Are we talking about as loud as the screaming classic Delta 80mm’s?  Perhaps louder than a FX5800 Ultra or maybe an industrial vacuum cleaner?  The Tech Report thinks that maybe the noise produced by the GTX480 is not as bad as some would make it out to be.  As it turns out a single FX 5800 Ultra was nearly 9 dB louder than a GTX 480 and the 2GB model of the HD5870 is 1dB louder.  Perhaps not as bad as all that after all.

“Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 400-series graphics cards have caught flak for their relatively high power consumption and noise levels. TR’s Scott Wasson has taken the debate to his blog, comparing the new cards against the infamous GeForce FX 5800 Ultra and giving Nvidia some credit for keeping thermals and noise in control despite the GF100 GPU’s formidable energy demands.”

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