The RTX 3090 is a colossal triple slot graphics card

[Speakerator]

On 8/28/2020 at 7:58 PM, BroliviaWilde said:

Zotac's picture of their AIB 30* card - 

 

Not sold on that one. I know, it's not all form follows function here, but given that even the reference design uses 100mm or even larger fans - why TF do you design a card thats a good 3cm / over an inch higher than the PCI Slot brackets and still put measly 92mm fans on it? its not like they did not have the space, given the height / width of the card?

 

Sure, you can't judge a cooler by its cover looks, but that seems like last years design wit ha diffferent LED shroud on it...

[ShinRamen]

I gotta say the FE design looks really interesting and, at least to me, aesthetically pleasing. 

 

I do want a Strix card again though and my wishful thinking is that ASUS does the same thing they did to their Ryujin AIO and don‘t bother with crappy fans and just slap Noctuas on there. If only....

[Tech_Dreamer]

okay, the leaks were pretty right. even though the images were a bit fuzzy posted by OP that had me go a bit skeptical, it's pretty much confirmed officially to be a massive unit as shown.

 

[Sir Asvald]

On 8/21/2020 at 10:28 PM, Mateyyy said:

 

 

Hold UP. HE IS THE ONE THAT DID THIS?!?! I DIDN'T KNOW. OMG

[Results45]

ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY ALERT:

 

I guess it's AMD or bust this generation.

 

Or a $375 RTX 2080TI..........

[RejZoR]

On 8/31/2020 at 4:16 PM, Speakerator said:

 

Not sold on that one. I know, it's not all form follows function here, but given that even the reference design uses 100mm or even larger fans - why TF do you design a card thats a good 3cm / over an inch higher than the PCI Slot brackets and still put measly 92mm fans on it? its not like they did not have the space, given the height / width of the card?

 

Sure, you can't judge a cooler by its cover looks, but that seems like last years design wit ha diffferent LED shroud on it...

What grinds my gears more is how everyone is bragging how backplate is helping and then they make cutout for GPU part. WHAT?! GPU's back side also heats up and instead of placing a thermal pad there and making it contact with backplate expanding the surface, they make a hole there in the backplate so it has tiny surface area and only cooled by air that happens to be there. Ugh. Also I was a huge fan of Inno3D's iChill X4 that had dedicated heatpipes going down through power delivery circuitry and having it's own small 4th fan for them. From marketing photos at least, the main cooler seems to be contacting the power circuitry and the 4th fan is just attached there doing god knows what. It all just feels so lazy and filled with flashy oversized shrouds and bunch of stupid LEDs.

 

I also wonder why no one makes heatsink fins go length wise with fans slightly angled towards the case back brackets with exhaust the size of RTX 3000 FE cards so it would be pushing air out the back instead of half into the case and half into the motherboard. I only recall Sapphire doing such design once with fins length wise instead perpendicular to the card, I think it was on AMD's Polaris series cards, just not with angled fans.

[Sarra]

It's not just laptops that are screwed, it's also SFF stuff.

 

It's like, get a Mini ITX board and case, then cut the entire bottom off the case, and just use your graphics card as the bottom of your computer. Then wonder why your desk catches on fire...

[porina]

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Hey everyone - two updates for you today.

 

First, GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition reviews (and all related technologies and games) will be on September 16th at 6 a.m. Pacific Time.

 

Get ready for benchmarks!

 

Second, we’re excited to announce that the GeForce RTX 3070 will be available on October 15th at 6 a.m. Pacific Time.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/geforce-graphics-cards/5/397315/rtx-3080-founders-edition-review-date-sept-16th-/

 

We have a date for review embargo lifting, and 3070 availability (was previously only given as October).