nvidia cards aren't any quieter than their amd counterparts if you ignore reference coolers (almost nobody has a reference 290/290X, and nobody is making/selling them anymore). they draw more power, true, but nvidias quoted TDP figures are far far too conservative, the cards often exceed them under load, where AMD cards rarely hit their TDP figures (unless overclocked). its just another way nvidia is lying to people really. I have a 290X in a silverstone RVZ01B case, heat isn't an issue, at all, so stop spreading fud please.
http://media.bestofmicro.com/6/K/462908/original/Noise.png[IMG]
would you look at that, aftermarket 290X is quieter than a GTX 970? you don't say?
[IMG]http://media.bestofmicro.com/6/J/462907/original/Power.png[IMG]
what's that? 290X only uses 30 - 60 watts more than GTX 970? not the 150+ more watts people are constantly claiming? come on get real with that nonsense about heat/power and noise.
[IMG]http://media.bestofmicro.com/6/L/462909/original/Temp.png[IMG]
what's this? the aftermarket 290X runs cooler than the GTX 970 (and thus 980 as well)? Gee.......[/QUOTE]
This takes the cake as one of the most disingenuous posts of the thread. Awful.
The Nvidia tdp advantage is real, you can't just smoke-n-mirror it away like that..