On most mid-range Asus graphics cards, the shroud is easy to remove. We already tried classic 120 mm fans on this card, but they do not suit its narrow, long PCB: they make the card much wider and still fail to cover the heatsink along its full length. A trio of 92 mm Noctua fans fits better on the 30 cm card, and the range includes the low-profile NF-A9x14 for noticeably quieter cooling at lower speeds overall.
Detail of individual measurements
The following charts show the detailed curves for each measurement. For every fan setting there are four runs, and the average values are taken from the highlighted segment. When you move the mouse across the interactive chart from left to right, it shows the values measured for the current fan-speed range.
If the interactive charts do not work for you, there are also standard expandable images below for each setting. They cover fan-speed steps from 20 to 100% in 5% increments, and the set value is also shown in each image title.
Below you can see each loop in detail, again for fan speeds from 20 to 100% in 5% steps.
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Love this content.
Glad to this performed comparable to the A12X25. Interested to see how the A9X25 would improve the performance.
Some tests with the NF-A9x25 fans should be published this Friday, if nothing goes wrong. 🙂