How noisy are GTX 460 's with standard coolers?

[littlepuppy]

May get 3 for folding so would be interested to know how loud at 70% ish fan speed...

Thanks in advance lads

 

[RavenXXX2]

Very quiet apparently, even when overclocked.

AXLE GeForce GTX 460 uses NVIDIA's reference design implements an excellent fan control mechanism making the card exceedingly quiet in both idle and load. This makes the card a possible candidate for a low noise media PC system or a quiet work PC that still has enough power for serious gaming.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Axle/GeForce_GTX_460_768_MB/30.html

 

[Freddie1980]

Buy one try it out and if it's to noisy return it under the LDS rules.

 

[Kelt]

May get 3 for folding so would be interested to know how loud at 70% ish fan speed...

Thanks in advance lads

Three? As in Tri-SLi?

If so, not supported.

You could have two in Sli and the other as a dedicated Physx though.

 

[jigger]

I'm thinking of picking up three and updating a folding rig.

You don't need to enable SLI for folding.

 

[Kelt]

I'm thinking of picking up three and updating a folding rig.

You don't need to enable SLI for folding.

How does that work then?

 

[littlepuppy]

You just install them as 3 cards......

 

[jigger]

The folding client just runs one instance per available core. Your don't need to combine the processing power like you do with SLI each core runs individually of the others.

 

[Kelt]

The folding client just runs one instance per available core. Your don't need to combine the processing power like you do with SLI each core runs individually of the others.

Interesting, so you only need one card plugged into a monitor?

 

[jigger]

No, you don't need to run a monitor once everything is setup.