• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

Gigabyte GTX 260

F

fango

New Member
Joined
Jan 1, 2010
Messages
32 (0.01/day)
.. for some unknown reason gigabyte gtx 260 fan is far more noisy as before, when PC is idle that noise is louder, it looks like "buzzing" sound with lower/higher peek, like the fan is rotating faster then slower with some difficulties .. msi afterburner helps me in a way to hear fan rotating just fine on a max or min setting, but that sound in the background is still there, could it be something with fan's bearings? .. also, fan is clean (no dust) as a new one


GPU-Z

GPU temp. 52C
PCB temp. 43C
GPU temp. 44.5C
PCB temp. 43.5C
Fan speed 40%
Fan speed 1447-1449 rpm


thanks!
 
B

boogah

New Member
Joined
Jun 27, 2008
Messages
887 (0.15/day)
Location
Houston
System Specs
System Name Core i7 WS
Processor i7 920 D0 @ 4.2 GHz
Motherboard ASUS P6T WS Professional
Cooling Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme RT1366
Memory 6gb 3x2gb Crucial DDR3
Video Card(s) Firepro V8700
Storage Velociraptor 300gb in raid0
Display(s) 2x Dell Ultrasharp 24"
Case Antec Twelve Hundred
Audio Device(s) onboard sound
Power Supply Corsair HX1000
Software Windows 7 64-bit
Does it have the reference fan? temps seems to be about right.
 
M

mstenholm

Joined
Nov 7, 2009
Messages
4,472 (0.85/day)
Location
Denmark
System Specs
System Name The work PC /2700x/5950x
Processor 3900X stock/ 2700x stock/ 5950x 4200 MHz fixed @ 1,056-1,08V
Motherboard Gigabyte AORUS Master X570/2xMSI X470 M7 AC
Cooling Custom WC XSPC RX480, Laing DDC, XSPC Laing DDC Top V3 and EK Velocity/NH15/NH-U12S SE
Memory 32 GB Viper 3600/14 /16 GB Trident Z F4-4000C18D-16GTZSW 3600 /32 GB G Skill Flare CL14 3400
Video Card(s) 2070 Super X MSI/GTX 970 MSI/ GTX 970 MSI
Storage 1 TB SSD+500 GB NVMe / 500 GB SSD/ 500 GB SSD
Display(s) Dell UltraSharp U2518D/2408WFP
Case Corsair 800D / Lian test bench/NZXT 500
Power Supply AX 850 Titanium/AX 860i/AX 760
Software Dual boot/Win 7 & 10 / Linux / Win 10
If this is your idle temperature then either - your have plus 30 C in your room, or your need to clean the radiator. My GPU is 43 C @ 22 C. How many miles does the card have to its name? Mine is ½ year old but have been running 60-70 % fan speed 24/7 since day one and the bearings are still fine. Try the cleaning and see if it helps. You will be surpriced how much dust is in there. Be prepaired to clean the GPU and the radiator if you take them apart and add new thermal compound.
 
F

fango

New Member
Joined
Jan 1, 2010
Messages
32 (0.01/day)
...

well, card is about 5 months old, works 12/7 roughly .. sure, I could clean fan and other parts more, even it looks clean enough to me, so the temperature is not right? .. or like boogah says it is?
 
M

mstenholm

Joined
Nov 7, 2009
Messages
4,472 (0.85/day)
Location
Denmark
System Specs
System Name The work PC /2700x/5950x
Processor 3900X stock/ 2700x stock/ 5950x 4200 MHz fixed @ 1,056-1,08V
Motherboard Gigabyte AORUS Master X570/2xMSI X470 M7 AC
Cooling Custom WC XSPC RX480, Laing DDC, XSPC Laing DDC Top V3 and EK Velocity/NH15/NH-U12S SE
Memory 32 GB Viper 3600/14 /16 GB Trident Z F4-4000C18D-16GTZSW 3600 /32 GB G Skill Flare CL14 3400
Video Card(s) 2070 Super X MSI/GTX 970 MSI/ GTX 970 MSI
Storage 1 TB SSD+500 GB NVMe / 500 GB SSD/ 500 GB SSD
Display(s) Dell UltraSharp U2518D/2408WFP
Case Corsair 800D / Lian test bench/NZXT 500
Power Supply AX 850 Titanium/AX 860i/AX 760
Software Dual boot/Win 7 & 10 / Linux / Win 10
PCB temp are fine. The GPU is OK, just higher then it could be if you clean it. There is no way that you can judge the state of the radiator by looking at the fan. My fan looked OK, but I removed enough stuff from the radiator to nit a sweater....

Unless you have been very unlucky I'm sure that your fan bearing has 2-3 more years in them. Have your tried to run the fan at a fixed speed, not in auto?
 
F

fango

New Member
Joined
Jan 1, 2010
Messages
32 (0.01/day)
.. fixed speed? .. I can use afterburner to do this or?
 
Grings

Grings

Joined
Nov 16, 2006
Messages
2,724 (0.43/day)
Location
Blighty
System Specs
Processor R7 5800x3D
Motherboard MSI x570 Tomahawk
Cooling XSPC Raystorm Edge,EK QS P420M,EK D5pwm Revo Res
Memory 32gb Corsair Vengeance RT 3600 cl16
Video Card(s) Zotac 3070ti Amp Extreme
Storage Samsung 980pro 1tb x2
Display(s) MSI MPG321QRF QD
Case Corsair 7000D
Power Supply EVGA 1000 P2
Mouse G900
Keyboard Corsair k60 RGB PRO
Software Win 11
mstenholm said:
If this is your idle temperature then either - your have plus 30 C in your room, or your need to clean the radiator. My GPU is 43 C @ 22 C. How many miles does the card have to its name? Mine is ½ year old but have been running 60-70 % fan speed 24/7 since day one and the bearings are still fine. Try the cleaning and see if it helps. You will be surpriced how much dust is in there. Be prepaired to clean the GPU and the radiator if you take them apart and add new thermal compound.
Click to expand...

I found with my evga model if the s-video output is enabled the card idles around 51c, with it disabled it idles around 43c too, perhaps the op has this enabled
 
F

fango

New Member
Joined
Jan 1, 2010
Messages
32 (0.01/day)
Grings said:
I found with my evga model if the s-video output is enabled the card idles around 51c, with it disabled it idles around 43c too, perhaps the op has this enabled
Click to expand...


.. where to check that in windows 7?
 
roast

roast

Joined
Mar 16, 2009
Messages
601 (0.11/day)
Location
Ireland.
Another reason for it could be coil/capacitor whine.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top