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Not all fans spin on idle for GTX Asus 1080 STRIX OC Edition

Planetgazer11
Level 7

‎07-09-2017 07:39 PM - last edited on ‎03-05-2024 10:13 PM by Community Admin

This is my videocard:

https://www.amazon.com/ROG-STRIX-GTX1080-O8G-11GBPS-GeF...



Greetings,



First of all, I know that when the computer is idle or not working hard, all 3 fans don't spin. I noticed a few things with the fan. When the computer is not on a heavy load or semi idling (Watching streams or youtube videos or surfing the web):

I noticed only 2 of the 3 fans were spinning. So I fired up 3dmark Firestrike, and the last fan finally kicked in after a few seconds of running Firestrike.

Another time, I saw only 1 of 3 fans spinning. I did the same thing and ran the 3dmark Firestrike benchmark test, and then the other two fans started spinning.

And finally, another time, I saw all 3 fans stopping, then spinning again, then stopping and spinning again. And it did this while I was watching it for like 30-40 seconds


So my question is, is this normal? Or do I need to return this GPU and get a replacement or buy a different card all together?




EDIT: I forgot to mention the weather here is hot during the summer if this information will help.
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Alm7airbi007
Level 7

‎07-11-2017 03:44 AM

this is totally normal, thats a away of the graphics card not consuming alot wattage
but there are sofwares that i use to control my fans, what i use is xtreme engine... this https://xg.gigabyte.com/download.php
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Planetgazer11
Level 7
In response to Alm7airbi007

‎07-11-2017 01:44 PM

Thanks for the reply and help! So the way I described the fans working is normal? I always thought all 3 fans would stop if it wasn't under light load, instead of 1 or 2 just stopping. So no need to return my card? It runs pretty cool when under heavy load which is impressive. I was just worried that not all the fans spin at the same time. Let me know. Thanks!
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