I can suffer to lose some frame rates, to keep the price from getting excessive, but i do want cool temps and low noise.
My current graphic card is an 480 and even with undervolting i basically have to chose between 75 to 80 degrees or having a leaf blower in my room (which doesn't even lower the temps all that much), and i've never been happy with either of which. Eventually i've settled with capping the fan at 40% no matter what temp and if the card fries than it fries.
My first choice was the XFX Thick II since it looked slick with a beefy cooler solution and at one point went as low as 449 euros on Amazon (for reference, Nitro+ is at 500) but apparently it's actually garbage?
What else is there?
My current graphic card is an 480 and even with undervolting i basically have to chose between 75 to 80 degrees or having a leaf blower in my room (which doesn't even lower the temps all that much), and i've never been happy with either of which. Eventually i've settled with capping the fan at 40% no matter what temp and if the card fries than it fries.
My first choice was the XFX Thick II since it looked slick with a beefy cooler solution and at one point went as low as 449 euros on Amazon (for reference, Nitro+ is at 500) but apparently it's actually garbage?
What else is there?