heatlesssun
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Yes, water cooling can be loud. There are still fans involved. The higher performing the setup, the more noise it generates. The same as it does with air coolers. All things being equal its capable of better cooling while making less noise, but still it can get noisy. Mine isn't too bad, but if I crank the fan speeds all the way up, it gets loud as hell.
Thanks for the info. However people reporting putting their 480s on water are doing it for noise reduction and they seem to be reporting that that's working for them fine and dandy. I should have been more specific. Water cooling is eliminating 480 fan noise from what I've head here
Well what he means is that the noise generated by even a single GeForce GTX 480 is unacceptable to him. He said nothing about performance. There are other factors he simply places ahead of performance in this case. While many enthusiasts do not care as much about factors aside from performance, there are still many people do.
And I totally understand that and agree. But there are trade offs in everything and I would have to think that if some people actually saw what this hardware can do with their own eyes, I can't help but imagine that some might reconsider their position. I know I'm kinda in the extreme when it comes to performance but there are times when you see something say "Holly fuck!". I've simply been experiencing more of those moments in the last three weeks than can remember having in 30+ years of playing computers games.
And yeah I'm late to the multi-monitor game but putting 3D on top of that, 3D that actually can RUN well in Surround. Yeah its not for everyone but its just something I'm VERY glad I tried out. This is why I LOVE PC gaming, doing cool shit. And oh boy, 3D in Mafia II? Couple of demo reviews have said its amazing.
We've been talking about all the issues with multi-GPU, it's important to understand that there are just mind blowing benefits to this stuff as well. Some use are LITERALLY having experiences that other simply aren't even perceiving and that's something that I think those that might be more skeptical have to understand. This is a step beyond traditional gaming for those with the eyes and stomach.
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