fan speed control for 9800gtx

**DALLON** · 17-01-2009

hello guys,

I have a gainward bliss 9800gtx, and have little query about it . i woudl like to ask what if i set the fan speed to 60 percent permanently ? gainward expert tool us been used for this purpose. please give some suggestion
thanks in advance

regards

**Omari** · 17-01-2009

Hello, Thats is completely fine. I also have my 8800GTS 512 running at 60% and it has been running for over a year now . That's a good number that keeps the card cool and it is not harmful

**Rodney123** · 17-01-2009

In rivatune just put it into the fan speed you like then tick the box to load fan speed at windows startup. This relies on a registry key and not rivatuner itself.My 80% setting kicks in about 5 seconds after turning my pc on.

**lorenz** · 17-01-2009

The GPU is running a very low load during setup, it won't overheat as long as the heatsink gets a small amount of air through it

**SUpER CoP** · 17-01-2009

Fans are rated with MTBF (mean time before failure). They aren't rated to last 8yrs at 30%, 6yrs at 60%, etc. It may last forever at 100% or it may die after 3mo at 30%. No one can determine how long EVERY fan will last. If it dies a premature death before your warranty expires, you can RMA it.