The fan stop works, but the card triggers the start pulse twice from time to time, which can also be seen beautifully by the curves. If the blower is manually rotated to 100% at the maximum OC, the temperatures drop to approx. 52°C. However, this is more than just slightly audible, because it is simply loud. But nobody does that. The fans are quieter in normal mode than many competitors, despite the good cooling performance.
By the way, MSI, like the Founders Edition, uses the variable fan control with two different profiles for the three fans (1 + 2), so that we have read out the higher speed values.
Even during the stress test, the card with these speeds remains nicely quiet.
Let's look at the measured values again in direct comparison to the Founders Edition as a tabular listing:
| MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fan speeds Open Benchtable Maximum | 1380 rpm (Gaming, Peak) | 1907 rpm (Gaming, Peak) |
| Fan speeds Open Benchtable Average | 1359 rpm (warmed up) | 1887 rpm (warmed up) |
| Fan Speeds Closed Case Maximum | 1528 rpm (Gaming, Peak) | 1959 rpm (Gaming, Peak) |
| Fan Speeds Closed Case Average | 1507 rpm (warmed up) | 1942 (warmed up) |
| Noise Emission (Air) Average | 37.9 dB(A), Closed Case (Peak) | 39.6 dB(A), Closed Case |
| Noise Emission (Air) Idle | Fan stop | 31.3 dB(A) |
| Sound characteristic / hearing impression | rushing, light engine noise | rather noisy, hardly lower-frequency shares |
| Coil-feathers/electric noises | easily perceptible, only with high FPS numbers and load changes | low, only for very high FPS numbers and load changes |
Sound Spectrum
The measured 37.9 dB(A) is based on the measured 1507 rpm in the closed housing. We have applied the same gaming load to the open set-up in the measuring room, but the fans are limited to approx. 1500 rpm to be able to adjust this value exactly. The result is below the Level of the Founders Edition, whereby the cooling is even much better with higher power consumption.
The soundscape is present, but pleasantly restrained. You can also perceive and measure light engine noise for noise (see peak on the spectral analysis above). The noise comes from the turbulence of the rotor blades and remains acceptable in spite of everything, if one keeps the almost 280 watts in the back of one's mind, which have to be disposed of here professionally and relatively quietly as waste heat again
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