Is this card REALLY quiet in 2d/idle?
Few months back I was buying HD5850 - I decided to buy Gigabyte HD5850 OC which sported a similar dual fan cooling solution: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3354#ov
I was happy with the purchase right until I turned on the computer - it was loud.
Apparently, the default fanspeed for 2D/idle was 55% (or some similarly high number) - the temps were very low, but the card was really loud (I have a very quiet PC). It was imposible to set the fan to lower speed using software methods (Afterburner). Supposedly Gigabyte was aware of that and they were working on a bios update, but I did not hold my breath so I
returned the card and took Sapphire HD5850 instead which turned out to be quiet in both idle and load (fanspeed under 3dmark vantage did not exceed 30%, and the temp never exceeded 70 degrees Celsius).
So that's why I am asking - did gigabyte made the same mistake twice? I know that "noise" is extremely subjective issue, so perhaps I can ask a different question - what fanspeed is the afterburner/gpu-z showing in 2d/idle and what is the temp then? (Same for load).
Few months back I was buying HD5850 - I decided to buy Gigabyte HD5850 OC which sported a similar dual fan cooling solution: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3354#ov
I was happy with the purchase right until I turned on the computer - it was loud.
Apparently, the default fanspeed for 2D/idle was 55% (or some similarly high number) - the temps were very low, but the card was really loud (I have a very quiet PC). It was imposible to set the fan to lower speed using software methods (Afterburner). Supposedly Gigabyte was aware of that and they were working on a bios update, but I did not hold my breath so I
returned the card and took Sapphire HD5850 instead which turned out to be quiet in both idle and load (fanspeed under 3dmark vantage did not exceed 30%, and the temp never exceeded 70 degrees Celsius).
So that's why I am asking - did gigabyte made the same mistake twice? I know that "noise" is extremely subjective issue, so perhaps I can ask a different question - what fanspeed is the afterburner/gpu-z showing in 2d/idle and what is the temp then? (Same for load).
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