Gigabyte GTX 660Ti Overclock 2GB Graphics Card Review

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.

We’ve seen in the past that Gigabyte’s Windforce cooler design is one of the best out there on the market, and here we find the card idling at a whisper quiet 48.2dBA and even at full load we could barely hear the fans spinning away with a level of 52.3dBA.