AMD HD3850 and HD3870 will finally be quiet
@ 2007/11/08THE RADEON HD 3850 will come to market with a single-slot cooling setup, outputting only 31 dBA. This is closer to silence than 8600GTS or 8800GT, boards with which this card will undoubtedly be compared. A Radeon HD 3870 will follow with a dual-slot cooling setup, heatpipes and everything. This setup will output 34 dBA, more than 3850, but drastically less than 2900XT or a direct competitor, GeForce 8800GT.
Still, I wonder why they don't just let Arctic Cooling design the cooling solution for 200$ + cards. They would get a brandname that stays for silence and the cards would be silent as well.