Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 SOC Super Overclock 1536MB Graphics Card Review

AcousticsNoise 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.

Testing the sound levels of the card at idle and load showed that for the most powerful card in our acoustic tests, it performed extremely well with only a slight difference between idle and load and not rising above 51 dBA. The cooling solution on this card really is fantastic and Gigabyte have done a great job in developing it.