That's certainly what drunkenmaster would like to insinuate here, even though that conspiracy level nonsense would be more indicative of fanboy delusions than rational analysis.
Sorry but exactly which words insinuated that, point them out, please, I'll wait and respond to the words you find.
I'm stating that Anandtech's review is completely inaccurate.... rushed and wrong, incompetent, dodgy board damaged in shipping or developing a fault after running, anything.
Sorry but look at the numbers Furmark 228W 53dba fan noise and 80C temp, gaming 296W 50dba fan noise, 80C. 70W less but fan noise is higher? Explain how that makes sense to you, have you ever run something that uses vastly less power and creates more noise and heat?
This isn't delusional fanboy anything and you suggesting such is both rude and frankly stupid. The numbers are right there, they make no sense. On the same note other sites are saying 2200rpm is the fan limit, multiple sites agree the card stopped at 2200rpm and the card is quiet at that fan speed. Anandtech gives completely opposite power and noise information to every other review I've seen.