XFX HD 7970 Fan Noise Test

Starting from auto speed which was running at 26%, to 33%, and from then on 10% increments (40-100%). I'd say it's about as loud as my old HD4890 on manually set speeds, but so far it's near inaudible over my case fans on auto while gaming/benchmarking. From where I sit, I can start to hear it over case fans at 50% but it's not bad at all, 60% and on is where the noise really picks up. Case fans and CPU fans are Aerocool Shark 120mm.

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[merysantapola]

Hi

46º C in idle with fan 100% ?

[jessehalloween]

@merysantapola If you look at the clock speeds, the GPU wasn't idling because I had a high def Youtube video open in the background. It Idles around 38C with a 72F room temperature @ 20% fan speed, if I were to set the fan to 100% on idle it would go down to 28-30C :)

[merysantapola]

@jessehalloween

Ok, I did not see it. It seemed to me strange.

I have XFX R 7970 Black Edition OC, it did not arrive at 65º C (load) fans 62%, at the moment.

In idle 25º C with fans 25%, when it arrives the summer will be more...

We need good drivers for 7970, very important.

Greetings

[jessehalloween]

@merysantapola Haha I'm surprised you're the first to say something about it! I agree the drivers now are alright but I'm eagerly awaiting some new drivers with even more performance gains! Greetings, thanks for the comments!

[merysantapola]

@jessehalloween

Hi

What was your max temp in game?

To that speed worked the fan?

Greetings

[jessehalloween]

@merysantapola After an hour of Battlefield 3 with automatic fan speeds it got to 76C with 41% max fan speed.. My room was warmer than usual though, 75F, usually my room is 66-72F.

[CoolLions]

nice logitech zz-55 or however its called i heave it too :)

[d0gyface]

omfg hahahha. Got mine today. Siiick

[domeee11]

ok thats loud!!!

[jessehalloween]

@Puzzoozoo Video with case closed uploaded! Not much quieter haha