PowerColor Radeon HD 7790 TurboDuo OC 1GB 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.

Even though the TurboDuo cooler has to the ear a pretty quiet pair of fans, the dB meter does record a slightly higher level of noise from the card. The would indicate that a bit of adjustment to the acoustic properties would be helpful, but 55dB is not exactly an irritating level to hear.