How loud is this card?
1694752
I would suggest the fanless Zotac GT 430 for an HTPC. Amazon carries it and Maximum PC used an older GT 240 model for their ultimate HTPC build. Plus, the GT 430 is the only current card with lossless-HDMI audio. Here's the link: www.amazon.com/Zotac-Fanless-GeForce-128-Bit-PCI-Express/dp/B00471D1OA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1295644926&sr=8-1
1523886
Newegg specs it at 17.6 dba. I can't hear it unless I put my ear next to the case.
1382466
I personal don't think its loud, its kind of a mumm.... I am very satisfied with is unit, does a good job.
533483
Not loud at all. The machine is not a real great air filtering wonder. Air volume is low. Fan needs higher speed. I wouldn't buy it again.
204044
I hear minimal sound from my desktop computer, and I don't believe any of it is from the card or its fan.
1546925
works, buts its too loud fan, in games like BF4 (over 85% GPU procesor )need at last 80% of power fan to keep under 70C. Good card, but it's better one with a double fan or better cooling system.
1546923
works, buts its too loud fan, in games like BF4 (over 85% GPU procesor )need at last 80% of power fan to keep under 70ºC. Good card, but it's better one with a double fan or better cooling system.
228346
I own the evga 850 To be honest to me it is not loud at all! i don't here it. but i got other fans that are running in the background. also it has a no fan switch on the back that only kicks in when it is needed. But i will never buy a nother corsair psu the other one i got it was a cs 750m that died on me (the fan stop spinning) look up the reviews on it. so i am staying away from corsair.
2237165
If you're comparing this card to a fanless card, you will consider this quite loud. As compared to similarly spec'd card, I would rate this moderately loud *under load*. At idol, it's quite quiet. An option you could consider is an additional water cooling alternative -- there are quiet options out there.
55124
Yes, even on low it is loud, from the fan blades pushing the air. It registers on my decibel meter at around 50 decibels at where I sleep. I use it to drown out the neighbors annoying yapping dog at 2am. As well as cats that fight outside my window. It moves tho a impressive amount of air.
1113980
Not too loud at all...I'd characterize it as a moderate humming noise that I don't find offensive...I've traveled with it only once and the noise level was very tolerable
1435934
Not at all. This video card very quite. I have the corsair graphite series 600T. if the fan go up it produces a bit hiss noise but not high pitched so it is not annoying. the fans on my corsair h100i are actually much noiser. I have these cards in SLI. I would really recommend it its very quite and thermal management is really good. The titanium version just came out you might wanna check that one too. in terms of noise Nvidia is the winner.
974251
No louder than a "normal" fan regardless of load. You can hear it's running but not over the volume of a typical game. It is very good at keeping the processor cool.
574560
It's not quiet. I used a sound level meter to compare it to a couple other units and it's literally 10-20 times louder. The sound it makes is also particularly annoying.
1422830
At the moment,I'm running 2 Radeon HD 7950s and with all fans running around 30% and can't hear them at all{including the GPU fans} I've never had to run them at 100% for any reason but I'm sure there wouldn't be that much noise from the case. I'm really please with it. Hope this helps.
519909
No, it is not LOUD. It is barely adequate. But it is clear enough. I would never buy it again, not at half the price.
2258217
It's not loud at all I own 4 of them and they are all in my computers at home. They work great. U should buy one and try it out.