Noticed this thread and decided it might be the best place to post this.
I just bought an MSI 7950 TF3 BE/OC 3 days ago, and while performance is a definite bump over my previous 4890, so is the noise. My previous card was a Sapphire VaporX model, and it seemed loudish when at full load, but not really annoying. This new card is so much louder its unbelivable, and whats more annoying, it keeps spinning up and down for every little GPU load change (yes, GPU load not temperature), so its like listening to a very loud wind, which makes it so much more annoying than simply high RPMs.
I've tried using MSI Afterburner to lower the fan speed, but it seems to do nothing, I can manually specify the fan speed % and/or use the fan curve thing, but as soon as i alt-tab to a game, it will just act as it pleases.
Note however, that the card isn't hot, in fact its constantly around 53-55℃.
So, what I'm asking is, is this normal?
P.S. I ran 3DM Vantage since i had it on PC from before, my score is 25k, is that okay for this card? Mostly curious because i haven't formatted my drive for 2 years, and i'm not 100% if I properly wiped the old drivers. CPU is i5 750 @ 3.5ghz