Astral RTX 5080 Fan Spins At 100% and It Is Very Very Loud

[jmedina0107]

I was lucky enough to get one of the 5080s on the release day, but that is about where my luck ended. I upgraded this card from a ROG Strix 3070 TI and it's been nothing but a horrible experience since. 

My Build:

- Windows 11 64 24H2, Intel Core i9-13900KF, Corsair Vengance 64 GB of DDR5 RAM, A ROG Strix Z790-E, and a 1200 W Strix Aura power supply. This set up ran fine with the 3070.

I use the PC for mostly video editing, animation, and I sometimes play video games.

What has been going on since I installed the card:

The Fans Spin at 100% speed on load and it sounds like a leaf blower. This happens whenever I render a video, color editing, or rendering graphics. I primarily use Adobe Premiere and After Effects for my work. When I play video games, the games appear to display low FPS. They stutter along as I play. Eventually the screen goes black and the fans continue to spin at 100% until I force shut down.

What I have done so far:

- I've tried to reinstall the drivers by using DDU to remove the old drivers and performing a fresh install

- I've installed the latest drivers.. currently 572.60

- I've reinstalled Windows 11 now 3 times.

- I've installed the latest Quiet Bios and switched to Q Mode

None of this has resolved my issue. When I first complained about this to Asus last month, they told me they would have a replacement sent out within 2 days. It's now almost a month later and nothing. I just keep getting the run around and it seems like no one in there customer support speaks to each other. I keep getting new case numbers with no one referencing the original issue. I'm hoping someone on here has had this issue and has a fix for me. This is extremely frustrating considering the amount of money I spent on this card. 

[BabyWakanda]

Hello @jmedina0107 
Confirm that your RTX 5080 is physically attached using only a specific power 12VHPWR cable rather than an adapter. Use MSI Afterburner or ASUS GPU Tweak to put a curve on the fan switches in order to prevent them from instantly flashing to 100 percent. Try capping the power limit by a proportion of -10% to -20% and determine the stability alteration; measure the temperature and clock speeds using HWInfo to check for overheating or throttling; if possible, test the GPU with another system to rule out any module conflicts. Replacement of the card becomes mandatory if these conditions fail to solve the issues.

[jmedina0107]

I can confirm that I’m using the 12VHPWR cable that came with the power supply. Not the adapter that came with the card. I forgot to add in my list of things I did that I also installed GPU Tweak. When I try to adjust the fan curve, the card does not respond to the settings. The temp jumps up to about 71c and then the fans kick up to 100%. I don’t have another rig to put the card in. I did try to put the 3070 back in and it works as it always has

[Silent_Scone]

Hi @jmedina0107 

Using GPU Tweak III, can you confirm what the maximum GPU temperature is under load?

[jmedina0107]

I forgot to add that in the list of things I did. I also installed GPU Tweak. The GPU gets up to 71c. I tried to adjust the Fan curve but it doesn’t change anything, it always goes to 100%

[Silent_Scone]

This should certainly not result in the card reaching 100% fan duty. 

Do you have anything else polling the fans installed? MSI Afterburner, etc? Worst case, reinstall the OS.

[Light37M]

I did a fresh reinstall with a asus 5090 astral OC, I have noticed in the sensors of GPU-Z when the fans goes 100% at the rear the sensor reports 0 RPM, it stays there for 15-20sec and than the sensor resets and reads again. Is this a hardware defect or software bug and how is ASUS planning to address this?

[Silent_Scone]

Hi,

That's not expected behaviour and I haven't seen anyone else report this. I've moved the thread to ROG Care for attention of service. 

[Light37M]

i’m afraid it will be a hardware defect than 😩 tried the gpu in another pc, same behaviour, it happesn after a game or load , seems like the sensor fails than

[jmedina0107]

A few things I forgot to mention in my original post. 

I am using the supplied 12VHPWR that came with the Asus 1200 W Power Supply. I also installed GPU Tweak to try to adjust the fan curve. I can control the fans when the card is at idle. Although, when I set the fan curve, the card ignores the settings and ramps up when I render projects or play video games. I noticed that the card's temp will jump up from low 40s to 71c almost instantly and then the fans kick in.