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Old August 1st, 2008   #43 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by saint_geser View Post
No way! GTX 260/280 sounds like a helicopter taking off! 260 though is a little better, but nothing in comparison to 4xxx series
Clearly you've never cranked the fan of a 4850 up to 50%.

And the 4870 is even worse... it starts sounding like waves at sea when the fan is at 40%, but it runs relatively cool compared to 4850.
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