Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Graphics Card Review

Acoustic, Thermal and Power Testing

Acoustic Performance

Since we revamped our testing methodology, all cards that have a zero fan idle will now be reported as zero decibel, rather than recording our system and office ambient noise, as this is subject to variations. As you can see, the card ran completely silent at low loads. However, what’s surprising is that it took quite a long time of heavy load for the fan to kick in, and even when it did, it was whisper quiet at just 40 dBa.

Thermal Performance

The card clocked in at just 40c idle and 68c load, which is pretty cool, but this isn’t a massively powerful card, so it doesn’t generate much heat anyway. Either way, the rather large cooler for this chipset does a fantastic job.

Power Usage

It’s also very efficient, with one of our lowest idles and our absolute lowest load total power consumption.