Sapphire R9 Fury revealed

[Derangel]

Quite often actually, you'd be amazed at what watching posts about sagging cards does.

 

But whatever, you have your beliefs.

 

If it was quite often then enthusiast forums would be filled with people warning others not to buy heavy cards. These kinds of cards wouldn't be really popular among enthusiasts either.

[Derangel]

Overclockers.uk would like a word with you on that one. Plenty of sagging, cracked cards.

 

Is there? I honestly have not seen a ton of it. Then again I don't frequent OCUK.

[patrickjp93]

No it won't. Sapphire wouldn't be dumb enough to release a video card that would break under it's own weight.

7970GHz did exactly that.

[patrickjp93]

Is there? I honestly have not seen a ton of it. Then again I don't frequent OCUK.

Yes, which is why GPU support stands became a thing in recent years. Cards got huge and heavy.

[AlwaysFSX]

If it was quite often then enthusiast forums would be filled with people warning others not to buy heavy cards. These kinds of cards wouldn't be really popular among enthusiasts either.

"Enthusiasts" also tend to upgrade their graphics cards more often. Regular people will buy one card and keep it for several years. It's well known the heavy cards sag and can break after a little bit of time.

 

7970GHz did exactly that.

Mmm.. delicious broken gigahertz.

[Humbug]

Yes, which is why GPU support stands became a thing in recent years. Cards got huge and heavy.

What's a GPU support strand?

Tethering the far edge of the GPU to top of case?

[Takata]

Do we need standard connectors for extra structural support much like we have standard connectors for extra power?

[Constantine]

The back looks sexy imo.

 

The pcb should be fine. Its sandwiched between the backplate and what looks like a metal heatspreader to make it rigid. 

[Valentyn]

What's a GPU support strand?

Tethering the far edge of the GPU to top of case?

You get two types, the enterprise one that's been around for years

 

Then the new one.

 

[Techhog]

Quite often actually, you'd be amazed at what watching posts about sagging cards does.

 

But whatever, you have your beliefs.

So, your opinion is that they should have extended the PCB with blank space to increase rigidity?

[Briggsy]

apparently its coming, lol. 

 

[patrickjp93]

What's a GPU support strand?

Tethering the far edge of the GPU to top of case?

A telescoping rod of steel you mount from the bottom of the case to the top with movable struts to put upward pressure on the end of your graphics cards.

[Qwolf]

Sapphire came out with a teaser video. Maybe add this link to the post? 

[Doobeedoo]

Such extension lol

[AlwaysFSX]

So, your opinion is that they should have extended the PCB with blank space to increase rigidity?

If you want to go ahead and put words in my mouth, be my guest, but that's not my opinion.

[Gnator]

I am likeing that penis extension... heat sink ...

[chriskayla9594]

Bro...

@LinusTech

[Voldy21]

-snip-

 

This is with an i7 4690x overclocked to 4.2 Ghz. What exactly do you need more than an extra 120W for?

4960x* I was really confused when you said that for a second lol

[Tocsin_786]

they added quite a large penis extension to that thing,  now with more foliage. 

[zMeul]

check that sag (courtesy of Anand):

^ the overhanging radiator bit is warped

[LucidMew]

You know, I've decided; I actually quite like it. The 'penis extension' is quite unique and I like how they incorporated the design into the supporting brace. The overall look of the card is quite nice, following in suit with the previous 290x's which I quite like the design of.

But, people'll like what they like and feverishly bash what they don't.

[Byteblock]

Cool looking backplate B)