AMD Radeon 7950 Fan is way too loud

Hello,
I recently bought a new, non-flashed AMD Radeon 7950 GPU for my 4,1 Early 2009 Mac Pro, and ever since I put it in my computer has been much louder than it should be. It used to be almost completely silent, but now it is loud all the time, in particular when I play games or edit videos, aka GPU intensive tasks. I've seen other people having this issue too, but none of the forums I saw had a solution on them, I was wondering if someone could help me out.

Have a look at your "About this Mac". If you don't flash the 7950, the card will be reported as an AMD 7xxx and not a 7950. That means the driver is generic and will leave the card on its default settings. Which in turn means the fans will assume the worst and stay spinning.

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