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I'm thinking about buying this card, but if it's like that, I might avoid it
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Mar 5th, 2009 11:44 PM #1
Sapphire Radeon 4830 Fan Speed
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._______________
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Mar 6th, 2009 06:36 AM #2 Reply With Quote
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Mar 6th, 2009 08:49 AM #3Deal Addict
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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. Reply With Quote
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Mar 6th, 2009 05:39 PM #4Deal Addict
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Ya I also have that option....but the 'lowest' fan speed doesn't do anything and still sounds pretty loud and blowing pretty hard.
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Mar 6th, 2009 08:01 PM #5
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. Reply With Quote
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Mar 7th, 2009 01:57 AM #6
Get ATI Tray tools
http://www.atitraytools.tk/
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Mar 7th, 2009 12:27 PM #7Deal Addict
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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..._______________
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Mar 7th, 2009 02:39 PM #8
buy an aftermarket cooler that requires no fan like the thermalfight v2
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Mar 8th, 2009 05:45 AM #9I installed: Latest Beta Version: 1.6.9.1382 (21/02/2009) Originally Posted by Soulsaber
Running Catalyst 9.2 too. Mine's the Powercolor 4830._______________
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