The 3090 Ti Heat Problem: Supersized Cooler Tear-Down of EVGA FTW3
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The cooling is very impressive, especially when it's air cooling a 500 watt power hungry card. Props to EVGA. If they can deliver similar results for the next generation of AMD 7000 series cards later this year, I'm sold.
And as a side comment, I doubt, many users are going to be interested in getting an NVIDIA card that draws 600 watts and still falls short in terms of performance next to AMD's lineup due to power inefficiency.
Date: 2022-03-31
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Comments and reviews: 9
Hayden
The E-leash is nice, but kinda feels like we need to go back to the old AT days where cases had a slot on the inside of the front to also provide support for expansion cards. I remember getting a Sound Blaster AWE32 and finally discovering what those little plastic rails at the front of the case were for. I've never seen another expansion card that large, but seeing as those little rails were common in cases I presume there was a standard max size for an ISA card that meant cases could be built and cards designed to add that extra support at the front.
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The E-leash is nice, but kinda feels like we need to go back to the old AT days where cases had a slot on the inside of the front to also provide support for expansion cards. I remember getting a Sound Blaster AWE32 and finally discovering what those little plastic rails at the front of the case were for. I've never seen another expansion card that large, but seeing as those little rails were common in cases I presume there was a standard max size for an ISA card that meant cases could be built and cards designed to add that extra support at the front.
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Toshiki
I'm a game developer, I work with Unreal Engine, 3ds max and blender, and... I use a gtx960 from 8 years ago XD. Yes, I can see the benefit of using such a monstrous GPU, but in the end you can work with almost whatever you have, and If I could choose, at that price range and power consumption, I would go for a standard 3090, before that thing. Not that I can afford a standard 3090 anyway.
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I'm a game developer, I work with Unreal Engine, 3ds max and blender, and... I use a gtx960 from 8 years ago XD. Yes, I can see the benefit of using such a monstrous GPU, but in the end you can work with almost whatever you have, and If I could choose, at that price range and power consumption, I would go for a standard 3090, before that thing. Not that I can afford a standard 3090 anyway.
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chrunchyhobo
GPU manufacturers need to look back in time to things like the 4870x2 now cards are becoming so heavy.
The 4870x2 had a backplate and a full size plate on the front that screwed into the expansion bracket to support its excessive length.
Even something like the ASUS MARS having plastic PCI-E fingers on the shroud to add extra support would be great.
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GPU manufacturers need to look back in time to things like the 4870x2 now cards are becoming so heavy.
The 4870x2 had a backplate and a full size plate on the front that screwed into the expansion bracket to support its excessive length.
Even something like the ASUS MARS having plastic PCI-E fingers on the shroud to add extra support would be great.
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Mike
The size of that thing is insane. Looking back on the release of the original Lian Li O11 Dynamic there was a bit of foreshadowing when they made it possible to easily mount 2 PSUs in the back of the case. Now that you could use a 550 to 600 watt PSU to power just the 3090Ti and a 600ish watt PSU for the rest of the system that second PSU mount becomes useful.
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The size of that thing is insane. Looking back on the release of the original Lian Li O11 Dynamic there was a bit of foreshadowing when they made it possible to easily mount 2 PSUs in the back of the case. Now that you could use a 550 to 600 watt PSU to power just the 3090Ti and a 600ish watt PSU for the rest of the system that second PSU mount becomes useful.
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Rook
I am not a fan of the e-leash, its a bodge. My old 750ti is supported with a long rail that supports the card along its length, I think something like that would have worked well for this and looked much more elegant. The card occupies multiple slots anyway so may as well have used a nice long stainless steel bracket screwed into the case backplate.
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I am not a fan of the e-leash, its a bodge. My old 750ti is supported with a long rail that supports the card along its length, I think something like that would have worked well for this and looked much more elegant. The card occupies multiple slots anyway so may as well have used a nice long stainless steel bracket screwed into the case backplate.
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Deetex
Wait,... didn't we critizise nVidia for unreasonable power demands and unrealistic cooling requirements before?
The GTX480 comes to mind...
Regardless, enourmous Chungas like this hammer home adequately, I think, that we need to get rid of the PCI retention bracket ASAP, that legacy piece looks and feels _so_ out of place now...
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Wait,... didn't we critizise nVidia for unreasonable power demands and unrealistic cooling requirements before?
The GTX480 comes to mind...
Regardless, enourmous Chungas like this hammer home adequately, I think, that we need to get rid of the PCI retention bracket ASAP, that legacy piece looks and feels _so_ out of place now...
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Andy
It's funny but if you watch Jayz video on the card, then the way EVGA have designed the IO plate means the card is pretty rigid when mounted in the case and the E-leash (geez) becomes irrelevant. and lets face it no matter how silly the price is if you had a lottery win you know fine well that this would be in your next build :-)
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It's funny but if you watch Jayz video on the card, then the way EVGA have designed the IO plate means the card is pretty rigid when mounted in the case and the E-leash (geez) becomes irrelevant. and lets face it no matter how silly the price is if you had a lottery win you know fine well that this would be in your next build :-)
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Otto
My Vega 64 Nitro+ is already pretty heavy, also comes with a sag reducing bracket, but it doesn't actually sag that much, like the MSI 1070 you guys still use for thermal testing is drooping a ot more, similar to my old 280X. The 3090Ti might actually break PCIe slots though
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My Vega 64 Nitro+ is already pretty heavy, also comes with a sag reducing bracket, but it doesn't actually sag that much, like the MSI 1070 you guys still use for thermal testing is drooping a ot more, similar to my old 280X. The 3090Ti might actually break PCIe slots though
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Hybris51129
If you need to immediately replace a 1080 ti or older card and don't want to worry about upgrading for another 5-10 years then this is a good investment actually but if you are carrot chasing or already have a 3000 series then no it's a waste
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If you need to immediately replace a 1080 ti or older card and don't want to worry about upgrading for another 5-10 years then this is a good investment actually but if you are carrot chasing or already have a 3000 series then no it's a waste
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