RTX 5080 Roundup: MSI, Gigabyte, and Palit

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.

The good news continues as all three cards are fairly quiet. Now the GamingPro OC using its Performance BIOS does run a hair louder than the Founders Edition, while its Silent BIOS is only 1dBA quieter. As it turns out, the former runs the fans at 42% speed, while the latter only drops that to 39%, so there's really not much of a difference.

The MSI Suprim is the quietest card tested, when using its Silent BIOS, and that sees fan speed hit just 1100rpm. That said, the Gaming OC isn't much louder at all, with its three fans spinning up to 1280rpm.

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