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From: Daddy on 9 May 2010 11:43 To give you an idea of how much of a gamer I am: My Studio XPS 8100 includes the first graphics card I have ever owned that has a fan. The fan does make some additional noise, which I'm not crazy about, but I'm getting used to it. It's really nothing more than a soft 'buzz'. But it leads me to ask (for future upgrading): Are there some brands of graphics card, or some types of fans, that are particularly quieter than others? Daddy
From: Keith on 9 May 2010 13:19 depending on the card, you can replace the fan with a quieter one if it is an issue (or replace the card) "Daddy" <daddy(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:hs6l74$9i1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > To give you an idea of how much of a gamer I am: My Studio XPS 8100 > includes the first graphics card I have ever owned that has a fan. > > The fan does make some additional noise, which I'm not crazy about, but > I'm getting used to it. It's really nothing more than a soft 'buzz'. But > it leads me to ask (for future upgrading): Are there some brands of > graphics card, or some types of fans, that are particularly quieter than > others? > > Daddy
From: Ben Myers on 9 May 2010 23:35 On 5/9/2010 11:43 AM, Daddy wrote: > To give you an idea of how much of a gamer I am: My Studio XPS 8100 > includes the first graphics card I have ever owned that has a fan. > > The fan does make some additional noise, which I'm not crazy about, but > I'm getting used to it. It's really nothing more than a soft 'buzz'. But > it leads me to ask (for future upgrading): Are there some brands of > graphics card, or some types of fans, that are particularly quieter than > others? > > Daddy My overall experience is that cards with nVidia chips run hotter than AMD/ATI ones, and nVidia cards fail due to cheap cooling fans and overheating. Both nVidia and ATI sell their chips and designs of video card circuit boards to any company that will buy them. Of course, the el cheapo low-cost manufacturers of cards will cut corners, and use the cheapest cooling fan possible, just like a lot of stuff manufactured out there across the Pacific Rim. Trouble is that I can't tell you for certain which video card manufacturers are worth a damn any more or not. I think I would go for a card made and sold as an ATI card (not, for example, a Brand X card with ATI chip) or a card made by a well-established board manufacturer with decent reputation (e.f. Asus and not MSI). But your guess is as good as mine... Ben Myers
From: Daddy on 10 May 2010 09:41 Ben Myers wrote: > On 5/9/2010 11:43 AM, Daddy wrote: >> To give you an idea of how much of a gamer I am: My Studio XPS 8100 >> includes the first graphics card I have ever owned that has a fan. >> >> The fan does make some additional noise, which I'm not crazy about, but >> I'm getting used to it. It's really nothing more than a soft 'buzz'. But >> it leads me to ask (for future upgrading): Are there some brands of >> graphics card, or some types of fans, that are particularly quieter than >> others? >> >> Daddy > > My overall experience is that cards with nVidia chips run hotter than > AMD/ATI ones, and nVidia cards fail due to cheap cooling fans and > overheating. Both nVidia and ATI sell their chips and designs of video > card circuit boards to any company that will buy them. Of course, the > el cheapo low-cost manufacturers of cards will cut corners, and use the > cheapest cooling fan possible, just like a lot of stuff manufactured out > there across the Pacific Rim. Trouble is that I can't tell you for > certain which video card manufacturers are worth a damn any more or not. > > I think I would go for a card made and sold as an ATI card (not, for > example, a Brand X card with ATI chip) or a card made by a > well-established board manufacturer with decent reputation (e.f. Asus > and not MSI). But your guess is as good as mine... Ben Myers Thanks, Ben. So if I understand correctly, the fans themselves are pretty much commodities, and the difference between a relatively loud fan and a relatively quiet fan comes down to how much care the card manufacturer takes. I also get the impression (from reading elsewhere) that spending extra for a gamer's card won't necessarily make for a quieter fan, since you don't hear the fan over all that gunfire and explosions anyway. Daddy
From: Ben Myers on 10 May 2010 11:34
On 5/10/2010 9:41 AM, Daddy wrote: > Ben Myers wrote: >> On 5/9/2010 11:43 AM, Daddy wrote: >>> To give you an idea of how much of a gamer I am: My Studio XPS 8100 >>> includes the first graphics card I have ever owned that has a fan. >>> >>> The fan does make some additional noise, which I'm not crazy about, but >>> I'm getting used to it. It's really nothing more than a soft 'buzz'. But >>> it leads me to ask (for future upgrading): Are there some brands of >>> graphics card, or some types of fans, that are particularly quieter than >>> others? >>> >>> Daddy >> >> My overall experience is that cards with nVidia chips run hotter than >> AMD/ATI ones, and nVidia cards fail due to cheap cooling fans and >> overheating. Both nVidia and ATI sell their chips and designs of video >> card circuit boards to any company that will buy them. Of course, the >> el cheapo low-cost manufacturers of cards will cut corners, and use >> the cheapest cooling fan possible, just like a lot of stuff >> manufactured out there across the Pacific Rim. Trouble is that I can't >> tell you for certain which video card manufacturers are worth a damn >> any more or not. >> >> I think I would go for a card made and sold as an ATI card (not, for >> example, a Brand X card with ATI chip) or a card made by a >> well-established board manufacturer with decent reputation (e.f. Asus >> and not MSI). But your guess is as good as mine... Ben Myers > > Thanks, Ben. So if I understand correctly, the fans themselves are > pretty much commodities, and the difference between a relatively loud > fan and a relatively quiet fan comes down to how much care the card > manufacturer takes. > > I also get the impression (from reading elsewhere) that spending extra > for a gamer's card won't necessarily make for a quieter fan, since you > don't hear the fan over all that gunfire and explosions anyway. > > Daddy Yes. Although the cooling fans are commodity items produced by all the low cost and a few good quality manufacturers, you can't expect to simply replace a loud fan with a quiet one. The mountings for the fan onto the card and the power connector are not-quite commodity... Ben |