Temperatures and Acoustical Characteristics

To measure temperatures I have used Rivatuner’s temperature monitoring program to log the GPU temperatures over a 1-hour time period. The graphics cards were installed into a Gigabyte Aurora 570 case and the temperature of the room was kept at a constant 24.4°C at the beginning of each test. The side panel of the case was closed for each of these tests.



The temperature of the RV670 core was quite good in the idle test but after 1 hour of load its temperatures were quite a bit warmer that I would have expected. Even though the temperatures were on the high side, the fan stayed absolutely silent throughout the testing period. This is a huge departure from past ATI fans which were extremely loud and frankly quite obnoxious.

On the other hand, I think the load temperatures show that ATI should have put a bit more thought into the heatsink design for this particular card.