Quietest 6950?

[panda_uk]

About to go crossfire and just wanted to see which one had the quietest fans. Not fussed about overclocking them.
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Edit: Doesn't matter now just picked up the Twin FrozR III in clearance for £180, bargain.

 

[Marine-RX179]

One thing you should note is that the Twin FrozR cooler dump heat inside the case, so you should have a fan on side-panel for exhausting the heat that build up at the lower half of the case to keep the temp of the card as well as the noise level low.

 

[panda_uk]

thanks for the advice will add a side fan to the order.

 

[ukgeezer1]

One thing you should note is that the Twin FrozR cooler dump heat inside the case, so you should have a fan on side-panel for exhausting the heat that build up at the lower half of the case to keep the temp of the card as well as the noise level low.

Would that be applicable for all Twin Frozr Cards?

 

[Marine-RX179]

Would that be applicable for all Twin Frozr Cards?

All graphic card with "dump heat into case" cooler instead of the "exhaust blower" type cooler will suffer the same "heat getting recycled back into graphic card cooler" issue if without exhaust fan at close proximity, as typically the top rear and/or top exhaust fans are simply too far away and not effective enough on removing the heat generated by the graphic card and dump into the lower half of the case.

I have tried both intake and exhaust on the side-panel of my CoolerMaster 690II case, and for my MSI 5850 Twin FrozR II the different in temp of the card under load is that exhaust is 5C lower than intake.

Just to give a better idea on how exactly it works, here's a pic of my 690II:

 

[555BUK]

Would that be applicable for all Twin Frozr Cards?

Yes. Just about every non-reference graphics card dumps and recirculates air within the case. If your case has reasonable airflow such cards are fine, but for low airflow enclosures (Small Form Factor for example) reference coolers are better.

The good thing with reference is that they are designed to work within all types of case. Non-reference cards perform better within the hands of benchmarkers, who tend to have exotic cases with multiple 200mm/140mm fans circulating the airflow.

It may be hard to believe, but my reference GT480 runs cooler within my Sugo than the non-reference GTX460 it replaced. The 480 also helps to keep my CP nice and cool.