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Review: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 OC (GV-R797OC-3GD)

by Parm Mann on 16 January 2012, 09:00 4.5

Tags: Gigabyte (TPE:2376)

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Benchmark: Noise

Do the impressively-low temperatures mean lots of noise? Not entirely. When idle, Gigabyte's HD 7970 OC is the quietest card on show - it's hardly audible over our chassis' pre-installed fans - but noise levels do creep up when under load.

As the fans speed up, the card becomes clearly audible and is only fractionally quieter than reference.