traceracute wrote:
if you don't mind me asking, what's the average RPM of your 2080 TI, I understand it's a more powerful card so it'll be different than a 2060, I just want a general idea.
Short answer: usually the card dont pass 1200rpms.
Long answer: i plan my build (
Corsiar Air 740) to have the two bottom Be Quiet BL067 PWM to be connected to the GPU 4pin fan connectors, so in essence the card is fully passive in idle, once it reaches around 60C the fan start between 800-1000rpms, once the card reaches 75C the bottom fans (case fans) start, around 80C the fans on the bottom are around 800rpms and the ones on the card are around 1250rpms, sustaining the temps there, if i didn't have the bottom fans helping, it will probably reach 1600rpms and around 84C. But really depends on the games and your settings, for example now im mostly playing WOW Classic @4k full settings and the card never passes 50% load and turn the fans on and off hanging between 55-60C, to me totally inaudible. To contrats, Overwatch played on a 1080p 240hz full settings, i get around 1200rpms on the gpu fans (800rpms on the case fans) on the fans 78C on temperature, slightly audible on a quiet night.
traceracute wrote:
The only reservation I have about buying AMD is I hear their drivers are a bit wonky right now.
This is up to you, i read they have issues but they work them out, nvidia is not a golden boy lately with drivers either, although i still think they are a little better. If you have second thoughts about AMD, i would suggest to increase your budget a little more toward,
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From
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Quote:
My recommendation is to use the quiet BIOS all the time as it makes the card extremely quiet even when fully loaded. The performance difference is around 1%—definitely worth it. The second BIOS improves the fan curve big time, reducing noise levels of the card to only 29 dBA.
Whatever ends to be your choice, hope you have sometime to give some feedback, to see how was your experience noise wise.