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X1900 - is it silent?
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<blockquote data-quote="sbarabanow" data-source="post: 408815" data-attributes="member: 32123"><p>>I cant imagine it being that much of a difference, its just a small fan.</p><p></p><p>Then I believe you've never had the pleasure of using a PC with a "small fan".</p><p></p><p>The fan makes all the difference - how silent it is and how long it lives (when it starts makin saw-like sound). I just don't know how many bucks did ATI push in this specific video card. I just hope apple DID pay attention not to spoil their best system by relying on a vidcard with "made-in-china" fan.</p><p></p><p>And twice power in X1900 compared to 7300 doesn't come from nothing. If there is twice power, there is more heat. More heat = more cooling. More cooling = higher RPM on the fan. higher RPM = more noise.</p><p></p><p>Simple as that.</p><p></p><p>Thanks anyway - I'm thinking about the passive cooling you wrote of, but to my knowledge, passive cooling is only available to as high as geforces 6900 and not top-shelf performance cards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sbarabanow, post: 408815, member: 32123"] >I cant imagine it being that much of a difference, its just a small fan. Then I believe you've never had the pleasure of using a PC with a "small fan". The fan makes all the difference - how silent it is and how long it lives (when it starts makin saw-like sound). I just don't know how many bucks did ATI push in this specific video card. I just hope apple DID pay attention not to spoil their best system by relying on a vidcard with "made-in-china" fan. And twice power in X1900 compared to 7300 doesn't come from nothing. If there is twice power, there is more heat. More heat = more cooling. More cooling = higher RPM on the fan. higher RPM = more noise. Simple as that. Thanks anyway - I'm thinking about the passive cooling you wrote of, but to my knowledge, passive cooling is only available to as high as geforces 6900 and not top-shelf performance cards. [/QUOTE]
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