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The tests were performed in a controlled room with temperatures maintained at a constant 25c – a comfortable summer environment for the majority of people reading this. Idle temperatures were measured after sitting at the desktop for 15 minutes. Gaming measurements were acquired by repeating the GTA V benchmark for 15 minutes and taking the stabilised reading. We also have included Furmark results, recording the core temperature after a 15 minute stress test. All fan settings were left on automatic.
Thermal performance from Gigabyte's twin fan cooler is superb. The fans remain stationary under idle and low loads to completely mitigate the card's noise output.
Despite a high out-of-the-box GPU core clock, the core on Gigabyte's card manages to stay below 59°C under Grand Theft Auto V load.
Thermal images show that Gigabyte's metal backplate is doing a good job at distributing thermal energy. The contact temperature for the backplate stays below the 50C-mark in most areas, so there is no need to worry if other components make contact with the card's backplate.
The hot spot that we recorded was a small cut-out in the backplate where the PCB's temperature was highlighted.
