crossposted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12970663

Hi

I own rx6600 since more than a year and what seems odd it’s a bit loud, even with fan curves like this the fans spin up to the almost 2kRPM and hot spot temp is near 95°C:

and it’s not like my case isn’t well ventilated, i have 2 Arctic P12s blowing cold air from outside of the case directly at it, playing with fancontrol and hooking my case fans speed to the GPU temp lowers it quite a bit (barely above 90°C and 1800RPM) but it’s still a bit more than I like and it prevents me from raising my power limit to 120W, then the card is whining at almost 3kRPM

Is my sample defective? its XFX variant, mainly 210 SWFT with two fans? i heard a lot about botched heating installation in GPUs, insufficient paste amount etc, could this be it?

  • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    I have the same XFX card and can’t say I ever saw it running hot or loud like you’re describing. I’m with the other comment, card probably needs repasted or something.

    • maniel@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      8 months ago

      one question just to make sure, are you running it in performance or silent mode? there is a switch near the power plug, asking because there are conflicting comments/reviews/opinions online most saying it’s silent and maxing at 70°C while fans are relatively silent and some say the cooling is loud

      • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        I didn’t know about that function before but the switch is towards the PCIe power connector which from what I’m reading appears to be the performance mode? Hope that helps.