Many reviewer like tech radar and jayz two cents say that the card is loud during idol, it this true?
1272606
It's completely silent to me compared to the 4870 it replaced. Even while Folding@Home is running on it, i never hear the fans ramp up.
1272607
I have not noticed any loud noise out of this card at idol or any other time.
1272608
Hi Lawrence, fitted this card 4 days ago and no its not true, in my rig its not at all loud.
357070
I think it is really quite. I can barley hear it most of the time. Its actually much more quite than my laptop and xbox 360 fan.
1695921
I have one at work in an open-case tower and I've never noticed it make any significant amount of noise whether the card is fully utilized or idle. It's pretty quiet overall.
193040
Not at all. I'm a huge fan of the case.Looks sleek. I do take it out of the case if I want the music to be louder.
200717
The fans get pretty loud when gaming. They must be doing their job because I have not had an overheat problem yet. I wear head phones most of the time so the fan noise is no problem. I usually play with every thing maxed out as much as possible with no problems yet. The only thing I would recommend is get an MSI with a larger SSD than 128 Gig, it fills up very fast with todays games and it would be worth it. That is the only thing I wish I had done, other than that this thing is awesome.
2055776
I have all fans connected and would say it's fairly quiet. My video card fan is louder then the rest.
118229
Nothing that sticks out as being abnormal. This is primarily for the kids "gaming" computer (admittedly not an over the top gaming computer, but they are using it for things like planetside) which is in the same room as the TV. I've never noticed the fan when watching TV at the same time. For the kids, they either have the speakers up enough to drown out the fan or have headphones on. When I do hear a fan, I can't distinguish if it is from this card or one of the other fans in the system.
766443
I had to buy a small smd card that holds (I think) 4 KB of memory. That means it will only play one song. Each time the motion detector is activated the song plays again. It's plenty loud and surprisingly good sound quality. I bought them for a coin operated carousel I restored for my grandchildren to ride when they visit. I bought a second for my rock garden that goes on when you walk up to it. Worth the money. Just a pain to get the extra card ($5.00) each and up load to it if your not sure how to do those things..Hope this helped?
1450822
I don't think it's loud. My model name is 1200w | ION SELECT | TITANIUM, just like the one in the picture. HIGH/LOW/COOL/OFF and the sound doesn't bother me.
1197455
It's not that bad. It is noticeable when the unit is first turned on, and before playing video/audio. But in a moderately sized room, with the video/audio at normal levels (and especially at high levels during louder scenes), it is barely noticeable if at all. It could be considered bothersome by some, in a small room, when the video/audio are quieter.
1435935
Its pretty quite if you adjust the fan curve currently, If you keep the default fan curve its fairly loud, but it depends on how demanding the game is.
559444
There are two modes low and high selected by a switch on the card. If your hard core gaming, using CAD, bitcoin mining your going to need to select High mode which can be rather loud. If you just surf the internet and chat then Low mode will work which is very quiet. High Mode runs while card is "Hot" In General high performance causes these cards to run very hot so good air ventilation is a must.
1695924
Hi, Michael. I can't tell, because my other 5 case fans hide it. I can tell you this: the overall noise of the whole system is pretty low. To illustrate this, I had to turn off the air conditioner to notice it. So, the card's fan contribution to noise must be next to nothing. I hope it's useful.
1815749
No more than any other fans. It just makes a swooshing sound at high speed. You won't even notice it after a while. It will get swallowed-up with other sounds like with your TV or music.
898864
It can be noisy; you can manually set the speed via the speed control knob on the back of the unit. When set at max yes, it is VERY loud. At its lowest it does create a low hum. Temps only decreased maybe 1-3C, during heavy system load it kept my GTX 670 reference card at a nice 57-60C.
923614
This card is quiet. I have an Antec 800 case, and the card isn't much louder. I'm playing planetside 2 with it, and it's not too noisey. The twin fans go a long way in reducing noise.
898863
It has a slider that allows you to change the fan speed. If the fan is at the slowest setting it is pretty quiet, if it is at max it's a loud hum. It's been awhile since I installed the card and have forgotten how much my temp lowered, but it was noticeable.