Power, Temperature and Noise
A number of high-end cards produce near-identical load system-wide results.
The three fans switch off when the GPU is idle, coming on at around 50°C. The Tri-X OC gets close to this when sitting in Windows. What's interesting is that Sapphire doesn't go for a super-low temperature under load, opting for around 80°C and, hopefully, low noise to match.
Yup, it's quiet under load. We looked at the fan-speed analysis and, reinforcing our thoughts, the fans ramp up nice and steadily without an obvious change in pitch. Fan speed rarely exceeds 30 per cent of maximum, as well, so Sapphire does a good job here.
A wholly subjective analysis of coil whine indicates that while the card does suffer from it, like all do, its whine is less than average for a high-end GPU.
