Following on from our stock thermal and acoustic testing, here we re-test the operating temperature of the GPU, but with noise levels normalised to 40dBa. This allows us to measure the efficiency of the overall cooling solution as varying noise levels as a result of more aggressive fan curves are no longer a factor.
Removing noise levels from the equation, here we look at noise-normalised thermals. One thing to note here is that we can't account for differences in power – the Amp Extreme Holo has a 450W power target, compared to 480W for the MSI Suprim X, for instance. Still, this gives us our best look at apples-to-apples cooler comparisons, with the Amp Extreme Holo proving competitive once again. It runs 3C cooler than the GameRock OC, and just 1C hotter than the Suprim X.
Memory temperatures are slightly higher when noise-normalised, coming in 8C hotter than the Suprim X, but the results are still absolutely fine and well within the thermal limits of these memory modules.