Club3D Radeon HD 7790 13Series 1GB Graphics Card Review

Noise is generally the bain of most consumers lives and in the hope of finding the quietest operation, we feel it’s necessary to show you the audio level of components. We use the same components throughout this test and use a sound level meter to record the audio level of the system with a passive graphics card installed. Once we have the level recorded with the passive card, we continue to change the graphics card for the one that we are testing. Due to us having the audio level recorded before installation, it gives us a guide to work with and shows that anything over our initial level is an audio gain.

The simple cooler design and its reduced surface area does mean that the fan in turn needs to run a little faster to keep the airflow more consistent, which in turn leads to a slightly higher acoustic load. Whilst the dB readings are quite high, we did find that the noise was still easily bearable and once installed in a chassis, some of this noise would be reduced a little.