How loud are the fans on stock 670 cards?

[azeem40]

I wouldn't mind that noise tbh.

 

[Termie]

that card supposedly has a high power target than the reference gtx670 too. I actually pulled the trigger on that card too but I am not sure if it went through or not. for some reason the mastercard secure code would not work and failed on me but newegg actually shows it was successfully charged. I guess I will know in the morning. grrr

I thought you didn't like the pricing of this round of cards...

Then again, I thought none of us did.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I thought you didn't like the pricing of this round of cards...

Then again, I thought none of us did.

I didn't either except I ended up with a gtx 670 anyways. I'm a sucker for PC parts.

 

[toyota]

I thought you didn't like the pricing of this round of cards...

Then again, I thought none of us did.

yeah I certainly dont like the pricing but it is what it is. and it looks like it could be quite a while before something better comes along. hopefully I can get a good price for my gtx570 to help ease the pain in my stomach for spending over 400 bucks for a gpu. lol

 

[Zanovar]

I thought you didn't like the pricing of this round of cards...

Then again, I thought none of us did.

I dont think none of us do,doesnt seem to be stopping us though.me included

 

[tweakboy]

Well at 30 percent in desktop it will be silent. But once you game and if it goes to 80 or 100 percent fan speed then it sounds like a JET!!! just like cards before it.

I would manually control that fan with a app.... 30 percent in desktop and 100 percent gaming,, it will sound like a jet but you have headphones on or are listening to music you cant tell.. gl

 

[N4n45h1]

I haven't heard a reference GTX 670, but my Windforce is quieter than the ceiling fan I modified to be extremely quiet, and this is with my temporary setup where the back of my case is facing me and I'm playing Skyrim.

Just some food for thought when deciding whether to wait for a non-reference GTX 670

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[skipsneeky2]

Got 2 reference gtx670s in sli and their noise for the performance i get is worth while,i keep them at about 65% fanspeed and they stay under 70 cel during load.:thumbsup:

 

[DeeJayeS]

My evga 670 with the blower fan has a fairly loud hum/grind quality to it. Knew this going in given the reviews.

Already have Arctic Cooling Twin Turbo II in hand (you can get this for ~$40 in the US) but haven't had the time to install it yet.

 

[Termie]

My evga 670 with the blower fan has a fairly loud hum/grind quality to it. Knew this going in given the reviews.

Already have Arctic Cooling Twin Turbo II in hand (you can get this for ~$40 in the US) but haven't had the time to install it yet.

EVGA is actually cross-shipping me a new 670 for this very reason. You might want to give them a call to see if they can make it right for you.

I'll report back once I have a chance to test the new one. If it has the same grinding, I'll either have to deal with it or pay for a stepup to a 680. Honestly, if they're all like this, it simply isn't acceptable - I've heard smoother fans on $50 cards.

 

[cadred]

I actually pulled the trigger on that card too but I am not sure if it went through or not. for some reason the mastercard secure code would not work and failed on me but newegg actually shows it was successfully charged. I guess I will know in the morning. grrr

Yeah, that is a PITA, it's hard to remember the password for a system that you only see once in a blue moon on newegg.

 

[toyota]

Yeah, that is a PITA, it's hard to remember the password for a system that you only see once in a blue moon on newegg.

well it shipped but I am going to let my bank know what I think about securecode.

 

[Danik]

By the way, is the Windforce inaudible at idle? what RPM does it idle at?

Not sure what the RPM is idle, but mine is at 22 to 24% fan speed at idle. At that speed it is fairly inaudible. I don't think I have seen them climb above 35% for Skyrim and that is with a max temp of 45 celsius. Ambient temperature is about 72 degrees with two 120 mm case fans for intake, a 140 mm top fan, and a 120 mm rear fan. All of them are set to low for a fairly inaudible setup. I used to have the case fans set between medium and high and I couldn't hear the hard drive. Now I can hear the hard drive click when in use. I am extremely happy with the 670 Windforce, and I don't think I will ever go back to loud cooling solutions. Given the Windforce costs $399, I see no reason to go with the reference design.

 

[Pneumothorax]

Not sure what the RPM is idle, but mine is at 22 to 24% fan speed at idle. At that speed it is fairly inaudible. I don't think I have seen them climb above 35% for Skyrim and that is with a max temp of 45 celsius. Ambient temperature is about 72 degrees with two 120 mm case fans for intake, a 140 mm top fan, and a 120 mm rear fan. All of them are set to low for a fairly inaudible setup. I used to have the case fans set between medium and high and I couldn't hear the hard drive. Now I can hear the hard drive click when in use. I am extremely happy with the 670 Windforce, and I don't think I will ever go back to loud cooling solutions. Given the Windforce costs $399, I see no reason to go with the reference design.

Other than trying to find that lil bastard in stock. Unfortunately my job keeps me from standing there and waiting for my email to refresh when it gets in stock.

 

[DeeJayeS]

EVGA is actually cross-shipping me a new 670 for this very reason. You might want to give them a call to see if they can make it right for you.

I'll report back once I have a chance to test the new one. If it has the same grinding, I'll either have to deal with it or pay for a stepup to a 680. Honestly, if they're all like this, it simply isn't acceptable - I've heard smoother fans on $50 cards.

let us know what your experience is with the new card, but i'm thinking its just the way these cards are given the reviews

 

[Termie]

let us know what your experience is with the new card, but i'm thinking its just the way these cards are given the reviews

I'll definitely let you all know what I find.

Card is on its way, not arriving until Tuesday, though, so it may have to wait until later next week for a full report.

 

[Dbdynsty]

I only have experience with the stock MSI 670 and it was significantly louder than my HD 5850 it was replacing, even at idle in windows just doing normal web browsing stuff. I swapped it with a reference HD 7970 and the idle noise has vanished. So maybe I got a bad board, but from most of the reviews on the web I've read, it seems to just be a thing with the reference 670s. So yeah...they are louder at idle than I'd like and for that reason alone I returned mine.

As for gaming...it's quieter than the 7970 by a small margin. I mean neither of them are quite when gaming...that's just a fact of these high end cards. And the difference clearly wasn't enough to sway me back towards team green though. My computer idles for 22 of the 24 hours per day normally, so sound during that period is way more important.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Well at 30 percent in desktop it will be silent. But once you game and if it goes to 80 or 100 percent fan speed then it sounds like a JET!!! just like cards before it.

I would manually control that fan with a app.... 30 percent in desktop and 100 percent gaming,, it will sound like a jet but you have headphones on or are listening to music you cant tell.. gl

Why do you post crap when you have no clue? The cards NEVER spin up to 100% and you can't even force it to 100% only 80% (through EVGA PrecisionX anyway). I've never seen temps high enough for the fan to go above 65%. It's not that loud.

Also I just don't understand. If you are gaming do you never have sound on? How can you actually hear the card over your games? Honestly my case fans are louder than any video card I've ever heard at idle.

 

[guskline]

Why do you post crap when you have no clue? The cards NEVER spin up to 100% and you can't even force it to 100% only 80% (through EVGA PrecisionX anyway). I've never seen temps high enough for the fan to go above 65%. It's not that loud.

Also I just don't understand. If you are gaming do you never have sound on? How can you actually hear the card over your games? Honestly my case fans are louder than any video card I've ever heard at idle.

I agree entirely. Let me add that I went to Logitech G35 headsets for this reason AND that the sound is so much better for gaming (plus you don't need a spoundcard or even internal sound the headset has its own sc).

 

[ShintaiDK]

I dont get the noise talk either. My GF got a GTX 670, and its absolutely not really noisy.

Even at whats supposed to be a heavy 100% load aint bad either. If you come from a 6950, then ye maybe its alitte noisy.

 

[guskline]

I have to laugh at all this "noise" talk. Noisier than what? I run fans to keep my machines cool. There is always a trade off from more sound and cooler temps. I read some of these posts where so and so OCs the heck of of his card but has to run the fan at a higher speed for it to be stable and the fan is noisy. No S .... Sherlock! What do you expect.

I decided to go to higher end headphones for gaming (Logitech G35s). Not the most expensive but very good Headphones. When I game, I don't notice the "noise" from the fans cranking up because of the headphones. Also I have a seperate room for my computers so my wife could care less what the sound level is.

I think people tend to exaggerate a bit about the sound. Heck if you want sound install one of those Delta server fans in your case THEN we can talk noisy!

 

[Pneumothorax]

I have to laugh at all this "noise" talk. Noisier than what? I run fans to keep my machines cool. There is always a trade off from more sound and cooler temps. I read some of these posts where so and so OCs the heck of of his card but has to run the fan at a higher speed for it to be stable and the fan is noisy. No S .... Sherlock! What do you expect.

I decided to go to higher end headphones for gaming (Logitech G35s). Not the most expensive but very good Headphones. When I game, I don't notice the "noise" from the fans cranking up because of the headphones. Also I have a seperate room for my computers so my wife could care less what the sound level is.

I think people tend to exaggerate a bit about the sound. Heck if you want sound install one of those Delta server fans in your case THEN we can talk noisy!

You may not appreciate it, but there are many of us who appreciate a quiet gaming card. What's frustrating is that nvidia cheaped out on the reference cooling when gigabyte offers at the same price a card that is much quieter for the same price as reference. The problem is the dang card is rarer than hens teeth.

 

[ShintaiDK]

You may not appreciate it, but there are many of us who appreciate a quiet gaming card. What's frustrating is that nvidia cheaped out on the reference cooling when gigabyte offers at the same price a card that is much quieter for the same price as reference. The problem is the dang card is rarer than hens teeth.

Cheaped out compared to what. If we look at reference cards from AMD and nVidia. 670 is one of the most quiet. Are we gonna call HD7970, HD7950, HD5870, Geforce 470, 570 and 580 for dustbusters? And if 670 is a jetengine, what are those? A spacerocket launch?

 

[cmdrdredd]

I have to laugh at all this "noise" talk. Noisier than what? I run fans to keep my machines cool. There is always a trade off from more sound and cooler temps. I read some of these posts where so and so OCs the heck of of his card but has to run the fan at a higher speed for it to be stable and the fan is noisy. No S .... Sherlock! What do you expect.

I decided to go to higher end headphones for gaming (Logitech G35s). Not the most expensive but very good Headphones. When I game, I don't notice the "noise" from the fans cranking up because of the headphones. Also I have a seperate room for my computers so my wife could care less what the sound level is.

I think people tend to exaggerate a bit about the sound. Heck if you want sound install one of those Delta server fans in your case THEN we can talk noisy!

Lol I used to run a Panaflo H1-BX on my CPU. Wanna talk about loud? I let it spin full RPM lol.

Cheaped out compared to what. If we look at reference cards from AMD and nVidia. 670 is one of the most quiet. Are we gonna call HD7970, HD7950, HD5870, Geforce 470, 570 and 580 for dustbusters? And if 670 is a jetengine, what are those? A spacerocket launch?

Yep. All reference designs with a blower style fan are going to be this way. It's the nature of such a design. The cards from Sapphire, XFX, MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte, Galaxy etc with custom cooling solutions that do not use the blower design are made that way to differentiate themselves in the market. The target market for these cards are IMO three types of people.

1) Overclockers who want to hold temps back more
2) People who don't want to do water but are still trying too keep noise down just a bit more
3) People who don't want the heat expelled into the room immediately.

Honestly for me it's not an issue. I'm at idle right now and there is a very, very low hum from my case. I hear my 200mm case fans over the video card. I can hear my HDD spin over the noise of my case. If noise is really that much of an issue I would suggest going to water and running very efficient fans on low.

 

[cmdrdredd]

double post