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snakefood said:
cheers Gibbo - so these cards are perfectly ok OOTB to chuck in a rig and game with? I'm not looking to go WC anytime soon.
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Yes, but don't expect silence, these things make noise and if the airflow in your case is poor then its fan will spin above 60% and that will be quite loud.
 
GiraffePencils said:
Can someone double double check with me, XFX let you put a waterblock on and keep warranty?
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XFX's warranty is practically non-existence if you were to buy their graphic card from anywhere but OcUK.

Buying from XFX OcUK, they will take care of the warranty for the entire duration, plus yes they allow you remove cooler (so long as you don't physically damage anything).
 
Gibbo said:
Yes, but don't expect silence, these things make noise and if the airflow in your case is poor then its fan will spin above 60% and that will be quite loud.
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This. One reviewer had two of these in crossfire and had his heat sensor camera on record. His neighbours knocked on his door 20 minutes later and asked him why he was using power tools so late at night.

The fan has to get that loud, otherwise it does not maintain stock clocks and throttles itself.

These are perfect for people wanting a card solely for watercooling. I wouldn't recommend buying XFX cards from anywhere but here, due to the colossally bad warranty XFX has.
 
Gibbo said:
Yes, but don't expect silence, these things make noise and if the airflow in your case is poor then its fan will spin above 60% and that will be quite loud.
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My case is a 650D, and the airflow is pretty good :)

Is there a reasonable air cooler that you could recommend to replace the stock cooler on these if they are lil screamers?
 
snakefood said:
My case is a 650D, and the airflow is pretty good :)

Is there a reasonable air cooler that you could recommend to replace the stock cooler on these if they are lil screamers?
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MK-26, or a waterblock.

Everyone should bare in mind that if you're unlucky, reference cards can have terrible coil whine.
 
I have a nice quiet 295x2 and would love trifire as it is the perfect balance and most powerful 3-way you can do however...............I just cannot sacrifice that noise just for epeen and DR3 framerates
 
RCoon said:
This. One reviewer had two of these in crossfire and had his heat sensor camera on record. His neighbours knocked on his door 20 minutes later and asked him why he was using power tools so late at night.

The fan has to get that loud, otherwise it does not maintain stock clocks and throttles itself.

These are perfect for people wanting a card solely for watercooling. I wouldn't recommend buying XFX cards from anywhere but here, due to the colossally bad warranty XFX has.
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LOL.

Lets be realistic they are not even close to the noise of power tools, not even a hoover, so the neighbours walls were either made out of paper or that is just a blatant exaggeration.

I had an R290X reference at home on 100% fan, close the door to that room and could not hear it in the next room, let alone my neighbours.

The cooler is not crazy loud, hell 6970 reference is a lot louder than it. :)
 
Definitely tempted!

I'm not too worried about the noise, but how do you think the temps would hold up in a NZXT H440 due to the poor airflow?
 
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