Gutted with my new 460

[MOOGLEYS]

Tbh all GTX 400 series cards are noisey, its fermi afterall. Some people can withstand noise better than others so to someone else the fan noise might be quiet but to another its unbearable.

I have had 4 in total and the Gigabyte is inaudiable.... The Palit sounded like a Dyson hoover, the EVGA had a horrible Buzzy fan and the Zotac was just Horrid...

 

[bifday2k]

Thanks for the comments guys
How do u set up a fan profile for a graphics card?
I know you can install expert tool and that has fan options, can u do it from there?

PS Just played battlefield bad company and the fan starts to get really whinny when playing, so it's going back just not sure whether to get gigabyte or msi.

Msi has one big fan right? and gigabyte 2?

Most of us use Msi afterburner to do the fan profiles, don't worry that its msi branded, it will work for any GPU, nvida or ati.

 

[garnhamr]

Can't beat water cooling for noise and its not too expensive if you 'bodge' a lot of it together.
My watercooling is a joke compared to the looks of most peoples systems but my pc is out of sight and i get decent cooling with little noise.
Cause it sucks having to spend £50+ on a new waterblock for the gfx card but if you hate noise its £50 well spent plus a little extra overclock.

 

[uv]

Tbh all GTX 400 series cards are noisey, its fermi afterall. Some people can withstand noise better than others so to someone else the fan noise might be quiet but to another its unbearable.

My gigabyte 460 is completely inaudible, even overclocked 40%.

Nice troll attempt though!

 

[Phoenixdancer]

My gigabyte 460 is completely inaudible, even overclocked 40%.

Nice troll attempt though!

All Stock fermis are noisy.

 

[greymack]

Cheers guys

Ordered an MSI GTX 460, comes tomorrow so we shall see.

 

[arknor]

Tbh all GTX 400 series cards are noisey, its fermi afterall. Some people can withstand noise better than others so to someone else the fan noise might be quiet but to another its unbearable.

no they are not the gigabyte is almost silent it makes about as much noise as my psu which i cant hear.

you people saying all fermi cards are noisy have never had one, get someone who builds the computers at ocuk to reply bet they say the igabyte 460 is silent

 

[straxusii]

The 460 marks perhaps the start of a worrying trend for manufacturers, as I recall almost all review sites said the 460 was quiet. Then when the retail models come out some have different cooling solutions, not only far louder fans but also lack of vrm heatsinks etc.

 

[HeX]

Cheers guys

Ordered an MSI GTX 460, comes tomorrow so we shall see.

I've got the MSI and it's a great card.

You can even lower the fan speed (use afterburner) even further than the default profile and get good temps.

I run mine at 40% idle (silent), and 60% @ 80C (can't hear it over my akasa apache fans).

Works a treat

 

[HeX]

All Stock fermis are noisy.

Stock 460 cooler is one of the best, its damn quiet.

Quiet 460's:

Gigabyte
MSI
Stock 460
ASUS

Loud 460's:

EVGA
Zotac
Gainward
Palit
KFA


Also you can't bunch the 460 in with the other Fermi's as it uses a different GPU core. Hence it runs so much cooler.

 

[Andric]

hava a palit 460 and found it noisy - got a cheap generic waterblock on it now.

if you really want quiet, watercooling is the way to go - trouble is it voids waranty usually and can be risky if careless. also aint cheap to get started.

 

[greymack]

Actually i've gone a bit mad and ordered the MSI GTX 460 Hawk but it is supposed to be just as quiet but i'll be concerned until it arrives and i fire up BBC2

 

[subbytna]

I cant hear my Gigabyte even under load......

yeah I'm the same and I'm not a diehard Green fanboi by any means....Gigabyte model is a good quiet card

 

[bfar]

The 460 marks perhaps the start of a worrying trend for manufacturers, as I recall almost all review sites said the 460 was quiet. Then when the retail models come out some have different cooling solutions, not only far louder fans but also lack of vrm heatsinks etc.

^^

This

 

[queamin]

The 460 marks perhaps the start of a worrying trend for manufacturers, as I recall almost all review sites said the 460 was quiet. Then when the retail models come out some have different cooling solutions, not only far louder fans but also lack of vrm heatsinks etc.

Agree with this

 

[greymack]

All i can say to the above is custom pc quoted the Gainward GLH card to be among the quietest yet i and others can testify that is certainly not the case on the retail model.

 

[skotish|]

I am well happy with my palit 460 must have got a good 1 never goes over 50% fan only hear a woosh

 

[Ravenger]

The Palit cards aren't just noisy, they whine, and it's a really irritating whine that cuts right through the other fan noise. It's high pitched so even with headphones on you can still hear it.

The Gigabyte card I've got idles around 27-30 degrees, and doesn't even go much above 60 under full load when overclocked to 800/2000. I don't think I've seen the fan go above 40% speed either. It is essentially inaudible over the low noise of my PC's various fans.

By contrast the Palit I had idled around 35 degrees and went up to 70-80 degrees under load.

I don't trust the noise level results from reviews after the Palit fiasco, as they said it was very quiet, yet on a YouTube review I could clearly hear the whining of the Palit's fan under load!

 

[Marine-RX179]

If there's anything I learned from the release of GTX460 is that I would avoid Gainward/Palit brand cards like plague in the future, unless the cooler look decent and not looking with a toy fan smack on top of it.

 

[HeX]

I am well happy with my palit 460 must have got a good 1 never goes over 50% fan only hear a woosh

I think it's more of a case of you don't know what you are missing .

If you had a Giga/MSI to compare it to you'd never chose the Palit over them.