HIS Radeon HD 7790 Turbo 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.

Moving on to the acoustics, I’m a little surprised to see the figures this low as I was expecting the fan to spin faster to keep the card cool. Topping out at 52.5dBA under full load means this is one of the quieter cards that I have had to look at.