Gigabyte GTX 660 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.

Whilst the GTX 660 OC is not as quiet as the 660Ti, for a full load reading of 54.8dBA and an idle of 46.1dBA, noise really isn’t something to be worried about at all.