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

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.

Taking noise levels out of the equation, we can see noise-normalised thermals favour the Nitro+, which ran 6C cooler in terms of edge temperature, and 5-6C cooler when looking at junction temperature. The Gaming OC is still a very decent card though, outperforming the reference card by a significant margin here.

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