Hey shunx, not loud at all

Now that I've figured out the fan controls on my board, I've realised that I don't think I can even hear the 8800 over the other fans in the case...

Well, I screwed up. It wasn't the card after all. It was the CPU Heatsink Fan.

I went into the BIOS of my Asus P5B-E and switched the CPU Fan to "Silent Mode." It worked like a charm.

I've got egg on my face now!

Thats seems very strange :?: My last gfx card was a 6800GT modded with a vf-700 set on lowest and the noise level was about equal to my MSI 8800GTX @idle. Maybe BFG has set the fan to spin faster @idle ?? Mine runs about 1400rpm @idle (checked using RivaTuner). What rpm do you get @idle ? [Edit]: D...

I was surprised by how loud my BFG 8800GTS is. Its an OC2, so its overclocked by BFG. The fan is louder than my old 6800GT! The 6800GT was in a sonata case, the 8800GTS is an a p180 case. And, I don't think its a matter subjectivity, I can hear it over every other component (two antec tri-cool fans ...