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No. Most cards fan curves are controlled by the cards BIOS. However at idle/low loads they will be minimum anyway. Usually around 23/24%.
I believe the HIS Iturbo feature is a trade off for heat vs noise under load (ie games)
heh heh, I'm probably the worse to ask this one but I would personally stretch to $50, is it smarter decision to stretch $50 or is it wiser to just stretch $20?
The faster the card, the longer it will handle most titles at good frames and image quality.
The real benefit of non-reference cooled cards are lower temps with less noise under load. They also have the 'potential' of achieving a higher overclock should you want to. They're also cooler at idle. Acoustically though, there isn't much difference when idle between reference vs non-reference.
Yep :)Q2) Is 4gb enough for opening youtube, uploading videos, watching movies, and browse tens of tabs at the same time?
That would fall under the 'low load' category and as such the machine will be rather quiet. Even a reference GPU would be virtually inaudible at those levels.@smarteyeball, by quiet i mean quiet when i open youtube, UL videos, watch movies , and browse tens of tabs at the same time. Since my net speed is 0.3 mbps it takes the whole night to UL videos, thats why im looking for silent pc so my sleep wont be bothered by the fan noise.
This is where the aftermarket CPU cooler comes into play. The stock cooler will ramp up and down, potentially being the nosiest part of your PC.