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5870 Quiet(er) coolers

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Megalomaniac

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So has anyone spotted a fairly quiet cooler for the 5870. Having seen reports which say that it get as loud as 50+ dB is scary..

or an after market cooler?
 
None yet. I'm sure we wouldn't see any for at least another 2 months. But from reviews I've read at idle its dead quiet and even at load its not too bad...
 
My impressions on the sound are:

-At idle, extremely cool (30c), fan speed is at lowest possible by CCC (20%) in automatic mode.
-At 20% fan speed it's quiet. The only reason I can hear it is because I only have 2x 120mm fans at 600rpm running.

-During games it spools up to around 35% for me. With low volume on my 5.1 I could not tell.


I usually go for aftermarket cooling the second I get my new video cards. Heck for my 4870 the stock cooler lasted 2 days before I ripped it off. But this one is relatively quiet and not an annoying pitch for me.


That said I still looked around a couple of websites to see if anyone was working on something passive.
 
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