Noisy 6800GT :o

[BGM]

Heya,

just wondering how much noise does the reference cooling make on a 6800GT?

does it make it all the time, or only when u run a game?

if its alot of noise, which of the vendors own designs would recommend?

cheers!

 

[Visable-assassin]

Havent heard a reference cooler yet. But ive got a BFG 5900NU which uses the same cooling as the BFG 6800gt OC if memory serves correctly...and to me I cant hear a damn thing

 

[PikachuMan]

I have an XFX 6800GT, looks exactly like the reference one (with the Nalu sticker even), never really heard the fan on it.

 

[BGM]

thats great, cheers

ill order me a nice new 6800gt right now

 

[Pagan Wizard]

I really can't speak about the card you are refering to here, as I own a 9800 Pro. What I do want to suggest is that if your video card has a noisey HSF, replace it with a VGA Silencer. They make them for both nVidia and ATI chipsets now. I put one on my 9800 and the noise level out of my rig dropped noticably. My card temps also went way down as well.

 

[Impulse]

Dunno 'bout the stock one, I've heard it's audible if your system is relatively quiet... My BFG came with a two-fan model that didn't have a good rep so I just replaced it with an NV Silencer 5 (the model that replaced the VGA cooler from Artic Cooling mentioned above), pretty satisfactory noise-wise; nice temps for sure.