How loud is the cooling fan on a Retail "Built by ATI" Radeon 9800NP/9800 Pro??

[NFS4]

Would it be annoying in a nearly silent PC?

 

[Corporate Thug]

i dont know how it would sound with a silent pc, but i cant hear the fan on my 9800 pro over the NB fan and the case fans

 

[Breezie]

i can hear it but its definitely a lot quieter then Geforce4's TI series i used to have

 

[Nebor]

Yes, loud enough to be annoying. I have a Zalman + panaflo system. There's not a cooling device in my system that isn't one of those (power supply included) and even my panaflo L1As are kept on the bottom speed of a Vantec Rheobus.

Replace it w/ a Zalman ZM80C-HP.

 

[Rankor]

I don't think they are that loud. The only fan that sounds like jet taxiing out is my Vantec Aeroflow for my proc.

Compared to a 5900NU/U, they're quiet. 5950U fans are even quieter in comparison to the previous cards (larger fan, slower fan rev).

 

[Kungfu72]

It's not extremely loud, but it lets out this kinda high-pitched "WHHOOOOOOOOO" that is pretty annoying. Most small, high output fans do this. I'm going with a Zalman on mine.

 

[Slogun]

Originally posted by: Kungfu72
It's not extremely loud, but it lets out this kinda high-pitched "WHHOOOOOOOOO" that is pretty annoying.

Agreed. It's not that loud, but was the loudest whine in my case.

I replaced it with the Acrtic Cooling VGA Cooler as I was lucky enough to order one at SVC.com before they went out of stock. (They are the only US distributor and have been out of stock since 11/4.)

 

[Johnbear007]

a bit loud for me. I think I will try a zalman cooler or an arctic cooling ujnit

 

[newb54]

So loud I get flashbacks from ?nam, and think a Chinook helicopter is landing in my living room.

 

[cindy22]

"Compared to a 5900NU/U, they're quiet."

agreed I owned both and my ati 9800 pro was very quiet , the loudest thing in my pc was my stock p4 cooler and psu!



"So loud I get flashbacks from ?nam, and think a Chinook helicopter is landing in my living room. "

your kidding right?

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Would it be annoying in a nearly silent PC?

Yup B, I just R&R'd a 9800pro faned for a Sapphire 9800pro non-faned from newegg ($333) because of the noise. I hate noise when I'm trying to write papers and such so I have a near silent PC AND I have a desktop machine!
Sapphire 9800 pro
Burner- Samsung SW-252FENB Silent mode is very nice no aircraft whirly sounds
Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu- For CPU Mild OC of barton 2500+ to 2100mhz use is low rpm mode
1 case fan- Zalman 80mm Ca ZM-F1- Can't hear it
2-Seagate baras silent.
PS- Fortron FSP350-60PN with silent, very low varible, 120mm inside fan.