Palit GeForce GTX 980Ti Super Jetstream Review

1. Introduction2. Palit GeForce GTX 980Ti Super Jetstream3. High Res Gallery4. Testing Methodology5. 3DMark Vantage6. 3DMark 117. 3DMark8. Unigine Heaven Benchmark9. Grid AutoSport (1440p)10. Grid AutoSport (Ultra HD 4K)11. Tomb Raider (1440p)12. Tomb Raider (Ultra HD 4K)13. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (1440p)14. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Ultra HD 4K)15. Grand Theft Auto 5 (1440p)16. Grand Theft Auto 5 (Ultra HD 4k)17. Metro Last Light Redux (1440p)18. Metro Last Light Redux (Ultra HD 4K)19. Thermal Dynamics/IR Thermometer Readings20. Acoustics Performance21. Overclocking22. Power Consumption23. Closing Thoughts24. View All Pages

We have built a system inside a Lian Li chassis with no case fans and have used a fanless cooler on our CPU. The motherboard is also passively cooled. This gives us a build with almost completely passive cooling and it means we can measure noise of just the graphics card inside the system when we run looped 3dMark tests.

We measure from a distance of around 1 meter from the closed chassis and 4 foot from the ground to mirror a real world situation. Ambient noise in the room measures close to the limits of our sound meter at 28dBa. Why do this? Well this means we can eliminate secondary noise pollution in the test room and concentrate on only the video card. It also brings us slightly closer to industry standards, such as DIN 45635.

KitGuru noise guide
10dBA – Normal Breathing/Rustling Leaves
20-25dBA – Whisper
30dBA – High Quality Computer fan
40dBA – A Bubbling Brook, or a Refrigerator
50dBA – Normal Conversation
60dBA – Laughter
70dBA – Vacuum Cleaner or Hairdryer
80dBA – City Traffic or a Garbage Disposal
90dBA – Motorcycle or Lawnmower
100dBA – MP3 player at maximum output
110dBA – Orchestra
120dBA – Front row rock concert/Jet Engine
130dBA – Threshold of Pain
140dBA – Military Jet takeoff/Gunshot (close range)
160dBA – Instant Perforation of eardrum

The card is almost silent when idle. The dual fans spin up actively under load to compensate for rising temperatures. We can see the dual fan GTX980 Ti's from Palit and MSI (Gaming 6G) are louder than the triple fan coolers fitted to the Gigabyte G1 Gaming and ASUS STRIX.

The Palit GTX980 Ti Super Jetstream doesn't emit coil whine under extreme stress situations.

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