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Gutted with my new 460

greymack

greymack

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Hey guys

I asked a week or so about 460 v 470 and i was all in favour of the 460 because it was so much cooler and quieter, how wrong could i be :(
I bought the gainward GTX460 1GB GLH after a glowing review from custom pc. They rated the fan noise as "Is it on"
I have my pc in the bedroom and as soon as i stuck the 460 in the noise was unbearable, the wife said what's that ***** noise.

It's funny after getting the card i suddenly see all these people complaining about the noise of the fans :(

I want to return it but from what i've read another 460 (even a different make) will have the exact same problem, so the only solution i see is get a different make/model.
So is a 470 just as loud (I currently have a GTX260 Maxcore and it seems silent compared to the 460). Or maybe an ATI card.
Please guys any advice would be most welcome.
 
Cheers guys but i got 3 replies which kinda conflict kmufc says it's always going to be noisy but you other two guys are happy with your gigabyte and msi.
I don't know if any of you read the custom pc revies but the gainward was voted the quietest, the gigabyte it stated was just fine and loud when overclocked, the MSI Cyclone was stated to be "is it on" meaning very quiet but that was for the 768mb version so not sure how it for 1gb.
 
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?
 
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
 
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.
 
I have to say i haven't yet received the MSI card but one of my initial thoughts about the gainward was how cheap it looked and felt compared to my old BFG 260.
The plastic casing and what looked like a cheap plastic red fan that did give the impression of being toy like.
Of course i wouldn't have cared a monkeys if it ran quiet but it didn't so back it went.
 
Reading that MSI slightly aggresively set their fan speeds, is it easy to adjust this down if required? Something about a profile in afterburner?
 
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