Nvidia RTX 3060 Review ft. Gigabyte Gaming OC

We take our noise measurements with the sound meter positioned 1 foot from the graphics card. I measured the noise floor to be 32 dBA, thus anything above this level can be attributed to the graphics cards. The power supply is passive for the entire power output range we tested all graphics cards in, while all CPU and system fans were disabled. A reading under load comes from running Cyberpunk 2077 for 30 minutes.

Noise levels are just fine from the Gaming OC. It isn't the absolute quietest card we've ever tested, but producing as much noise as an Nvidia Founders Edition isn't bad at all. During our testing, the Gaming OC's fans spun up to 67%, or 1730rpm.

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