ASUS RTX 5080 Noctua Edition Review

1. Introduction2. Meet the ASUS RTX 5080 Noctua Edition3. Testing Methodology4. Game Benchmarks5. Clock Speed6. GPU Temperatures7. Acoustics8. Noise-Normalised Temperatures9. Power Draw and Efficiency10. Overclocking11. Closing Thoughts12. View All Pages

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 take noise levels out of the equation and test the true efficiency of the cooler, we noise-normalise fan speed to 40dBa, which meant increasing speeds to 1540rpm for the Noctua Edition. Re-running our thermal tests at that fan speed results in best-in-class results, with the GPU hitting 50C and the VRAM at 54C. However, the results really aren't that much better than the MSI Suprim SOC, with less than a 2C difference, when you'd perhaps hope for more given the size of the Noctua Edition, plus it's 11 heatpipe heatsink and triple 120mm fan setup.

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