Is this card silent?
1512433
While no graphics card with a fan is silent, and no r9 290 especially, this graphics card is one of the quietest of all the custom cards.
1435932
The card is very quiet but that also depends on your cooling system. The more air you get to this card the lower the speed the card fan will run. My setup allows for great air circulation so for me it runs extremely silent. If you play with a headset as well you won't hear it at all.
2131419
This I it is not silent unless it is cooled properly. It is standalone. You will need a pc to connect to it and set it up, but it runs its own OS
1695924
Hi, Michael. I can't tell, because my other 5 case fans hide it. I can tell you this: the overall noise of the whole system is pretty low. To illustrate this, I had to turn off the air conditioner to notice it. So, the card's fan contribution to noise must be next to nothing. I hope it's useful.
1168668
I can't say without looking at the motherboard. You can see it plugs in on the end. It is near the fancy disk cables. It uses one of the ID's from the controller.Normally the connector is black and the card lays flat. Look at your motherboard. Hope this helps. It was great for my son.
543209
That's strange, you need minimum of 500 watts to run one of these cards. What exactly are you doing with your computer? Is your computer connected to it's own isolated power outlet?
51008
Even when under full load the card is reasonable quiet. My system has a water cooled cpu and that makes far more noise than the gpu. I wanted the whole system to be quiet yet powerful and this card fits right in with that idea.
1230139
Just check your settings and see if it somehow got put into silent mode. Outside of that, I don't have any other idea.
126824
Yes. As long as you have good enough power supply, and can find one of these cards for a reasonable price. I love the card but for the money of buying two... you might be better off buying a slightly newer/more powerful card. It would be a lot more efficient, probably cheaper and definitely quieter. Then again, if you already have one card, then go for it!
777947
No I have not heard it, mine is silent, though I have yet to use it for long periods. I don't think it's normal, but if it still does what it says on the pack it's ok. If it's not broken don't fix it!
637309
Is kind of quiet I think but I won't lie to you I use this card at work and sometimes is kind of loud there
1432801
Mine is very quiet don't even notice I have the solid-state drive as well in case that makes a difference
581985
I think that it is very quiet. I only use it to backup my system and it is not on all of the time. I have not noticed any noise.
943291
Let me answer this way. With the default settings on the card, it is whisper quiet. My whole machine is very quiet, and so is this card. I can't hear it in my living room. Of course in a graphics intensive game the fan will turn up higher, but honestly even then I haven't noticed it, and I'm pretty easily annoyed by that kind of thing.
2163496
My office is extremely silent, and I don't hear anything from my computer. Actually, my UPS just started making the noise you describe, and I noticed immediately. So I can attest that the unit I received is completely silent.
407518
Nope the card is VERY quiet but of course i have a water cooled system which is loud so you don't here it the fan idles at 26% and max fan is 55% and max temp that I have seen it hit is 62 degrees Celsius and that was under full load i recommend this card
2058206
They should always be on when the card is powered, but should run slow/quiet when the card is idle. The speed is proportional to the temp/load.