Which company has the better and quieter cooling solution, XFX or Sapphire? The card is the Radeon 7970 and both the XFX and Sapphire cards are in the same price point but I don't know which card cools better and is quieter. Anyone have some input? I could also go with an MSI PE 680 but the 7970 outperforms it so I won't bother with that.
I own a XFX R7770 GHOST OC edition, it is whisper quiet, even under load and overclocked to 1230mhz.
A +1 to XFX from me.
Id probably Guess Sapphire but it depends on the exact cooler they are using, i know the two quietest right now are the Gigabyte Windforce and Asus DCUII, but id need to know if its an XFX double D or Core edition ect, same thing for the Sapphire card.
Double D for the XFX, and I don't know what the specific name of the Sapphire cooler is but it has two fans that say Dual-X on them.
My 7770 in BF3......(the video is not meant to test noise, but you could hear a penny drop...)
Not my main rig...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb-gkTEcWZk&list=UUXSNG_dnNyKDg4JnOTcgd4Q&index=3
Awesome video :) I could barely hear it before but with the music and game sounds it was inaudible. I might even be able to get both the XFX and Sapphire cards for my main rig but that depends on my budget.
Since that's a single cooler design, a second fan should push more air meaning it's quieter. Thanks