Loud fan on MSI GTX570.....

bradmax57 · Jul 27, 2011

Just got myself a reference MSI GTX570 model number is M2D12D5. The lowest I can set the fan speed is 40% using afterburner and its annoyingly loud even at idle, tbh after playing fallout 3 for a bit the temps only got upto 50C and it hardly got any louder, are they all this loud at idle?

Can I mod the bios or driver to enable less than 40%?

gpu-z is reporting the fan is spinning at 2100rpm

theonedub · Jul 27, 2011

MSI has been known to put GTX470/480 coolers on their GTX 5 series cards. Is it possible that you actually have a 470 cooler on the card?

bradmax57 · Jul 27, 2011

theonedub said:
MSI has been known to put GTX470/480 coolers on their GTX 5 series cards. Is it possible that you actually have a 470 cooler on the card?

I think i have tbh, i had a look at it before and it looks exactly the same as my old 470 one which I wasnt expecting.

theonedub · Jul 27, 2011

The fan size and position is the best way to tell. The 470 has a smaller fan that is off center in the shroud and the 570 has a larger fan that sits almost perfectly centered.

The 470/480 fan is notoriously loud. If you do indeed have one it most likely means you have the stock heatpipe based cooler instead of the newer vapor chamber as well. If it was a recent purchase I would return the card and pick up a different model.

The reference 570 fan is pretty darn quiet (I had a reference 470 and 570 before my 580 Lightning).

bradmax57 · Jul 27, 2011

theonedub said:
The fan size and position is the best way to tell. The 470 has a smaller fan that is off center in the shroud and the 570 has a larger fan that sits almost perfectly centered.

The 470/480 fan is notoriously loud. If you do indeed have one it most likely means you have the stock heatpipe based cooler instead of the newer vapor chamber as well. If it was a recent purchase I would return the card and pick up a different model.

The reference 570 fan is pretty darn quiet (I had a reference 470 and 570 before my 580 Lightning).

Its 6 weeks old, and it definately has the 470 fan on, to late for DSR so either sell the card on or get some after market cooling.

Talk about gutted

mlee49 · Jul 27, 2011

Wow, this is the first I've heard about this.

I know eVGA had upgraded their 570/580 heatsinks for the gpu, but wow MSI just reusing old crap?

erocker · Jul 27, 2011

mlee49 said:
Wow, this is the first I've heard about this.

I know eVGA had upgraded their 570/580 heatsinks for the gpu, but wow MSI just reusing old crap?

They've been doing it for a while. http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147902

Bo$$ · Jul 27, 2011

I have one but with the GTX 480 cooler on it, it is not too noisy, try using a less agressive fan curve to reduce noise

you can probabily flash the bios to reduce minimum fan speed

bradmax57 · Jul 27, 2011

gah, wish id know this before

Crap Daddy · Jul 27, 2011

It's a very bad move from MSI, anyways never trusted them too much although people say good things about the twin frozr. My EVGA is silent as a whisper at 40% which is required for idle - 33C- and with the Afterburner fan profile the max I've seen was 65% to keep the card at around 60C - full load BFBC2. At 65% it gets a little bit noisier but it still is very good. EVGA has the fan locked at max 85% - probably lots of noise there - but you never go that high.

bradmax57 · Jul 27, 2011

what annoys me is they have kept the part number the same

wolf · Jul 27, 2011

erocker said:
They've been doing it for a while. http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147902

looks exactly like what has happened in the thread you linked... it's such a weird move really... aside from the cooler being louder and less efficient, its not really that bad, the card is shorter and the PCB specs are almost identical. still when your expecting a reference GTX570, you should get one, and really thats not a massive expectation.

this is one of the reasons (one of many) that I almost always get non reference cards with even better PCB's and in-house coolers.

bradmax57 · Jul 28, 2011

If I was to get a aftermarket cooler I guess I need to be looking for 470 ones then?

erixx · Jul 28, 2011

Not necessarily. It depends on the *board* design under the fan, the die size and holes, RAM and other chips position...
Best is to search for a review that shows all the above...

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