Liltrekkie

The testing method is so wrong here. 
 
Allow me to explain, JayzTwoCents recently did a video about the new EVGA icx cooler and the FTW2, in which he also tested the cards backplate cooling abilities, the thing is though, while he was using an open air test bench, he had a fan blowing air on the card as if it were a front case fan. 
 
The effect? VRM and memory temps were improved by more than  few degrees than without the fan there. 
 
So if this video were to be redone and a fan put behind the card as if it were a front fan, i do in fact believe the temps would come down as they claim. 
 
Everyone forgets that backplates are PASSIVELY cooled. They rely on outside cooling to keep them cool. Servers that use passive cooling rely on those high RPM fans to cool them. Raid cards, some GPU's even, Ethernet cards. They all require airflow to keep cool.
 
If you block a fan on a GPU even partially (think SFF build) it'll overheat even though there is a massive heat sink over with a fin array under. Why? it requires airflow. 
 
When you have flawed testing methods you have a flawed video such as this.

Well this thread won't last long. 

This is what comes to mind, whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired and exiled from earth.

This is what comes to mind, whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired and exiled from earth.

This is what comes to mind, whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired and exiled from earth.

This is what comes to mind, whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired and exiled from earth.

This is what comes to mind, whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired and exiled from earth.

This is what comes to mind, whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired and exiled from earth.

This is what comes to mind, whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired and exiled from earth.

This is what comes to mind, whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired and exiled from earth.

This is what comes to mind, whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired and exiled from earth.

This is what comes to mind, whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired and exiled from earth.

This is what comes to mind, whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired and exiled from earth.

This is what comes to mind, whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired and exiled from earth.

They were not in a BASE64 string. They were literally in plain text, within the source code of the web page. Entire social security numbers, in plain text. Accidently hitting f12 in chrome would have revealed everything. 
 
The governor is just trying to cover his administrations incompetence, at the expense of this guy. The charges won't stick in a jury trial. They would have to charge every person who's accidently hit f12 in their life. Welp, guess we are all going to jail.

It's not stupid, the browser automatically decoded the BASE64 string making it plain text. Your argument of "it's not plain text" is just wrong. We would be having a different argument if the browser spit the BASE64 string at you without decoding it, but it didn't. It automatically decoded the string and turned it into plain text, which is an intended function of the browser. The guy didnt use google or bing or duckduckgo to find a base64 decoder to use, the browser completed its intended function which resulted in these social security numbers being blasted in plain text to the human eye. Everything before that doesn't matter, it's moot, and is stupidity on levels I cannot even comprehend. 
 
Let me give you an example. Our eyes, the way they are shaped, actually take in our surroundings upside down. Our brains, automatically converts that image into an image that is right side up to us. Your argument is the equivalent to saying that the only thing that matters is the upside down image, not the automatic process that takes place without conscious effort. In this case, how we started doesn't matter. How we ended up is what matters, and that's a plain text viewable format of social security numbers.

It's not stupid, the browser automatically decoded the BASE64 string making it plain text. Your argument of "it's not plain text" is just wrong. We would be having a different argument if the browser spit the BASE64 string at you without decoding it, but it didn't. It automatically decoded the string and turned it into plain text, which is an intended function of the browser. The guy didnt use google or bing or duckduckgo to find a base64 decoder to use, the browser completed its intended function which resulted in these social security numbers being blasted in plain text to the human eye. Everything before that doesn't matter, it's moot, and is stupidity on levels I cannot even comprehend. 
 
Let me give you an example. Our eyes, the way they are shaped, actually take in our surroundings upside down. Our brains, automatically converts that image into an image that is right side up to us. Your argument is the equivalent to saying that the only thing that matters is the upside down image, not the automatic process that takes place without conscious effort. In this case, how we started doesn't matter. How we ended up is what matters, and that's a plain text viewable format of social security numbers.

They were not in a BASE64 string. They were literally in plain text, within the source code of the web page. Entire social security numbers, in plain text. Accidently hitting f12 in chrome would have revealed everything. 
 
The governor is just trying to cover his administrations incompetence, at the expense of this guy. The charges won't stick in a jury trial. They would have to charge every person who's accidently hit f12 in their life. Welp, guess we are all going to jail.

They were not in a BASE64 string. They were literally in plain text, within the source code of the web page. Entire social security numbers, in plain text. Accidently hitting f12 in chrome would have revealed everything. 
 
The governor is just trying to cover his administrations incompetence, at the expense of this guy. The charges won't stick in a jury trial. They would have to charge every person who's accidently hit f12 in their life. Welp, guess we are all going to jail.

They were not in a BASE64 string. They were literally in plain text, within the source code of the web page. Entire social security numbers, in plain text. Accidently hitting f12 in chrome would have revealed everything. 
 
The governor is just trying to cover his administrations incompetence, at the expense of this guy. The charges won't stick in a jury trial. They would have to charge every person who's accidently hit f12 in their life. Welp, guess we are all going to jail.

They were not in a BASE64 string. They were literally in plain text, within the source code of the web page. Entire social security numbers, in plain text. Accidently hitting f12 in chrome would have revealed everything. 
 
The governor is just trying to cover his administrations incompetence, at the expense of this guy. The charges won't stick in a jury trial. They would have to charge every person who's accidently hit f12 in their life. Welp, guess we are all going to jail.

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JFC  people ...

RTX 3070 = unremarkable
 

Overclocking is still absolutely worthwhile, their niche, however, was not worthwhile. The CPU "shortages" probably didn't help them out either.