Is this card decently quiet?
173113
Yes my fans run at 80% all day and next to my MSI R9-270x I can barely hear these cards. Dust collecting on fan blades does add noise, just keep them clean.
617688
I just got a Galaxy 430, have used it for medium gaming. No significant noise at all.
625017
It's quiet. No noise that I could hear. The only issue I've had is that I sometimes get blacked out images
2237166
I call it quiet, even under load. I still hear fans, but they don't overwhelm my tiny speaker system. If you want zero noise, then this won't work.
1432801
Mine is very quiet don't even notice I have the solid-state drive as well in case that makes a difference
1658982
I currently have no extra fan at this location and am using a single EVGA 660ti video card. I would highly recommend a quiet 120 mm installed here if you are running a SLI Graphics system or you are experiencing hi temps during game play.
338307
It might lower it a few decibels but that is a problem with the card making excessive noise. This item is sort of one of the last things you can tweak to reduce noise from your PC but it can only reduce noise that much... If it that bad i would look at a new card or just trying this foam to maybe alleviate your problem.
898865
No it's not too noisy. I don't know exactly how many degrees the temp drops, but it does make your vid card run cooler. I'd guess anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees, depending on your setup.
1695922
None, only at 100% fans speed (force set by after market software). You won't hear it under your CPU cooler - be it air or water cooling.
2206040
I chose this card based on reviews at Hardocp. I wanted a quiet card that ran cool and I'm happy with how this one performs. I don't use multi-monitor on it, I wasn't planning on going SLI.
1855956
None here. Runs cool and quiet. I prefer to manually turn up the fan speed to keep the card a little cooler (which, in turn, generates more noise) but even then, it's more than tolerable.
1300315
My computer is located on my desktop near the monitors. The card is virtually silent.
1544727
It isn't significant running in typical environments. System intense rendering can get that fan humming but it still isn't annoying. I control the fan while running Bootcamp and crank it to max when gaming and only then is it very loud. However I am okay with that cause you need to keep a card cool for gaming.
1100371
Yes even on 50 %. Nvidia cards are typically quiet compared to AMD. I have two and I barely hear them half of the time. They do make my room heat up like a sauna.
288830
Mine was pretty quiet most of the time. On startup the cpu fan would be a bit loud but it would quiet down again after a few seconds. I had it for two years, never annoyed me. I had the core i5 3330, gtx 660.
1506750
It's pretty quiet, but when I play really intense games (like Crysis 3) it starts to get a bit loud.
1733008
It's pretty quiet. When I have my computer on I don't even hear it, only the sound of the fans in the computer.