RTX 5080 Roundup: MSI, Gigabyte, and Palit

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.

To really get an idea of the efficiency of each cooler, we re-test with noise output normalised to 40dBA. At the top we have the Founders Edition, running the hottest, though the GamingPro OC isn't a huge improvement, barely dropping GPU temperature, though VRAM thermals do improve by 4C. Next is the Gaming OC, with the GPU and VRAM and 59.7C and 62C, respectively, but there is a clear gulf between that and the MSI Suprim SOC. We would expect that one to perform the best considering it's the biggest and heaviest card on-test!

Become a Patron!