 1:15), when the fans start spinning after exiting monitor power saving mode. Someone in the comments wrote his card does not do this, and the one who posted the video said that he later got a replacement, which also would not make the noise. However, someone else said that this is caused by the fans briefly spinning in the opposite direction in order to remove dust, if I understand correctly. This behaviour would therefore be normal. Can anyone confirm this ?? (I am not even sure my card has made this noise since the beginning, or if it started at some point later)
2. Is it bad to frequently alt-tab/press the Windows key to return to Windows desktop while gaming ? I like to do this sometimes to check things on the web, but I thought it might be detrimental for graphics card because temperature would go down and up again everytime you do this, although my card never seems to get very hot. I think the max I have ever seen was 65 °C while playing during summer. Could this reduce the lifetime of the graphics card ?
Thank you
I have two questions, one specific to my graphics card, and a general one :
1. I noticed that my Sapphire HD 7870 makes the same noise as the one in this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNXyq4wszE (at 0:13 and 1:15), when the fans start spinning after exiting monitor power saving mode. Someone in the comments wrote his card does not do this, and the one who posted the video said that he later got a replacement, which also would not make the noise. However, someone else said that this is caused by the fans briefly spinning in the opposite direction in order to remove dust, if I understand correctly. This behaviour would therefore be normal. Can anyone confirm this ?? (I am not even sure my card has made this noise since the beginning, or if it started at some point later)
2. Is it bad to frequently alt-tab/press the Windows key to return to Windows desktop while gaming ? I like to do this sometimes to check things on the web, but I thought it might be detrimental for graphics card because temperature would go down and up again everytime you do this, although my card never seems to get very hot. I think the max I have ever seen was 65 °C while playing during summer. Could this reduce the lifetime of the graphics card ?
Thank you
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