At load: GTX 280SC (my existing blown up card) – 86 (that’s fairly consistent with what I’ve found) GTX 285 (Shad’s card) – 85 (although I’ll take this as an 86… their review said the 280 was 85) GTX 580 – 76 GTX 680 – 78 GTX 680 SC (my potential card) – 80
So in general a bit lower… but I might consider the non SC edition of the EVGA card. Although… for 2 degrees screw it.
And noise wise… the 280 series said once it got to 86, the fan would be at full ball and I know what that sounds like. Am sure we’re hearing the same thing there.
For the 680 series
“As we can see, maintaining temperatures at its higher clocks doesn’t involve this card increasing its fan speeds. The SC+ actually maintains the exact same acoustical profile as the reference version which means it likely won’t be heard over the other fans in your case. “
OK
After a bit of review reading it looks like
At load:
GTX 280SC (my existing blown up card) – 86 (that’s fairly consistent with what I’ve found)
GTX 285 (Shad’s card) – 85 (although I’ll take this as an 86… their review said the 280 was 85)
GTX 580 – 76
GTX 680 – 78
GTX 680 SC (my potential card) – 80
So in general a bit lower… but I might consider the non SC edition of the EVGA card. Although… for 2 degrees screw it.
And noise wise… the 280 series said once it got to 86, the fan would be at full ball and I know what that sounds like. Am sure we’re hearing the same thing there.
For the 680 series
“As we can see, maintaining temperatures at its higher clocks doesn’t involve this card increasing its fan speeds. The SC+ actually maintains the exact same acoustical profile as the reference version which means it likely won’t be heard over the other fans in your case. “
Which is good.. means I may as well get the 680 SC, noise wise. Doesn’t actually give me much reference for how loud that actually is though.
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/53144-evga...
Need to find a review of the 280 to see how loud in db it was to compare.
Fuzz