The first issue was that the fans were making grinding noises.

I spent $650 on a video card with fan stop functionality as it advertised to be quiet and instead I get an annoying grinding noise that comes and goes

When I received my product, I reinstalled the card but only to find that the fans were still making the grinding noises.

At first I was all excited to get this card that I put up with the fact that the fans made a grinding noise as they cycled from off to on with the fan stop functionality