Nvidia GTX 950 – A Three Card Round-Up Review

Noise, Power Consumption and Temperatures

Noise

Times are changing and the way that manufacturers aim to cool the cards is drastically different. Now, below a certain temperature, the fans will stop spinning and the card will run passively. While this is great for large cases with good airflow, it is even better for small cases with poor airflow. Even though there is a 1.4db difference between the MSI and Inno3D cards, you cannot tell the difference.

Power Consumption

This is where things start getting interesting. The power consumption is very close indeed, especially when comparing between the stock and overclocked version of each card.

Temperatures

Due to the new passive features introduced with the new generations of graphics cards; the idle temperatures are fairly high but they were maintained. The Inno3D card also has this feature, but allowed the fans to spin to 30°c and idle temperature settle 10°c lower than the others.