Power, Temperature and Noise
The extra serving of out-the-box performance does come at the expense of heightened power consumption, though 308-watts isn't bad for a card as high-end as this. Performance isn't a million miles away from Radeon R9 295X2 and yet the factory overclocked GTX 980 Ti cuts system-wide power consumption in half.
EVGA's ACX+ cooler is evidently working well and manages to keep core temp to 76ºC when gaming. That's roughly eight per cent better than reference, and decent for an overclocked card. Idle temperature is of course higher due to EVGA's fans turning off at low load, and that contributes to low overall noise levels...
EVGA's card is silent when idle - 33dB is the noise generated by the test platform's other fans - and it remains admirably quiet under load. There's something immensely satisfying about getting smooth gameplay at a 4K resolution from a card you can barely hear.
