Nvidia RTX 3050 Review ft. Gigabyte and Palit

For our temperature testing, we measure the peak GPU core temperature under load. A reading under load comes from running Cyberpunk 2077 for 30 minutes.

Interestingly, thermal results are also very similar between these two models. Both saw a peak GPU temperature of 65C, but the StormX OC's hot spot temperature hit 76C, compared to 80C for the Eagle. I would have expected the Eagle to run cooler as it is a bigger card, with 2x 90mm fans instead of a single 100mm fan as well. We have to remember the StormX OC heatsink was designed for the RTX 3060 however, and actually has an extra two heatpipes than the Eagle, which can make a big difference.

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