NVIDIA Speed Fan Control
Run the command
sudo nvidia-xconfig --cool-bits 4
Or manually add in Section "Screen"
Option "Coolbits" "4"
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Download/clone the files.
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Move the script to a directory of your choosing.
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Edit the desktop file, and fill in the directory to the script (sh) file.
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Move the .desktop file to
/usr/share/applications/
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Go to the directory of the script file.
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Go to properties -> Permissions of the file
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Enable "Allow executing of the file".
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Search for the file in your desktop environment tab/or search and run the application.
You should have a tweak tool to enable it to run on startup.
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If you are running gtx 700 or newer series of graphics card, you will be able to set speeds to 0. Any older cards will cause the script to crash.
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If you are running an older nvidia binary driver, and the script isn't setting the speed. Consider changing GPUTargetFanSpeed to GPUCurrentFanSpeed.