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Is there anyway to find out how much db my GPU is making??
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Not without expensive sound measuring equipment and a way to reduce ambient sound.
The decibel scale is pretty meaningless without a comparison anyway. I think the fact that you state it as loud is enough. You could reduce the fan speed or fit a better cooler if quiet computing is important to you.
It's possible to get high end graphics cards making less noise than a 1000rpm case fan.
The decibel scale is pretty meaningless without a comparison anyway. I think the fact that you state it as loud is enough. You could reduce the fan speed or fit a better cooler if quiet computing is important to you.
It's possible to get high end graphics cards making less noise than a 1000rpm case fan.
Thanks for the answer guys, well both my exhaust fan and front fan are making quite loud noise(getting the replacement for them which are near-audible so thts good).
But the GPU is definately making the most noise, I understand it gets noisier when playin games at full load. Heres a screenshot I took a while back, can I change the fan speed there? oh and the card is at stock,same as CPU
cheers guys.
But the GPU is definately making the most noise, I understand it gets noisier when playin games at full load. Heres a screenshot I took a while back, can I change the fan speed there? oh and the card is at stock,same as CPU
cheers guys.
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Only way is with a SPL meter (although, as Cleeecooo says, there could well be a phone app that will give you a rough idea)
But as others have already said, there's no need, if you think it's louder than you want, then you need to do something to change that. Only reason why you would measure it, is to communicate to someone else how loud it is, without them hearing it first hand.
But as others have already said, there's no need, if you think it's louder than you want, then you need to do something to change that. Only reason why you would measure it, is to communicate to someone else how loud it is, without them hearing it first hand.