How loud are the FireBlade (Sapphire) cards?

[thesurge]

I want to pick up an x800gto Fireblade, but I keep hearing how loud the fan is on the card? Does anyone have personal experience?

 

[Wentelteefje]

No personal experience, but the fan is the same as a X850XT, there are lots of reviews of those around the web...

TweakTown says:

"We did get a little peak at the card through the box and the cooler along with the blue PCB which is very distinctive. The cooler is just like the standard X850XT cooler, we do have to mention thought that the cooler is quite loud even when it is being throttled down.

When installed inside a computer case, the sounds would be a lot more bearable but outside of it (like when we were testing the card) we think you would find it quite annoying."

Yep, you're right, people complain about the noise level... Get yourself an ATI Silencer 5, it'll cool better and will be a lot quieter...

 

[thesurge]

if i need to buy a silencer, i'll just get a Connect3Dx800gto + ASilencer5. Thanks.