Gainward claims to make 7db GF FX

[Caanon]

from here:
Gainward press release

 

[Soulkeeper]

I heard the fan throttles down, like a laptop's cooling system, when it is in 2d mode
maybe it is 7db only in 2d mode
then in 3d mode it prob gets louder than any other video card on the market


hmmmm they do say "Max" weird indeed

 

[Intelman07]

That is neato if it is true which i am sure it is.

 

[gururu]

I'm sure most of the FX products will be quiter than the test sample. What gets to me is the
size of the fan. of elegant design it is not.

 

[Rand]

I'd still like to know what their using for cooling, it's certainly not any type of fan. 7db would be half the volume of the human heart!
Whatever their doing to cool it, it certainly doesnt involve pushing any air.

 

[Slogun]

7db would be half the volume of the human heart!

Funny that you say that. Gainward's press release says 7db IS the volume of the human heartbeat lol!

This is impressive news. Gainward does stress that it is 7db, "yes, 7db."

 

[Tol]

Originally posted by: Rand
I'd still like to know what their using for cooling, it's certainly not any type of fan. 7db would be half the volume of the human heart!
Whatever their doing to cool it, it certainly doesnt involve pushing any air.

They take the db measurement from the house next door.

 

[Rand]

Originally posted by: Slogun

7db would be half the volume of the human heart!

Funny that you say that. Gainward's press release says 7db IS the volume of the human heartbeat lol!

This is impressive news. Gainward does stress that it is 7db, "yes, 7db."

They may be correct, I'm hardly an expert.... my mention of half the volume is based on the human heart recorded at 10db which so far as I can see is the recorded figure in the medical textbooks I checked. A 3db increase would accord to twice the volume.

In any case, my bets are Gainward is measuring the volume using some dubious methods..... perhaps from quite a large distance away in a shielded case?
Something at 7db would barely be able to push any air at all.

 

[PliotronX]

Originally posted by: Tol

Originally posted by: Rand
I'd still like to know what their using for cooling, it's certainly not any type of fan. 7db would be half the volume of the human heart!
Whatever their doing to cool it, it certainly doesnt involve pushing any air.

They take the db measurement from the house next door.

ROFL

 

[merlocka]

Originally posted by: Rand

Originally posted by: Slogun

7db would be half the volume of the human heart!

Funny that you say that. Gainward's press release says 7db IS the volume of the human heartbeat lol!

This is impressive news. Gainward does stress that it is 7db, "yes, 7db."

They may be correct, I'm hardly an expert.... my mention of half the volume is based on the human heart recorded at 10db which so far as I can see is the recorded figure in the medical textbooks I checked. A 3db increase would accord to twice the volume.

In any case, my bets are Gainward is measuring the volume using some dubious methods..... perhaps from quite a large distance away in a shielded case?
Something at 7db would barely be able to push any air at all.

3dB is not equivalent to "twice the volume" if by volume to refer to perceived "loudness".

In general, it requires a 10dB increase in dB_SPL to double the percieved loudness.

A nicely canned summary of dB, SPL, and "Watts vs dB" can be found here.

Since Gainward doesn't include any qualifying information with the "7dB" number, it's an invalid datapoint. They specify no distance, weigting, or reference.

At this point, all I assume is that they will be about as loud as typical (non-FXFLOW) cooling solutions.

 

[KillaBong]

The card is silent. The heatsink however, is bigger than my alpha.

They just took out the noisy system, and put a BIG heatsink, like it should be.

I'm sure the fan just slowly brushes the hot air off.

 

[cmdrdredd]

quiet or not my 9700Pro is still faster most of the time Not to mention overclocking the GFFX is a nogo

 

[merlocka]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
quiet or not my 9700Pro is still faster most of the time Not to mention overclocking the GFFX is a nogo

Ahh, a perfectly normal thread now tainted by fanboy drivel.

1) What does the speed of your Radeon 9700 have to do with Gainward claims to make 7db GF FX?

2) Considering that the card isn't released and that the chips which are on the card are likely to be from a completly different lot than the production ramp, I'm actually suprised that nVidia didn't mind reviews to comment on overclocking. I don't recall Anand or THG's first reviews of the 9700 to provide overclocking results?

 

[cmdrdredd]

they provided some OC results to see if the GFFX could pull ahead by any margin in the tests. It didn't. The 9700Pro reviews didn't do much overclocking because there was a clear winner.

now I am no fanboy but I call it like I see it, and if the big fan couldn't help the GFFX pull ahead I don't see how much better a quiet solution could do. At this point it's all "wait and see" but who knows.

 

[merlocka]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
they provided some OC results to see if the GFFX could pull ahead by any margin in the tests. It didn't. The 9700Pro reviews didn't do much overclocking because there was a clear winner.

now I am no fanboy but I call it like I see it, and if the big fan couldn't help the GFFX pull ahead I don't see how much better a quiet solution could do. At this point it's all "wait and see" but who knows.

OK, you are not a fanboy...

That's weird... the thread title is still Gainward claims to make 7db GF FX

 

[specktre]

now if memory serves me the 9700 wasn't so hot to trot so to speak when it came to overclocking when it came out first so if i were all of you ATI "fanboys" or just stupid ass people who don't wait till a product is released to see the full story i would shut the f*ck up untill the geforce fx is finally released to the public. then you can talk all you want if infact it turns out that the NVIDIA is in fact an inferior product.

 

[cmdrdredd]

it is indeed inferior if Nvidia's refrence is for the huge fan. That is not IMO a good use of technology. I like the Heatpipe solution best myself.