how loud is the radeon 9500 fan?

[pennylane]

it's not really a big deal. but out of curiosity how loud is it?

and if i were to buy one, which one should i buy?
i'm currently looking at the 128 MB sapphire one at newegg right now for $163


and one more thing... what are the rumors of 9500s being a mod away from 9700s?

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: heyzeus
it's not really a big deal. but out of curiosity how loud is it?

and if i were to buy one, which one should i buy?
i'm currently looking at the 128 MB sapphire one at newegg right now for $163


and one more thing... what are the rumors of 9500s being a mod away from 9700s?

yep they are a mod away, if you can still find the red PCB's (9700 pcb w/ memory going around the core not just above it)

i hope to get one sometime soon

 

[McCarthy]

Very quiet, can't hear it over my Panaflos. Don't know the db, but I'm someone who made my GF2 fanless cuz I couldn't stand the whine and I have no intention of changing this 9500's fan if that gives you some perspective.

 

[Auric]

I reckon it is quieter than the one used on my previous 8500 which was probably typical of common 50mm's. However it was still the loudest part of my system so the first thing I did after confirming it worked okay was unplug it. I had been using a 92mm Panaflo low-speed mounted behind the 8500 which I turned on for gaming (its HSF was replaced with a larger HS). So I just set that on low with SpeedFan until replacing the HSF with a Zalman HS. Now I have been able to remove that fan.

I still yearn to break the 3 motor barrier with a gaming system but for now I still have the HDD (duh -although extremely quiet), PSU fan and CPU fan (both 92mm Panaflo low-speed). The CPU fan is not required when running my Celeron 1.1 @ 100 FSB but 133 makes a big difference in games. Someday I may make a custom case to cool the PSU and CPU with the same fan (120mm Panaflo low-speed prolly) or replace the PSU with a fanless unit as decent ones seem to be coming out now. But I will prolly wait until upgrading to a P4 to do it.

Kinda went off on a tangent, didn't I?