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    What GPU gives native fan control?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Raidriar, Jun 17, 2016.

  1. Raidriar

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    I'd like a running list of what GPUs give native fan control. I will be upgrading my m17x R2 (same EC as the M15x), so I would like to know what my options are for upgrading the 4870 x2 to a better card
     
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    5850M, 5870M, 6970M, 6990M, 7970M
    M4000, M5950, M6000, M6100, M8900
    260M, 460M, 680M, 970M, 980M
    K1000M, K2000M, K3100M, K4000M

    There are more, but these are the ones i'm 100% sure of having native fan control in M15x...
    The M17x R2 may have same EC, but it supports much less GPU's and even less have native fan control.
     
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    +K4000M
    Looks like all quadro cards from dell based on kepler will have native fan control on M15x.
     
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    Oh, and added a K3100M, but i was unable to get it working with drivers installed, must have been a bad card, but it did have native fan control :)
     
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    The 8970M I have does not. It just runs at 100% all the time. Better than not running at all I guess.

    Sent from my overpriced Galaxy S6 Edge +
     
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    Non Dell cards on M15x mostly will run like this.
    Same was with Clevo 6970M and i was using HWiNFO to controll GPU fan. Dell 6990M was running good with native fan controll (but card was too hot to leave it on its own native temperature/rpm table =/ ).

    P.S. As i remember right, 240M from Acer 5739G was running with native fan control on M15x. BTW, Dell's M4000 running on 5739G with native fan control too.
     
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    Are you sure it runs at max (4500RPM) and not on medium (2500RPM) that's what usually happens from my experience, and is the same behavior i have seen with Dell M290X in M15x
     
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    Not sure! It sounds pretty loud. I will have to check it and report back.

    Update:
    I checked and the GPU fan on the 8970M runs at around 4500 RPM and stays there. It can be controlled via hwinfo64.
     
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    Do you have a Dell or Clevo 8970M?
     
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    GPU-Z says it's a Dell.
     
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    GPU-z always says Dell on Dell notebooks ^^, also says Acer on Acer notebooks )

    Acer NVIDIA GT 240M on M15x:
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    Clevo Radeon HD 6970M also shows as Dell on M15x:
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    Dell FirePro M4000 on Acer 5739G:
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    Do you have a picture of it? that would be an easy way to know. Or a vBIOS version could also be an indicator.
     
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