You will hear air moving, but the days of the fan itself whining are long gone.  I don't mind them at all, personally.  People that need absolute silence apparently disagree.

I have SLI 1080 TI FE and they are quiet. Part of it depends on your temperature comfort level. If you don't mind the stock temp limit of 84c then they are ninjas but if you are trying to OC them and keep them at 60-65 then they will get a little bit noisey. Also on a side note if you are sensitive to noise you should look into replacing your case fans with the Corsair Magnetic fans, I did for my CPU cooler and it cut noise in half.

bcavnaugh
If I set the Fans to 90% and put my ear next to the GPU I can hear the Fans.

Oh come on, you're just joking right? 
 
at 90% the fans should be able to be heard from another room.

Ribboz
Hello! 
What would you all say is the normal noise level of the 1080 Ti FE? What should I expect from the FE?
 
I've never had a FE or blower cooler before. I'm afraid of it sounding like a jet engine. What was your experience?  

A lot is going to depend upon your particular situation. If you have a small case with little air flow with warm ambient temps, you're going to have more noise.  In any event, even at 100%, it's a whooshing noise. It will not sound like 
or
 

HeavyHemi

Oh my god... this killed me. I'm still laughing, how do I rep on here? You deserve it. Took my mood from irritated to dying from laughter real quick.

forkinator

bcavnaugh
If I set the Fans to 90% and put my ear next to the GPU I can hear the Fans.

Oh come on, you're just joking right? 
 
at 90% the fans should be able to be heard from another room.

No Not At All.

Ribboz
Hello! 
What would you all say is the normal noise level of the 1080 Ti FE? What should I expect from the FE?
 
I've never had a FE or blower cooler before. I'm afraid of it sounding like a jet engine. What was your experience?  

In idle it isn't noisy .. you wont be bothered coming from a custom card to FE. When you start a game you'll go deaf though ... during load the FE cards are L-O-U-D. Would not recommend unless you plan to watercool it.

scott@bjorn3d
You guys must not remember the GTX 5800 Ultra
 
 
 

Oh, I remember.

 
I especially like this video about it :D
 
 

comrade

Beatnutz

Ribboz
Hello! 
What would you all say is the normal noise level of the 1080 Ti FE? What should I expect from the FE?
 
I've never had a FE or blower cooler before. I'm afraid of it sounding like a jet engine. What was your experience?  

In idle it isn't noisy .. you wont be bothered coming from a custom card to FE. When you start a game you'll go deaf though ... during load the FE cards are L-O-U-D. Would not recommend unless you plan to watercool it.

I think your're being more than a little overly dramatic about the noise.  I've had several generations of EVGA cards up through the GTX980 SC's in SLI with the single fan blower type, and even with the fans set at 100%, it really wasn't all that loud.  Yeah..., you could hear them, but not from the next room or even from out in the hall just outside the door to the room.

 
Sounds more like he should stick with Laptops.

Hey everyone! 
First off, thank you all for posting. I really appreciate your input. :D 
 

karmadecoy
I have SLI 1080 TI FE and they are quiet. Part of it depends on your temperature comfort level. If you don't mind the stock temp limit of 84c then they are ninjas but if you are trying to OC them and keep them at 60-65 then they will get a little bit noisy. Also on a side note if you are sensitive to noise you should look into replacing your case fans with the Corsair Magnetic fans, I did for my CPU cooler and it cut noise in half.

It would sadden me if I had to run it hot. Right now my 1080 FTW2 never goes above 73 and its predecessor 1080 FTW never went above 68. But I understand what you're saying. I have to choose between good temps or noise. Oh and I won't be overclocking.
About the fans, right now I'm all Noctua. Six NF-A14 iPPC-2000 PWM total. Four case fans running at 30%, and two more on the NH-D15. I took a small gamble since they have a higher rpm than other Noctua fans, but they're really pleasing at 30% with a ton of power if I need it. :D 
 

HeavyHemi
A lot is going to depend upon your particular situation. If you have a small case with little air flow with warm ambient temps, you're going to have more noise.  In any event, even at 100%, it's a whooshing noise. It will not sound like  

Haha, thank you for sharing the video. That guy on the left, I kept imagining Jayztwocent in his place. haha. My system is in an Evolv ATX non-tempered glass model. I can hear everything inside it. It hides nothing. heh. 
 

brentsg
It is mostly an air moving noise from where it exhausts from the rear. As such I don't think case sound dampening will all that helpful for the GPU noise. Now for spinning hard drives or maybe coil whine, yeah.

That's a good point about the sound dampening not affecting it since its shooting out the back.

Beatnutz
In idle it isn't noisy .. you wont be bothered coming from a custom card to FE. When you start a game you'll go deaf though ... during load the FE cards are L-O-U-D. Would not recommend unless you plan to watercool it.

Aww. But yeah, that is about what I expected to hear. And yeah, water cooling has been something I considered. I love the way EK blocks look. But a if I had the money to buy water cooling parts, then that would mean I have the money to just buy the card I want. Step up is my only option right now. Oh and my paranoia would be off the charts with water in my system. haha. That's just me, I know it's safe when well done.

karmadecoy
I have SLI 1080 TI FE and they are quiet. Part of it depends on your temperature comfort level. If you don't mind the stock temp limit of 84c then they are ninjas but if you are trying to OC them and keep them at 60-65 then they will get a little bit noisey. Also on a side note if you are sensitive to noise you should look into replacing your case fans with the Corsair Magnetic fans, I did for my CPU cooler and it cut noise in half.

Exactly what I was going to say. I run mine at 65 or less; very loud. I play with headphone so I don't care about the noise.

bcavnaugh

forkinator

bcavnaugh
If I set the Fans to 90% and put my ear next to the GPU I can hear the Fans.

Oh come on, you're just joking right? 
 
at 90% the fans should be able to be heard from another room.

No Not At All.

Every review out there has the 1080 Ti measuring identical to the Titan X Pascal cooler in terms of noise. And the Titan Xp cooler is a veritable dust buster when the card is cranked to 2GHz. I know everyone has different standards, but I'd really question your hearing when this cooler measurably is 6db above the MSI 1080 Ti aftermarket cooler (i.e., it's 4 times the sound pressure level).

It's loud and hot, just ditched mine for a Asus 1080ti. Anything over 65% fan speed gets to be ridiculous. I had a 1080 FE and now the Ti FE, never again!

HeavyHemi

Ribboz
 
 

So freaking amazing. Love the fire at back!