XFX Radeon HD 7770 Black Edition Overclocked 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.

Due to the double fan design, we do hold high hopes for this card in terms of cooling performance. When taking a look at the noise output of the card, while it’s a little bit noisier than other 7770 cards at load, it still remains quieter than the reference 7770 XT from AMD.