Palit RTX 3080 GamingPro OC Review

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 the 3DMark Time Spy stress test for 30 minutes.

In terms of noise, we saw 40dBa on our sound meter when testing the GamingPro OC. This is still very easy on the ears, and puts it on level pegging with the Gigabyte Eagle. Technically, it is louder than the Founders Edition and ASUS TUF Gaming (using the performance BIOS) which both recorded noise levels at 39dBa, but to the human ear I couldn't say the difference would be perceptible.

For those interested, this noise reading came with the fans spinning at 48%, or around 1890rpm.

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