

I compared the EVGA XC3, Asus TUF and PNY XLR8 3080/90 models from friends and they all seem to exhibit this similar behavior. You either have a 0db "Fan Stop" mode that goes up to around ~55-60C on the default fan curve, or you set a custom curve which disables the 0db fan stop entirely, with a minimum fan speed of around 25-30% generally. On the 20 series (and pretty much every generation before that) any high end card AFAIK (non-reference 2080/Super/Ti) on MSI Afterburner you could set the fan speeds to anywhere from 0-30%, either manually or on the curve.īut every 3080/3090 thread I've perused looks pretty similar. I've been reading up on various 3080/3090 models, and it appears all of them seem to have the default Nvidia BIOS limitations of 25-30% minimum fan speed. Even the highest end 3090 cards don't seem to have fine fan control allowing you to go below 25-30%.ĭid all the AIBs just decide to take full custom fan control away from the end users this generation or something? Seems kind of a hit to quality of life. You either have a 0db "Fan Stop" mode that goes up to around ~55-60C on the default fan curve, or you set a custom curve which disables the 0db fan stop entirely, with a minimum fan speed floor set to around 25-30%. On the 20 series (and 10 or 9 series before that) any high end card AFAIK (non-reference 2080/Super/Ti) on MSI Afterburner you could set the fan speeds to anywhere from 0-30%, either manually or on the curve.īut every 3080/3090 thread I've perused looks pretty similar. I've been reading up on various 3080/3090 models, and it appears all of them seem to have the default Nvidia reference BIOS limitations of 25-30% minimum fan speed.
