Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 OC 2GB 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.

Sapphire have always been a favourite of mine when it comes to their coolers, and these figures clearly speak for themselves with hardly any change from a low 42.4 dBA at idle to an impressive 47.2 dBA at load.