Ok the 6990 is the boss, but how to fix the noise?

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TheAquanox

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Hello guys,

Well after reading tons of reviews I've come to the decision that my next buy will be the 6990 based purely on horsepower and powerconsumption. However, I've read that all of them are extremely loud which is a BIG letdown to me.

I need to buy the card in a period of 1 month because I have a relative coming from the US so I'm running out of ideas of how to solve this problem. I really HATE loud cards but this one is so powerful I just can't resist to buy one.

Any ideas about any kind of custom cooling for the 6990? (Air or Watercooling at a max of $150)

I've came up with this one but I'm not sure if it would work with the card:

http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=141

Please some ideas!
 
Maybe I wasn't clear. Those aren't solutions... probably the last one could help a bit but the cooler will still make a lot of noise if it gets hot enough.

I was thinking about a custom cooler for example, preferably air cooling since water is way too expensive.
 
There is a water cooling block for the 6990 don't know how much it is though apart from that wait for non Reference cards with after market coolers. Or just get the 590 which is quiet plus it's not like you will notice the performance difference in anything other than benchmarks.
 
TBH dude if it was me for that money Id buy 2 GTX570's. The 6990 just doesnt cut the mustard in my eyes cos of the fan but then youll still think you have a case full of crickets when it starts clicking.
 
Probably man but the performance is awesome and it's only 1 slot. Also I can't bring 2 cards over here, I'd need to pay taxes for the second one.

My main concern is how to solve that noisy fan issue. I'd really be happy if there's an air custom cooling solution for the 6990 out there or in the works. If only ATI made a good cooler like the 590s their cards would be flying off the shelves, there's basically no contest in terms of performance.

Ive found this one:

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/ek-fc6990-nickel.html

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/EK-IM/EK-IM-3831109835319.pdf

But I guess I need much more than that to make it work?
 
The heart wants what the heart wants guys.

I know koolance just put out a water block for the 6990, but the block alone is approx. $160. It a sexy beast though. not including any water cooling kit. which a cheap drop in kit would be about the same cost again.

I have not seen anything about fan kits for it.
 
You can wait for Arctic to come out with a solution. or you can sound proof your case. my 6990 will be here next week!
 
You're not gonna get any sort of watercooling loop for a 6990 for $150, and no aftermarket air ones are available yet. I'd just get a GTX590 or even save yourself a load of money and get a 580 of 570. Then when prices over here drop you can get yourself another one.

However if you're hell bent on getting a 6990, which you sound like you are, you're just gonna have to put up with burst ear drums and a warmer room (for now).
 
I even thought about crazy things like software limiting the cooler @40% or so and somehow attaching a bigger, silent fan on top of the stock cooler with the case open (the way it's almost all the time anyway)

Something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2G86TZr2oc

Ok, it doesn't look pretty but I couldn't care less if it works silently. (Wife, kid sleeping... me gamming @ night... you know)
 
Wow.. that's some heavy metal stuff lol.... around 30º in stress.

That's out of my reach however but still looks awesome. I don't see where the memory makes contact with the cooler though. It seems to be only cooling de GPU units.
 
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get the 590... wait!

if the AMD card breaks you gona get a refund how, because i guess you want to buy it from America. Nvidia stuff is more robust

performance benchmarks don't have much difference overall and Nvidia drivers are best. I see alot of posts and ppl complaining mid game about AMD drivers made by children jokes, comments etc, with
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expressions. AMD cards failing is more common. poorer manufacturing etc.

Custom cooling can VOID warranty's. 590 is convenient, very much. I lived with noisy 480's for a while. They're my first high spec cards. Now I've tamed them they aren't noisy and the experience is alot better. I didn't change the cooler and the rear exhaust is the advantage for me and the 6990 doesn't have that type of cooler.
 
TheAquanox said:
I even thought about crazy things like software limiting the cooler @40% or so and somehow attaching a bigger, silent fan on top of the stock cooler with the case open (the way it's almost all the time anyway)

Something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2G86TZr2oc

Ok, it doesn't look pretty but I couldn't care less if it works silently. (Wife, kid sleeping... me gamming @ night... you know)
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I have done this same thing. My fan on my GPU began to break down, I removed the stock fan and took the double fan out of a broke xbox 360. Mounted the double fan right onto the GPU card with hot glue, and spliced some wires and its been working great for about a year now.
 
I'm seriously considering something similar. Just not using glue but some elastics and limiting the stock fan and adding another silent one. I believe it should so the trick.

Game Over said:
I have done this same thing. My fan on my GPU began to break down, I removed the stock fan and took the double fan out of a broke xbox 360. Mounted the double fan right onto the GPU card with hot glue, and spliced some wires and its been working great for about a year now.
Click to expand...

I'm not sure what you're trying to point out here man but judging by reviews, the 6990 outperforms the 590 by quite a bit, mainly in new and more demanding games. I also was discouraged by the fact that Nvidia has just disabled overvolting in all 590s due to the number of GPU blow ups reported by reviewers and users whereas the 6990 comes overclocked and overvolted out of the box by just moving a switch.

I'm aware that Nvidia drivers tend to be better in some games but AMD has been quite efficient on releasing patches (like the Crysis 2 flickering patch)... also the 6990 consumes less energy which makes it more suitable for a future Crossfire.

Jerome said:
here the 6990 has the edge in graphics FPS. In physics the 590 has a much bigger lead I've seen somewhere. look at this in HD fullscreen, monitor it you'll see the 6990 stutters. Higher FPS isn't better quality. The 590 is better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq40MqiPkJQ
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Quite lagging on the rest:

Phenom X4 940 @ 3.6Ghz

Asus M3N72-D

4GB DDR2 @ 800Mhz

850watt PSU

I'm upgrading to a core i5 2500k in July though (with everything it implies)
 
My previous statement still stands, Make sure you have a good PSU the last thing you'd want is it blowing your new card.
 
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