Noise is generally the bain of most consumers lives and in the hope of finding the quietest operation, we feel it’s necessary to show you the audio level of components. We use the same components throughout this test and use a sound level meter to record the audio level of the system with a passive graphics card installed. Once we have the level recorded with the passive card, we continue to change the graphics card for the one that we are testing. Due to us having the audio level recorded before installation, it gives us a guide to work with and shows that anything over our initial level is an audio gain.
Taking a look at the acoustic performance, the DirectCU II cooler makes a stand and in a similar fashion to what we found not too long ago with the 660Ti TOP, the DirectCU II cooler this time round gives us the second quietest results that we have seen to date over a reference design cooler.
