Gigabyte RX 6700 XT Gaming OC Review

1. Introduction2. Gigabyte RX 6700 XT Gaming OC3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla7. Control8. Cyberpunk 20779. Dirt 510. The Division 211. F1 202012. Gears 513. Hitman 314. Metro Exodus15. Red Dead Redemption 216. Total War Saga: Troy17. Watch Dogs: Legion18. Performance Summary (12 Game Average)19. Clock Speed20. Temperatures21. Acoustics22. Noise-Normalised Temperatures23. Power Consumption24. Overclocking25. Closing Thoughts26. View All Pages

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 Gaming OC isn't the quietest card we've ever tested however. Default behaviour saw the three fans spin up to 53%, or 1800rpm, producing 37dBa of noise. It's certainly not loud – not at all – but it is a few decibels louder than the Sapphire Nitro+. Compared to the reference card, it's still a reduction in noise of 1dBa.

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