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We have built a system inside a Lian Li chassis with no case fans and have used a fanless cooler on our CPU. The motherboard is also passively cooled. This gives us a build with almost completely passive cooling and it means we can measure noise of just the graphics card inside the system when we run looped 3dMark tests.
We measure from a distance of around 1 meter from the closed chassis and 4 foot from the ground to mirror a real world situation. Ambient noise in the room measures close to the limits of our sound meter at 28dBa.
Why do this? Well this means we can eliminate secondary noise pollution in the test room and concentrate on only the video card. It also brings us slightly closer to industry standards, such as DIN 45635.
KitGuru noise guide
10dBA – Normal Breathing/Rustling Leaves
20-25dBA – Whisper
30dBA – High Quality Computer fan
40dBA – A Bubbling Brook, or a Refridgerator
50dBA – Normal Conversation
60dBA – Laughter
70dBA – Vacuum Cleaner or Hairdryer
80dBA – City Traffic or a Garbage Disposal
90dBA – Motorcycle or Lawnmower
100dBA – MP3 player at maximum output
110dBA – Orchestra
120dBA – Front row rock concert/Jet Engine
130dBA – Threshold of Pain
140dBA – Military Jet takeoff/Gunshot (close range)
160dBA – Instant Perforation of eardrum
Not the quietest cooler under load, but the fans are spinning at around 2,000 rpm (82%) to push a substantial amount of air.
Thats an amazing card, the Ti rocks. just wish I could afford one. they need to bring out a GTX770 Ti 🙂
Yeah im more an AMD fan, but this is pretty awesome. AMD have the pricing though, im just waiting on a Vapor X or Toxic 290 to come out. if the price is good.
Awesome card. This is perfect!
Why did you only apply a +0.035v bump with the voltage slider?? Certainly the core could have been pushed harder? Please max voltage and retest OC. You’re the first site with a custom PCB review, please test max voltage OC!
I did, it made no difference.
Okay thanks, sorry I should have assumed u did
Hmm, didnt expect 290X to perform that well with that awful cooler. When customs 290 -series hit the markets, it will take first place with ease. Wait and you will see!