quiet high(ish) end gfx card

[Ashfield]

Hi,

Looking at maybe getting a 4870 as will be gaming in 1920x1200 res. Are they generally quiet? Currently got a 1900xt and its ludicrously noisy so cant wait to get rid.

Would be happy to consider the equivalent Nvidia offering if they are quieter.

Can anyone recommend anything?

Cheers,
Ash

 

[EvilOne]

The noise from my case fans are louder then the 4870 i have, (900 fans set to medium). Altho it is loud when you first turn the pc on and it works at 100% speed

Never had a problem with it being too noisy.

 

[gt_junkie]

From personal experience of using both manufacturers recent cards i would say that the NV models i've had are often quieter - however plenty of people like EvilOne above have had no such issues with ATi.

Seems to be luck of the draw in many cases.

gt

 

[EvilOne]

Mabe its the newer 1gb ones that are better, i heard a lot about the 512mb ones being loud before i bought it.

 

[tmaxxthomson]

4870 quiet

hey. the 4870 is usually pretty quiet during gaming, but it can be loud during system startup, but as he said, thats just because it runs at 100%, the speed drops when you get to windows and is then silent and is pretty quiet in game. you can sort this startup issue by flashing the bios. this is my experience of my 4870 512mb. hope this helps!

 

[Monkeynut]

(900 fans set to medium)

No wonder with so many fans!

 

[EvilOne]

lol