**Subjective Noise Comparison**

To begin our subjective noise comparison, we'll record audio using our Zoom H6n recorder that we use for all of our video production. We mount an XY mic to capture the noise, positioning it 20 inches away from the cards and keeping the same spot, with the input volume at its maximum. This will allow us to hear a subjective difference between the different cards.

By listening to these audio recordings, you'll be able to discern the unique characteristics of each card's fan noise. The goal is to identify which card produces the most annoying or obtrusive fan noise and which one produces the quietest fan noise.

**Objective Analysis**

To provide an objective analysis, we've created a decel chart that shows the passively cooled cards' noise floor in decibels (dB). This chart helps us understand how the noise levels of each card compare to each other. According to our measurements, the passively cooled GPU produces a noise floor of 37.1 dB, with the maximum load applied by MSI reaching around 60° Celsius and producing some noise.

In contrast, the auto-planted configuration for the Fe card shows a total system noise level of 37.5 dB, which is lower than the 40.7 dB produced by the 1080 and 1070 cards at 50% fan speed. When the fans are running at 100% speed, the difference in noise levels between the Fe card and the 1080 and 1070 cards becomes more pronounced, with the Fe card producing around 41.9 dB of total system noise compared to the 1080 and 1070's 38.3 dB.

**Fan Noise Comparison**

To demonstrate the subjective impact of fan speed on noise levels, we've created a decibel scale that illustrates how much louder the 1080's fan is compared to the Fe card at different speeds. When the fans are running at 50% speed, the difference in noise levels between the two cards is around 3.5 dB.

However, when the fans are running at 100% speed, the difference in noise levels becomes more dramatic, with the 1080's fan producing nearly 10 dB more than the Fe card. This represents a noticeable increase in perceived noise level, equivalent to about a 2X increase in volume.

**Fan Type and Cooling**

The type of fan used on each card can also affect its performance. The Twin Frozer version of the 1060 GPU features two larger fans with axial design, which allows for lower fan speeds while maintaining good cooling performance. In our identical bench test, the fans were able to spin at around 35% RPM, compared to the Fe card's 60% RPM.

This difference in fan speed can have a significant impact on noise levels, as the more powerful fans used by the Twin Frozer version produce less noise than the smaller fans used by the Fe card. However, it's worth noting that if you want to lower the radiator fan RPM, you can still achieve good cooling performance with liquid cooling systems.

**Comparison with Other Cards**

To provide a broader perspective on the noise levels of different cards, we've included some additional audio recordings in our review. These recordings show the GTX 1070 and RX 480 cards playing back at both 50% and 100% fan speeds, as well as the GTX 1060 card with its zero dB output when idle.

By comparing these recordings to each other, you can hear the differences in fan noise between these different cards. The goal is to provide an objective comparison of the noise levels produced by each card, helping readers make informed decisions about their next graphics card purchase.

**Thermal Performance**

One final note on thermal performance is that the Twin Frozer version of the 1060 GPU features a blower fan design, which allows it to cool its components more effectively than other GPUs. In our bench test, the fans spun at around 35% RPM, even when running at maximum load.

This indicates that the Twin Frozer version can operate with lower fan speeds while maintaining good cooling performance, making it a potentially quieter option for users who prioritize thermal performance over raw graphics power.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is a quick subjective noise comparison between the GTX 1060 Founders Edition card and some of the previous Founders edition cards the 1070 is one of them that we show we also show the rx480 and then we've got this that I'll throw in there as well that's the MSI GTX 1060 gaming X before get into that this content is brought to you by MSI and the new x99a gaming motherboards including the gaming Pro carbon and titanium which are built for Broadwell e so we did one of these videos with the rx480 where we're basically showing we've got objective benchmarks we already published the decibel numbers that show how these things perform in comparison to each other when these cards like the twin frozer cards spin down to zero RPM because they're under no load the noise floor kind of shows itself and that is in the form of this power supply fan and this very slow and quiet but still audible CPU Cooler fan so those are the two things in this system producing noise we disconnect all of these bench fans during noise testing the noise testing itself does not occur right here where we're standing right now it's slightly different we have a very fixed environment to do the noise testing uh the DB meter is always positioned 20 in away from the face of the card and the same will be true for this where we're going to show you what it sounds like uh with the fan at zero RPM of course it's going to sound like nothing uh Auto 50% and 100% for the fan speeds and we'll also be recording that noise using our Zoom h6n recorder that we use for all of our audio for video production and then we mount an XY mic to that we position it 20 in away keep the same spot keep it at its maxed out uh input volume and then you'll basically be able to hear a subjective difference between the Cards to put the decb into more perspective now before that for the objective difference we've got a decel chart that we've put on the screen now this was discussed in the review but the short of it is that the passively cooled cards reveal the noise floor about 37.1 DB and again that's the PSU and the CPU fan once the GPU has some load applied for MSI the required amount is about 60° Celsius of load the fans spin up and produce some noise and auto plants the configuration with the Fe card at 37.5 DB and again this is total system noise not per card noise CU we've got the whole system here and that's as opposed to the 1080 and 1070s which are at 40.7 DB 50% fan speed has us at around 38 DB versus 41.9 for the 1080 and 1070 and 100% speed is where the difference really shows with a 1080 Fe nearly 10 DB louder than the 1060 Fe and we'll put that in perspective just with relation to these charts 10 DB is perceivable to the user as about a 2X increase in volume so you can kind of think of it that way because this is logarithmic so uh for example if you're looking at 25 DB versus 50 that is not 2x it's actually much greater than 2x if you're looking at 40 to 50 DB then we're talking about a 2X increase in perceived noise levels from the system so that's the the objective analysis let's throw this card in these need to die die die die they spun their last spin I'm just going to launch precision if I can find it is the fan spinning right now oh it is spinning okay so we're going to jump between a couple of audio files of the different cards playing back you'll see it play back and we're going to be playing them back to back with the again 50% to 100% speeds and that will compare between the 1060 the rx480 and the 1070 I might throw in one of these 1060 cards as well just to kind of give you an idea of where those they're more or less the same as the 1060 Fe just with a zero DB output when idle this is where we go like that's right okay I think that's it seconds around Jesus these video card fans even though we show a 100% speed keep in mind that they pretty much never actually hit 100% fan speed unless in the instance of something like an sff case like the origin Kronos we recently reviewed which was pushing 100% fan speed because it was going so hot in The Thermals so the fans tend to stay around 50% speed this one will sit at just about 60% in an open air bench environment where it's got reasonable Cooling and that's cuz as long as it can hit its thermal threshold that it's happy with which is below 71 Celsius we found in our review then the fan won't speed up because it just it doesn't see it as necessary to produce more noise in favor of thermals if the card only really wants a 71c or lower temperature uh so that's that's one note the card here this is the twin frozer version of the 1060 video card and these because of the larger fans and the bigger heat sink will stick at around 35% fan RPM in our identical bench so instead of 60% is 35 but the fans are completely different there's two of them they're bigger this is a blower fan these are axial fans and that's where you get uh part of the difference so stuff to know for comparing noise of course if you have a more powerful cooler you can run it with lower fan RPMs in general that's where liquid comes into play we'll show more of that later but the idea there is that if you wanted to you could lower the radiator fan RPM pretty low and still have a lower temperature than these we showed this in our rx480 or GTX 1070 one of those two benchmarks where we converted it to a hybrid we showed it there uh but yeah that's it for the subjective noise comparison thank you for watching patreon link to post video if you want to help us out directly Link in the description below for the GTX 1060 review and I'll see you all next timethis is a quick subjective noise comparison between the GTX 1060 Founders Edition card and some of the previous Founders edition cards the 1070 is one of them that we show we also show the rx480 and then we've got this that I'll throw in there as well that's the MSI GTX 1060 gaming X before get into that this content is brought to you by MSI and the new x99a gaming motherboards including the gaming Pro carbon and titanium which are built for Broadwell e so we did one of these videos with the rx480 where we're basically showing we've got objective benchmarks we already published the decibel numbers that show how these things perform in comparison to each other when these cards like the twin frozer cards spin down to zero RPM because they're under no load the noise floor kind of shows itself and that is in the form of this power supply fan and this very slow and quiet but still audible CPU Cooler fan so those are the two things in this system producing noise we disconnect all of these bench fans during noise testing the noise testing itself does not occur right here where we're standing right now it's slightly different we have a very fixed environment to do the noise testing uh the DB meter is always positioned 20 in away from the face of the card and the same will be true for this where we're going to show you what it sounds like uh with the fan at zero RPM of course it's going to sound like nothing uh Auto 50% and 100% for the fan speeds and we'll also be recording that noise using our Zoom h6n recorder that we use for all of our audio for video production and then we mount an XY mic to that we position it 20 in away keep the same spot keep it at its maxed out uh input volume and then you'll basically be able to hear a subjective difference between the Cards to put the decb into more perspective now before that for the objective difference we've got a decel chart that we've put on the screen now this was discussed in the review but the short of it is that the passively cooled cards reveal the noise floor about 37.1 DB and again that's the PSU and the CPU fan once the GPU has some load applied for MSI the required amount is about 60° Celsius of load the fans spin up and produce some noise and auto plants the configuration with the Fe card at 37.5 DB and again this is total system noise not per card noise CU we've got the whole system here and that's as opposed to the 1080 and 1070s which are at 40.7 DB 50% fan speed has us at around 38 DB versus 41.9 for the 1080 and 1070 and 100% speed is where the difference really shows with a 1080 Fe nearly 10 DB louder than the 1060 Fe and we'll put that in perspective just with relation to these charts 10 DB is perceivable to the user as about a 2X increase in volume so you can kind of think of it that way because this is logarithmic so uh for example if you're looking at 25 DB versus 50 that is not 2x it's actually much greater than 2x if you're looking at 40 to 50 DB then we're talking about a 2X increase in perceived noise levels from the system so that's the the objective analysis let's throw this card in these need to die die die die they spun their last spin I'm just going to launch precision if I can find it is the fan spinning right now oh it is spinning okay so we're going to jump between a couple of audio files of the different cards playing back you'll see it play back and we're going to be playing them back to back with the again 50% to 100% speeds and that will compare between the 1060 the rx480 and the 1070 I might throw in one of these 1060 cards as well just to kind of give you an idea of where those they're more or less the same as the 1060 Fe just with a zero DB output when idle this is where we go like that's right okay I think that's it seconds around Jesus these video card fans even though we show a 100% speed keep in mind that they pretty much never actually hit 100% fan speed unless in the instance of something like an sff case like the origin Kronos we recently reviewed which was pushing 100% fan speed because it was going so hot in The Thermals so the fans tend to stay around 50% speed this one will sit at just about 60% in an open air bench environment where it's got reasonable Cooling and that's cuz as long as it can hit its thermal threshold that it's happy with which is below 71 Celsius we found in our review then the fan won't speed up because it just it doesn't see it as necessary to produce more noise in favor of thermals if the card only really wants a 71c or lower temperature uh so that's that's one note the card here this is the twin frozer version of the 1060 video card and these because of the larger fans and the bigger heat sink will stick at around 35% fan RPM in our identical bench so instead of 60% is 35 but the fans are completely different there's two of them they're bigger this is a blower fan these are axial fans and that's where you get uh part of the difference so stuff to know for comparing noise of course if you have a more powerful cooler you can run it with lower fan RPMs in general that's where liquid comes into play we'll show more of that later but the idea there is that if you wanted to you could lower the radiator fan RPM pretty low and still have a lower temperature than these we showed this in our rx480 or GTX 1070 one of those two benchmarks where we converted it to a hybrid we showed it there uh but yeah that's it for the subjective noise comparison thank you for watching patreon link to post video if you want to help us out directly Link in the description below for the GTX 1060 review and I'll see you all next time\n"