PowerColor RX 9070 XT Red Devil Review

Following on from our stock thermal and acoustic testing, here we re-test the operating temperature of the GPU, but with noise levels normalised to 40dBa. This allows us to measure the efficiency of the overall cooling solution as varying noise levels as a result of more aggressive fan curves are no longer a factor.

When we ran our noise-normalised test, the results of all three cards basically became indistinguishable. The Red Devil did offer the joint-lowest GPU temperature at 45C, while the hot spot sat between the Nitro+ and Taichi, hitting 74C. Either way, the results are close enough to call a tie.

The Red Devil does scrape a victory for the noise-normalised memory temperatures however, coming in just 1C cooler than the Nitro+.

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