Quote Originally Posted by SKYMTL View Post
The you and I must have different versions or something. Mine is ULTRA loud...as is one of my HD 4890 cards. My GTX 295 does beat them all out though....


If the mic isn't set properly it will take directional sound and not ambient. My Canon S2IS has the same problem and it picks up EVERY sound from a nail scratch to a pen writing on paper if the wrong setting is selected.

The GTX 470 isn't quiet by any stretch but it doesn't make as much racket as that video would lead you to believe. I'm just stating this from my personal experience with the card.

The HD 5870 is VERY quiet though. There is no doubt about that.
I second that, my 4870x2 isn't to bad at all.

Anyway after reading through countless reviews the conclusion i've come to is the 480 gtx i good but the wattage it uses does worrying me to the point that i'm going to hold off buying it until there is a revision BECAUSE i want these badbois (480 gtx) is SLI, the performance is too good to not go for SLI., well impressive.

As for the reviews, its seems to me SOME sites either have some nvidia buffs reviewing the card or they just fallen in love with the card which is odd because OTHER sites are honest and frank in there conclusions.


Honest straight up reviewer:
Anandtech
Techpowerup
legitreviews
Toms Hardware
Hexus
bit-tech.net

Clearly nVidia nut or paid off:
Guru3D
HardwareCanucks
Hardware heaven <--- They taking the p+ss or what

All the respectable sites come to the same summery:
Wattage is shockingly high
HEAT is a problem
Noise is a problem
Price is slightly to high

Performance is GOOD
Performance is SLI is AMAZING!
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