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Ok, I benchmarked my Asus 3080 TUF OC in some orientations. Ran Furmark for about 10 minutes per orientation per test, which was enough for the temperature to stabilize. My case doesn't have any side panels yet so it's pretty much open air.Here are the results with stock fan profile:OrientationTemperatureFan speedFan RPMI/O on bottom67°C61%1320 RPMI/O on top76°C75%1960 RPMHorizontal, fans facing up68°C62%1360 RPMNext, I tried a fan speed normalized test to test if the heatpipe was really the bottleneck. If this were to be true, the I/O on top orientation would not become a whole lot hotter with a slower fan speed, no? Let's take a look:OrientationTemperatureFan speedFan RPMI/O on bottom65°C65%1500 RPMI/O on top81°C65%1500 RPMBut it does. And this makes the difference between both orientation painfully obvious.So I think we can conclude that, with this heatsink design and this amount of power draw, heatsink orientation makes a lot of difference!
Ok, I benchmarked my Asus 3080 TUF OC in some orientations. Ran Furmark for about 10 minutes per orientation per test, which was enough for the temperature to stabilize. My case doesn't have any side panels yet so it's pretty much open air.
Here are the results with stock fan profile:
Next, I tried a fan speed normalized test to test if the heatpipe was really the bottleneck. If this were to be true, the I/O on top orientation would not become a whole lot hotter with a slower fan speed, no? Let's take a look:
But it does. And this makes the difference between both orientation painfully obvious.
So I think we can conclude that, with this heatsink design and this amount of power draw, heatsink orientation makes a lot of difference!
