Powercolor 390 noise level

[Gti]

I'm sure some of you have grabbed the Powercolor 390 deal that's on now. Can anyone give me an idea of how loud it is? I'm torn between this and and a supposedly quieter, less power hungry 970.
For reference I'll be coming from a HD6950 unlocked to 6970. It's starting to grate on me in heavy gaming.

 

[humbug]

Due to a failed Powercolor PCS+ 290 i got myself a Gigabyte GTX 970

The PCS+ cooler is massive, its very effective and cool, but the fans are very basic and simple, they are a bit noisy compared with other fans that are more sophisticated.

On that Gigabyte 970 the fans are not far from inaudible at 60%, they really are very quiet.

The 970 is indeed more power efficient and it does put a bit less heat into the Case and Room.

In terms of performance the 290/390 < same thing vs the GTX 970 the former has a bit more grunt, the 970 runs very high clocks compared with AMD cards but they need that to keep up... yet at the end of the day there isn't much difference between them.

 

[Gti]

Thanks for the reply humbug, I haven't pulled the trigger on either yet.

I've read about the Fury Nano coming out this month and that's stayed my hand. I'm sure it will be well out of my original budget but if it draws as little juice as claimed and therefore quieter I could be persuaded.

Out of curiosity how was the RMA process with the powercolor?

 

[humbug]

I didn't RMA it as i changed the BIOS with the wrong one so the spare BIOS slot in now useless, i also repaired a rattling fan on it, i had to take the sticker off the back off the fan hub to do it.

If i RMA it the chances are they will reject it, mind you it doesn't even boot up so i don't know how they would find out about the BIOS, which leaves the Fan repair..... i might try, nothing to lose if they say no. its a brick now anyway.

Shame really. i liked it.

 

[nashathedog]

I'm sure some of you have grabbed the Powercolor 390 deal that's on now. Can anyone give me an idea of how loud it is? I'm torn between this and and a supposedly quieter, less power hungry 970.
For reference I'll be coming from a HD6950 unlocked to 6970. It's starting to grate on me in heavy gaming.

Out of a 970 and 390 I'd go for the 390, Probably not a Powercolor though. For me It'd be the Sapphire 390 Nitro, Being an AMD only company (I think Powercolor is too just not as good) they put all the effort into AMD unlike Asus, MSI etc who tend to recycle coolers between brands even when there not really suitable, I learnt that lesson with Hawaii and spent the last year regretting how I chose one of those over a Sapphire, I've replaced my Hawaii chip with a Sapphire card now and I'm very happy with it, I won't make that mistake again so if I was you it would be a 390 rather than a 970 and it would be a Sapphire Nitro. Admittedly it seems that MSI learnt there lesson with how they under cooled Hawaii and have done a much better job with the 300 series models but I'd still play it safe.

 

[futang17]

I've got 290x PCS+ from powercolor. whisper quiet with custom fan profile. doesn't go above 70c at 40% fan speed.

 

[Dave2150]

I'm sure some of you have grabbed the Powercolor 390 deal that's on now. Can anyone give me an idea of how loud it is? I'm torn between this and and a supposedly quieter, less power hungry 970.
For reference I'll be coming from a HD6950 unlocked to 6970. It's starting to grate on me in heavy gaming.

390 is a better card than a 970 imo. Yes it uses more electricity and produces more heat, though it's a faster card, with over double the VRAM, which will mean it will last you longer if you want to keep it for a few years.

 

[meldarthx]

I also have 290 powercolor pci+ I don't think I've ever seen 70c even with auto fan profile.

Helps that psu fan blowing into it; but its seriously quiet card. I'd get that deal

 

[mnc fear]

I got the MSI 390 & I love it

Had pondered a 970 for a while but the 390 is the better card imho