hmm. I think the airplane comparison is quite exaggerated and i'd like to put things into perspective here. Actually i'd consider 1080 FE being pretty quiet compared to many other cards that i've owned before. Too loud for sleeping besides it in the same room, probably yes. Is it louder than your other card? Probably. (Does this apply for 100% fanspeed?) However: If you're sleeping besides a (cracking) server, it's a fail by design IMHO. I really don't want to be offending here, i completely understand that this is the only option for many. I'd rather like to point out the different use cases: some ppl are running their gear in a server hosting location, they wouldn't even notice a 1080 in such an environment.
If you want to hear an airplane taking off, try out r9 290x @100% fan speed or some professional (cracking) servers. Those are loud and the airplane comparison would be appropriate. Comparing a single 1080 FE with an airplane takeoff just sounds wrong to me. It might be louder than that other card, ACK, but i think the comparison is misleading and therefore isn't really helping others. By using your scale the really loud cards would then have to be atomic bombs. ;-) - Can only recommend everyone to listen and check with his/her own ears. - Noise level is something quite subjective.
Something that hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet: required cooling and therefore fan noise level also depends much on the type of hash. Some hash types are more demanding (i.e. "hotter"). My statements are all based on heavy use with 100% fan cooling. As such, I only care about noise level at maximum load.
I have seen people who are NOT running their fans at 100% all the time and really wanting to keep things quiet (just like Mem5 does). - So the use cases and relations seem to spread quite a lot, hence the different point of views about what is loud ... As far as I understand for this kind of usage the gamer cards with axial fans seem to be more popular.
If you want to hear an airplane taking off, try out r9 290x @100% fan speed or some professional (cracking) servers. Those are loud and the airplane comparison would be appropriate. Comparing a single 1080 FE with an airplane takeoff just sounds wrong to me. It might be louder than that other card, ACK, but i think the comparison is misleading and therefore isn't really helping others. By using your scale the really loud cards would then have to be atomic bombs. ;-) - Can only recommend everyone to listen and check with his/her own ears. - Noise level is something quite subjective.
Something that hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet: required cooling and therefore fan noise level also depends much on the type of hash. Some hash types are more demanding (i.e. "hotter"). My statements are all based on heavy use with 100% fan cooling. As such, I only care about noise level at maximum load.
I have seen people who are NOT running their fans at 100% all the time and really wanting to keep things quiet (just like Mem5 does). - So the use cases and relations seem to spread quite a lot, hence the different point of views about what is loud ... As far as I understand for this kind of usage the gamer cards with axial fans seem to be more popular.