CoolColJ wrote:Anyone care to chime in?
They say it's about 8db quieter than reference....
Have you ever heard a 1200rpm 120mm fan? Can you call it quiet? Personally I can't do it, at all.
At anyway, the MSI TwinFrozr II gives around 24dB at gaming load for the GTX 560Ti, and around 29dB at gaming load for the GTX 580 (with both around 30-31dB under FurMark).
I guess their GTX 570 might stay in between, while at idle it might perform 2-3dB quieter than the reference design: but take also note that while the GTX 580 is noticeably quieter than Nvidia's reference design, the GTX 560Ti is not so (the reference design is up to 7dB quieter at load).
Obviously you may try to tune fans profile using MSI Afterburner, but then as usual YMMV.