TheRapture
Supreme [H]ardness
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Well, suffice to say, I was impressed (err....?) by how loud this thing is at full tilt!!! Compared to the gentle "whoosh" of my old GTS at 100%, this 8800GT is like a jet turbine screaming to get off the ground.
I played an hour or more of the Crysis demo last night, and this card, at stock speeds, with the fan locked at 29%, ran at a whopping 107c max, averaged ~105c.
I forgot to unstick Rivatuner and the fan was locked...oops. It never crashed, never a hiccup. I played around with fan speeds, and 55% is where it starts to become audible over my case. So I left it set there, and game temps have not broken 82c since. Acceptable. Problem solved.
Other than that, did I mention how LOUD this thing is at 100%
Thanks to God I don't have to run it higher than 55% to get reasonable temps.
I played an hour or more of the Crysis demo last night, and this card, at stock speeds, with the fan locked at 29%, ran at a whopping 107c max, averaged ~105c.
Other than that, did I mention how LOUD this thing is at 100%