With this GTX-660 card, EVGA Precision X fan curves seem to top out at 75%. Just me, or everyone else?
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Hi Mr. James. I just got home to check out your predicament, and I can say that I arrived at close to the same conclusion. I set my fan to manually run at max and there is a visual disconnect though the Precision X HUD. The meter says my fan is running at max, but the digital readout on PX says it's only at 80%. That's not exactly what you're reading (75%)...but it looks like the same issue. For comparison sake I took the other fan software and did the same thing to see if I noticed the same issue.... and I did. For some reason all the Fan software I use say the max is 80%. What I found out after looking into it more was that EVGA apparently puts a limit on the max speed you can run their fans using external controllers. I do not know if the card itself will push the fans above 80%, but it seems that when using other software, that is the max. ...even so. Whether your fan is running at a true 75% top speed or the actual max speed, I find that my fan on max keeps things cooled to about 40-44c...which is well below maximum temps. Hope that helps! (on a side note, I've read that you want to keep these cards at 70c or cooler in order not to lose any clock speed. Supposedly, once they hit 70c the card throttles back the clock until temps are below 70)
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I'm not sure what you're getting at here Mr. James. Can you be more specific? I use Precision X to overclock. I'm able to set the fan curve as I please to minimize the redux in clocking that occurs from high temps...
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I am running sli gtx770's and there is absolutely no noise. Also have not heard any type of coil whine and cannot tell when the fan is on unless I am looking at it through the bottom of my case.
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Not really, only thing I know of is the signature being an open case cooling system doesn't push the hot air out the rear of the machine as well as the super clocked model. So your internal case temp may play a bigger role in your gpu's temp, both of mine run very cool even when pushed hard on a high res display. You cant go wrong either way though. SLI either model of card and your good to go.
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hi there!Due we have extreme ambient temps (37~41ºc) the video card works at 52~56ºC but this is normal in the area I live (north of mexico).It works very well, regarding noise it barely can be hear working with load like battlefield 4 or crysis 3. my case is a generic one. I Hope you can enjoy this GPU.
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Well I'm using a bronze 500 watt and it's working. I did have to use a programme called Asus gpu boost to restrict the draw to the card but it works fine. The xfx website does state you need a minimum of 750 watt to run it so yours should be fine if it us at least bronse rated
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Depends on the CPU but I am running an i7-3770k @4.4ghz and mine never gets above 60c (using realtempGT) on full folding load with GPU folding as well. Thats with a corsair h100. A customer loop will likely do better.
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I've got two EVGA GTX 760's and they "should" light up but they dint for me. They are supposed to though. Sorry I can't help more.
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I've had no experience with the Asus model, but I can tell you that even a little digital image manipulation results in a hell of a lot of fan acceleration, both on the video board, the comuter case fan, and the CPU fan. The short EVGA model dumps its hot (very hot air) out right into the Mobo RAM...just where it's needed :( Additionally, I've had a difficult time getting the optimal NVidia driver to install, but that very well may be a Mobo issue. Hope this helps. NOTE: If you buy the "longer" Asus model, make sure you have room in your case.
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It was audible in my system.... enough so that I stopped using it. You can lower the fan speed all the way, but it was still audible, and of course it won't cool as well. When the fan is at max speed it cooled my nvidia card around 8 to 10 degrees C. Giving your video card a good cleaning will help a lot too.
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I have never heard the fan on this card but I am not a real big gamer, to me so what if it is. chances are if your a gamer ill be drowned out by loud exhaust or gunfire. I own 2 of these cards each in a gigabyte ga970ud3 mb & have had no troubles.
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Neither, the card runs fairly cool and actually, I hear far less noise than I used to. At first I did not think the card was booting it was so quiet :p note: I have not attempted overclocking or editing the fan speeds at all. Just out of the box usage.
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Hi robert,Sorry for the delay, I used a watt meter to see how much my system was using. I have a big CPU cooler and this graphic card and I was reading 300 or so watts at the wall receptacle. I lean the way of others. While you could probably get by for a while with your power supply, solid voltage = stability in the computer world. If your PS is always near its limit, you may run in a lot of issues. A PS is fairly cheap and easy to install. I have a seatronic 750 S series to give me room for expansion in the future but it may be an overkill. A good 650 would be just fine for sure.Regards Hi robert,Sorry for the delay, I used a watt meter to see how much my system was using. I have a big CPU cooler and this graphic card and I was reading 300 or so watts at the wall receptacle. I lean the way of others. While you could probably get by for a while with your power supply, solid voltage = stability in the computer world. If your PS is always near its limit, you may run in a lot of issues. A PS is fairly cheap and easy to install. I have a seatronic 750 S series to give me room for expansion in the future but it may be an overkill. A good 650 would be just fine for... » Read More Hi robert,Sorry for the delay, I used a watt meter to see how much my system was using. I have a big CPU cooler and this graphic card and I was reading 300 or so watts at the wall receptacle. I lean the way of others. While you could probably get by for a while with your power supply, solid voltage = stability in the computer world. If your PS is always near its limit, you may run in a lot of issues. A PS is fairly cheap and easy to install. I have a seatronic 750 S series to give me room for expansion in the future but it may be an overkill. A good 650 would be just fine for sure.Regards « Show Less
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I have all fans connected and would say it's fairly quiet. My video card fan is louder then the rest.
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I have a GTX 770, which as I understand is basically a GTX 680 chip that has already been overclocked by nVidia. Therefore, there really isn't much headroom for OC'ing the 770, but I'm sure some have tried. Google is your friend... :) I have OC'd previous nVidia cards and have good stable success, just be patient and do it slowly, stress the card (hopefully with game) and monitor temps all the time. It isn't a procedure for the lazy who want to shortcut... Good luck.
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Can anyone confirm what Derek said with this specific EVGA GTX 660 on Amazon? I'm wondering about this, too. Thanks a lot!
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Might want too r.m.a that my only goes up to 45 c degrees friend. Msi will replace it or so will Amazon. That is a little warm there. Just side note use evga precision app it may help u out.
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It isn't significant running in typical environments. System intense rendering can get that fan humming but it still isn't annoying. I control the fan while running Bootcamp and crank it to max when gaming and only then is it very loud. However I am okay with that cause you need to keep a card cool for gaming.