Power & Temperatures
What this overclock means for performance sees us opening up F1 24 for an hour-long loop to compare temperatures, fan speed, power usage and that all-important clock speed behaviour.
What we found was that the INNO card was able to keep up with the Founders Edition, separated by just a single degree in favour of the X3 model. The overclock did increase the GPU temperature slightly, but even at 72 degrees, it’s nothing that would cause any major concern, and it’s exactly the same for the memory junction temperature, which seemed to hover around the same 67 degrees as the Founders Edition from NVIDIA, while the overclock again sees that get a bit warmer, but again at 73 degrees, it’s still perfectly acceptable.
One area where things do show a difference is in the fan speed. We all know how quiet the NVIDIA model is at sub-1500 RPM, whereas the INNO X3 does come in a fair bit louder, falling just below 2000 RPM, and the overclock sees that ramp up even more to try and keep temperatures more in check.
Power-wise, the INNO card does use around another 34 Watts or so at stock, and another 11 Watts when overclocked, so it’s clearly utilising every ounce of power it has to deliver a solid clock speed, and that’s the trade-off as the INNO card does come in with a higher sustained level of boost, averaging around 2790MHz. Again, the overclock helps to push that further, as we see the memory increase and the GPU clock now sitting at 3075MHz. To check how things at both stock and overclock line up, we need to look at gaming performance in a smattering of games.
Founders Edition
Inno3D
