I don't know if it's a fixed version or if it's a noisy one, but I get more sound out of the CPU cooler and case fans than out of that card.

Then I'm sure it's a fixed version. The early versions were not very stable and they made a noise like vacuum cleaner. Very annoying. Glad to hear they were able to solve it. I'm sure it wasn't the only reason for the drop back in sales, but it must have had something to do with it. They got really bad publicity because of it.