HD3850 and HD3870 will finally be quiet
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/08/hd3850-3870-finally-quiet
THE RADEON HD 3850 will come to market with a single-slot cooling setup, outputting only 31 dBA.
This is closer to silence than 8600GTS or 8800GT, boards with which this card will undoubtedly be compared.
Meet mr. 31 dBA... quiet as a mouse
Daamit poured scorn on Nvidia for its noisy GeForce FX 5800 only to release a series of relatively noisy cards itself, starting with the Radeon X850, continuing with X1800 and X1900, and coming to market with 2900XT - yet another fine noisy product.
For its part, Nvidia had the FX5950 (quieter than the hairdryer FX5800), the not-so-noisy 6800 Ultra, the relatively-quiet 7800 and 7900 series, and continued its quiet approach with the massive 8800GTX and Ultra boards.
Taking dual-slot configuration resulted in meeting with mr. 34 dBA
But now Daamit is to deliver its first ever sub-45dBA cards.
A Radeon HD 3870 will follow with a dual-slot cooling setup, heatpipes and everything. This setup will output 34 dBA, more than 3850, but drastically less than 2900XT or a direct competitor, GeForce 8800GT.
According to our data, 8800GT produces 43 dBA of ambient noise, and during our testing, Gainward, XFX and Zotac all had similarly tuned fans, quite loud ones - once that 3D load ramps up, that is. µ
THE RADEON HD 3850 will come to market with a single-slot cooling setup, outputting only 31 dBA.
This is closer to silence than 8600GTS or 8800GT, boards with which this card will undoubtedly be compared.
Meet mr. 31 dBA... quiet as a mouse
Daamit poured scorn on Nvidia for its noisy GeForce FX 5800 only to release a series of relatively noisy cards itself, starting with the Radeon X850, continuing with X1800 and X1900, and coming to market with 2900XT - yet another fine noisy product.
For its part, Nvidia had the FX5950 (quieter than the hairdryer FX5800), the not-so-noisy 6800 Ultra, the relatively-quiet 7800 and 7900 series, and continued its quiet approach with the massive 8800GTX and Ultra boards.
Taking dual-slot configuration resulted in meeting with mr. 34 dBA
But now Daamit is to deliver its first ever sub-45dBA cards.
A Radeon HD 3870 will follow with a dual-slot cooling setup, heatpipes and everything. This setup will output 34 dBA, more than 3850, but drastically less than 2900XT or a direct competitor, GeForce 8800GT.
According to our data, 8800GT produces 43 dBA of ambient noise, and during our testing, Gainward, XFX and Zotac all had similarly tuned fans, quite loud ones - once that 3D load ramps up, that is. µ
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