Power, Temperature and Noise
Our power-consumption reading is taken in Grid Autosport, and the game's lacklustre SLI scaling is echoed in the under-load reading. 219 watts clearly isn't reflective of both GPUs being fully utilised. Providing a more-accurate depiction, power consumption for the SLI configuration rose to 295 watts in Alien: Isolation.
Having multiple GTX 960 GPUs in close proximity doesn't pose a great challenge to our test platform's cooling capabilities. Both GPUs are able to keep close to the 70ºC mark, and EVGA isn't fussed on getting temps as low as possible - during testing, fan speed on both SSC cards rarely exceeded 25 per cent.
And low fan speeds mean minimal noise. The SSC cards produce no noise when idle - the fans turn off when GPU temperature is below 60ºC - and they remain suitably quiet while gaming. Having two configured in SLI has a negligible impact on noise levels. This could well be the quietest SLI setup we've ever used.
