Upgrade from 8800GT, Looking for quiet card

Quitoman

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I'm wanting to upgrade my 8800GT + Athlon X2 5000 gaming combo, and need some opinions on what to do.

From what I heard the 4890 is the way to go, any owners want to comment on the noise from the card? I want something a good deal quieter than my 8800GT.

I know I'm going to need a new processor soon so how long should I wait for a new one and is it not worth it to upgrade my GPU until I get a new CPU with it?

How does the GTX 275, 4890, and 8800GT all compare sound wise?
 

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The fans on the GTX 2xx aren't nessicarly quieter perhaps in a decibal test but it's definately not the vacuum cleaner pitch is on par with a PSU or CPU fan pitch.
 

Quitoman

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Well I would just like to know if the gtx 275 or 4890 is quieter than an 8800GT while a playing game with stock/auto fan.
 

Quitoman

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Yeah I do, thinking about getting the Phenom II X2 3.2GHz and overclocking to 3.8GHz.

My speakers and Logitech Z5500 but I can't always turn them up very high and I can hear the fan blazing during quiet parts in games.
 
On a stock for stock basis it will be about half or less as far as noise goes. The 9600gt and 8800gt's had some .... truly awful..... "hair dryer" fans on them. I don't use mine any more. The after markets are better yet but do throttle up once in a while.
 

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I had 8800 like you and I buy myself Sapphire 4890 with Vapor-X cooling which cools great and it is very silent. Hope I helped. See ya