GPU PCB database?

[CT854]

I've been in the market for a good-value GTX Titan X Maxwell. I found one that could do the trick, but it has a jerryrigged heatsink with an (allegedly) fully functioning card underneath it. It may very well do the trick, but then my head's gears started turning about replacing the shroud with one from another GPU, even if not a Titan X Maxwell. However, I have no idea where to research which cards have what PCBs and would fit with a particular card. Is there a centralized database where GPU PCBs are catalogued? Or is there some other way of just knowing?

[Mick Naughty]

Cards that use the same pcb would any reference cooler for the most part. So that would be a 980ti, so if you want dual fan, get an evga acx 3.0 cooler. Or the normal blower coolers.

[RONOTHAN##]

16 minutes ago, CT854 said:

Is there a centralized database where GPU PCBs are catalogued? Or is there some other way of just knowing?

I mean, kinda TechPowerUp, since they do get high res PCB photos of all GPUs they review, and maybe EKWB with their waterblock compatibility checker, but that's about it. 

 

May I ask why you're trying to get a Titan X Maxwell? They're not exactly card that make sense for 98% of people, and even for the 2% of people who they do make sense for they're a bit sketchy since the 900 series VRMs on the reference card (Titan X included) are pretty famous for being terrible and overheating and blowing up, so I wouldn't expect the card to last for too much longer anyway. 

[CT854]

44 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

May I ask why you're trying to get a Titan X Maxwell? They're not exactly card that make sense for 98% of people, and even for the 2% of people who they do make sense for they're a bit sketchy since the 900 series VRMs on the reference card (Titan X included) are pretty famous for being terrible and overheating and blowing up, so I wouldn't expect the card to last for too much longer anyway. 

This is just a personal project of mine to work on a PC to pair with a CRT I'd buy in the future. I just want a card on the upper end of what supports native analog output. I could do well with anything below it that supports analog outs, but if I have a good deal on a Titan X Maxwell, I figure, why the hell not? I wouldn't use it too much, it's mostly for vanity. 

[RONOTHAN##]

2 minutes ago, CT854 said:

This is just a personal project of mine to work on a PC to pair with a CRT I'd buy in the future. I just want a card on the upper end of what supports native analog output. I could do well with anything below it that supports analog outs, but if I have a good deal on a Titan X Maxwell, I figure, why the hell not? I wouldn't use it too much, it's mostly for vanity. 

OK, if you an get it for a good deal and don't plan on using it super hard or often then I guess it's OK. Personally I'd be trying to get a 980 Ti K|NGP|N instead if you're just after a ballin' card with analog outs, those cards are awesome (they are faster than the Titan X Maxwell in most metrics), will hold their value if you can find them (they were limited editions after all), and you don't need to worry about the VRM overheating and blowing up like you do on the Titan and other reference models. 

[CT854]

3 hours ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Personally I'd be trying to get a 980 Ti K|NGP|N instead if you're just after a ballin' card with analog outs, those cards are awesome (they are faster than the Titan X Maxwell in most metrics), will hold their value if you can find them (they were limited editions after all), and you don't need to worry about the VRM overheating and blowing up like you do on the Titan and other reference models. 

Fair enough. Is the 980 Ti K|NGP|N suggested because it's binned highly and/or because it has a non-reference PCB?

 

Did the VRMs fry because of bad components or bad cooling on the reference shroud?

[RONOTHAN##]

5 hours ago, CT854 said:

Fair enough. Is the 980 Ti K|NGP|N suggested because it's binned highly and/or because it has a non-reference PCB?

Yeah, it's a very highly binned card, it has a very non reference PCB, and IMO it's just one of the best looking GPUs ever made (the heatsink is solid copper). 

 

5 hours ago, CT854 said:

Did the VRMs fry because of bad components or bad cooling on the reference shroud?

Combination. It was a very underpowered VRM so it ran incredibly hot, and the reference cooler (as well as EVGAs coolers on their SC cards) didn't have proper VRM cooling options so the VRMs overheated.