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stu.artd · 31 Jul 2012 at 00:51

Can anyone comment on the noise under load for the Gigabyte windforce or VTX X-Edition 7970's ? I have a Twin Frozr 570, under load it's reasonably quiet and I couldn't move to anything louder. I'm thinking of moving to AMD as their cards are a better match for 3D on my S27A950 monitor.

I posted this in the thread on the latest deals page, think it's better asked here.

tommybhoy · 31 Jul 2012 at 01:02

Can't comment on load noise, but the X-editions are known for coil whine, but it may be I notice more comments of coil whine due to the higher number sold.

Tonester0011 · 31 Jul 2012 at 01:12

tommybhoy said:
Can't comment on load noise, but the X-editions are known for coil whine, but it may be I notice more comments of coil whine due to the higher number sold.

The X-edition card i have is nice and quite, cant comment on the coil whine though...as i've either got a card that doesn't do it, or i don't notice it lol...

Nutella33 · 31 Jul 2012 at 01:33

i can def hear the x edition above 60% fan but otherwise its pretty quiet, but i couldnt say whether it was louder than a 670 as i dont have one to compare.

i also have around 5 case fans and a duel cpu cooler fan setup so i have some reasonable background noise

Purgatory · 31 Jul 2012 at 06:13

The asus direct cu II cards are very quiet.

stu.artd · 31 Jul 2012 at 07:05

Thanks for the comments regarding cool whine. I had a gtx 280 that suffered from that and it was very noticeable. Think I'll steer clear of the VTX cards.
I've got a mental block about 3 slot cards like the Asus, but think I'll need to have a look as there's plenty space in my case.

Ciff1 · 31 Jul 2012 at 08:40

I have a windforce 7970 oc and fans are fine upto 50% but once above 60% i can hear them over my antec 1200 fans at full. Is a very load card at 100% as noisy as ref models if not more, coil whine average.

stu.artd · 31 Jul 2012 at 09:28

Thanks, think that's the gigabyte windforce ruled out as well. I'll look at the asus 7970 direct cu cards.

Ciff1 · 31 Jul 2012 at 10:19

What about the sapphire twin fan card, ment to be quieter & cooler than gigabyte windforce.

Ciff1 · 31 Jul 2012 at 10:24

Almost forgot asus direct cu card is voltage locked, you need the top version if you need unlocked volts for o/cing.

Chrisoldinho · 31 Jul 2012 at 10:38

The 7970 X-Edition coil whines like mad for me, have RMA'd 2 now

stu.artd · 31 Jul 2012 at 11:01

I'd ruled out the sapphire card as I read reports of coil whine with it.
Will look into the direct cu top..... Picking a card used to be easier than this, lol.

Apem · 31 Jul 2012 at 11:30

Ciff1 said:
I have a windforce 7970 oc and fans are fine upto 50% but once above 60% i can hear them over my antec 1200 fans at full. Is a very load card at 100% as noisy as ref models if not more, coil whine average.

Must be pretty loud then as the 1200 isnt a very quiet case with the stock fans.

Ciff1 · 31 Jul 2012 at 11:56

Yeah loud card when pushed, last week had all fans turned up, thought case was going to take off.

Freddie1980 · 31 Jul 2012 at 13:08

Just for the record I have stock GTX670 and that has coil whine. There's been a lot of reports of coil whine with the new 28nm cards from both Nvidia and AMD so staying clear of this issue is harder then it would first appear.

stu.artd · 31 Jul 2012 at 14:24

This isn't sounding good, is gettIng a quiet card that doesn't whine a bit of a lottery ?

andybird123 · 31 Jul 2012 at 14:26

yes, I've had a whole bunch of cards in the last 6 months, either on DSR or RMA and they've all had whine to a greater or lesser extent

Ciff1 · 31 Jul 2012 at 14:34

The only cards that don't suffer as much are the ones that have custom pcb's and different power circuitry eg, lightning & asus directcu 2 i believe. They both use more expensive higher grade components.

Ciff1 · 31 Jul 2012 at 14:43

Also coil whine can be down to a combination of gpu and psu brands. The same gpu with a different psu brand and you don't get coil whine, have been posts about it i think.

Chrisoldinho · 31 Jul 2012 at 14:53

Ciff1 said:
The only cards that don't suffer as much are the ones that have custom pcb's and different power circuitry eg, lightning & asus directcu 2 i believe. They both use more expensive higher grade components.

Have heard good things about Gigabyte 7970's, again custom PCB with better caps and other uprated components. They do have some coil whine, so not immune but apparently it's less common than reference boards.