Re: Radeon HD 4670

Alex Fraser wrote:

It's vital to me that the card is quiet when idle - my current card is fanless and the system as a whole is pretty quiet[1]. Being reasonably quiet under load is highly desirable. It would be good to have dual DVI, but this is not essential.

[1] Noise sources at idle: two 120mm case fans at ~800rpm, 120mm PSU fan at similar speed, 80mm(?) CPU fan at ~1000rpm, and a quiet 7200rpm HDD which is nonetheless the most subjectively audible component.

Similar here. I bought a Powercolor PCS 4670 and it's inaudible at idle. It's audible but not unpleasant in Furmark's stability test, and the stock E5200 CPU fan drowns it out in actual games (1200rpm+). According to Furmark the GPU also runs pretty cool (40C idle, 60C load).

Finding a 4670 that's genuinely quiet at load would be more of a struggle, as they have 70W to dissipate. Maybe one of these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-103-HT&tool=3


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John Jordan
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