View Full Version : Sapphire Radeon 4830 Fan Speed
Soulsaber
Mar 6th, 2009, 12:44 AM
To the people that have this card...how noisy is this supposed to be? I'm running a core i7 with a stock cooler and 1x 120mm fan and 1x 140mm fan and this card's fan is like twice as loud as everything in my case. I tried manually adjusting the fan speed in CCC but that doesn't do anything...lowest setting still sounds the same but it can get even louder on a higher setting.
It's not like it's overheating either...running at 33C idling so i have no idea what's with the excessive fan noise. Maybe the fan noise is normal, as I have never heard a vga card with a fan on it before lol.
RCGA
Mar 6th, 2009, 07:36 AM
I'm thinking about buying this card, but if it's like that, I might avoid it :cry:
Riffer
Mar 6th, 2009, 09:49 AM
On my XFX I can go into the Catalyst driver (8.12) "ATI Overdrive" screen and do a bunch of things with the fan speed. I assume other cards are the same.
The automated settings tend to keep it around 45-50C on my card, so maybe something is up with yours.
Soulsaber
Mar 6th, 2009, 06:39 PM
On my XFX I can go into the Catalyst driver (8.12) "ATI Overdrive" screen and do a bunch of things with the fan speed. I assume other cards are the same.
The automated settings tend to keep it around 45-50C on my card, so maybe something is up with yours.
Ya I also have that option....but the 'lowest' fan speed doesn't do anything and still sounds pretty loud and blowing pretty hard.
Amourek
Mar 6th, 2009, 09:01 PM
IRC you can edit the driver files somehow to alter fan control behavior. I'm a bit hazy on the details though.
You can also try RivaTuner and as a last resort, editing the card's BIOS.
GTI
Mar 7th, 2009, 02:57 AM
Get ATI Tray tools
http://www.atitraytools.tk/
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4989/sshot2r.th.png (http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4989/sshot2r.png)
Soulsaber
Mar 7th, 2009, 01:27 PM
Ok so I installed that...and when I go to that Fan tab, all it says is "No supported hardware found."
I'm thinking I should attempt for a refund...
infamouskid
Mar 7th, 2009, 03:39 PM
buy an aftermarket cooler that requires no fan like the thermalfight v2
GTI
Mar 8th, 2009, 06:45 AM
Ok so I installed that...and when I go to that Fan tab, all it says is "No supported hardware found."
I'm thinking I should attempt for a refund...
I installed: Latest Beta Version: 1.6.9.1382 (21/02/2009)
Running Catalyst 9.2 too. Mine's the Powercolor 4830.