My GPU’s fans spin either at 100% or stand still. they rarely ever dip below 1000rpm, and if so, only shortly (see images below). This worries me, and I am 99% sure I’ll refund that card, but before buying a new one, I want to make sure the fault is not with my system. This is my first AMD GPU and I am pretty green in Linux.
So far I tried adjusting the GPU’s fan curve, with fan-control and CoreCtrl but it didn’t change the erratic fan behavior.
I checked my BIOS for 0rpm mode, but couldn’t find anything. It also only let’s me configure CPU and sys fan curves.
Is there anything I can try before sending the card back to fix these issues or -best case- verify the card is actually causing the issue? I’d hate to get a replacement and face the same issues again.
specs
Linux Mint GPU: acer AMD RX7600XT CPU: AMD Ryzen 5800x RAM: 16GB DDR4 @3600mHz; G.Skill Tridentz Neo MoBo: MSI B550Pro-A
images
Temperature and fan curves over the span of 20min; green curve is fan rpm, yellow curve is GPU junction temp, blue curve is GPU edge temp
Update I REMed it and will get the same.card again, but from a different, more widely adopted vendor. I don’t want to spent another week troubleshooting an issue I may not have the skill to fix.
Thank you all for your input :)
Off-topic but:
That’s surprisingly mid-range, I don’t think I ever see that; just budget specs or bragging-level specs. As someone with almost the same build (Ryzen 7 4700GE, RX7700XTX, 16 GB DDR4) I’m positively surprised!
It’s the game development on a budget PC xD
Needs no bling but to get stuff done.
Honestly, I could do and have done Unreal, Unity and (easily) Godot development on less!
But that’s the minimum to spend for a very comfortable experience, I’d say; RX7900 and GTX 4090 are only there for bragging, while an on-board GPU would not be comfortable running game graphics in my opinion but I’ve seen people do it and not complain
:/