Quote Originally Posted by cegras View Post
SKYMTL:

Thanks for bringing back a 'closer look.'

Do you have any comments on how this card compares to the 'silence references' like a GTX460 or a vanilla 4850 / 9800GTX+?
IMO, it is louder than the GTX 460 but not enough to hear it over your typical "gaming" case's 2-4 120mm fans not to mention in-game sounds.

The adaptive fan control really helps the acoustical footprint since it is able to gradually increase the fan speed unlike the GTX 480's which seemed to be designed far too aggressively.