Gigabyte 350watt 3090 GPU with a dual-slot Blower cooler

chaparral · 20 Sep 2020 at 07:13

This is going be hot and very loud

Who buying one

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/g...rbo-with-a-dual-slot-blower-style-cooler.html

The card is 2 slots thick though, and only 26.6 cm long.

The Old School Gamer · 20 Sep 2020 at 07:24

I need a new fan heater for the winter ahead lol.

Just why Gigabyte?

Grim5 · 20 Sep 2020 at 07:30

Oh dear, you'll have to underclock this thing

imginy · 20 Sep 2020 at 07:35

The Old School Gamer said:
I need a new fan heater for the winter ahead lol.

Just why Gigabyte?

I guess there is people that want a 2 slot 3090 for a small case.

Looks a terrible card though.

The Old School Gamer · 20 Sep 2020 at 07:42

Grim5 said:
Oh dear, you'll have to underclock this thing

Full throttling ahead!

Aye captain.

Tom|Nbk · 20 Sep 2020 at 08:00

Dear me. Absoloutely no effort gone into that

3t3P · 20 Sep 2020 at 08:01

god make it stop make it stop!

XeNoNF50 · 20 Sep 2020 at 08:03

Reference PCB purely for those water cooling,? This cooler on is own doesn't make sense lol.

Freddie1980 · 20 Sep 2020 at 08:11

XeNoNF50 said:
Reference PCB purely for those water cooling,? This cooler on is own doesn't make sense lol.

That's what I was thinking, no chance anyone would want to keep this to run at its stock configuration.

Quartz · 20 Sep 2020 at 08:35

Blower coolers work brilliantly in vertical cases like the Silverstone FT series, though I think 2 slots is too slim. Bring on a 3080 Super with a 3 or 4 slot version.

Blower coolers are also great for server racks.

Paying @GIGA-Man

chaparral · 20 Sep 2020 at 09:06

Quartz said:
Blower coolers work brilliantly in vertical cases like the Silverstone FT series, though I think 2 slots is too slim. Bring on a 3080 Super with a 3 or 4 slot version.

Blower coolers are also great for server racks.

Paying @GIGA-Man

I don't think anyone ever released a 3 or 4 slot blower cooler...
Like you say i bet a 4 slot blower cooler would work great in my FT02 case

eeii · 20 Sep 2020 at 09:22

It’s the cheapest option for water cooling. With a custom block.

arrow0309 · 20 Sep 2020 at 11:39

Hold on, the return of the 290X Uber mode:

https://youtu.be/u5YJsMaT_AE

Dontrocktheboat · 20 Sep 2020 at 11:45

Gigabyte stole AMD cooler design.

Quartz · 20 Sep 2020 at 11:45

Bad @arrow0309, bad!

sungazer · 23 Sep 2020 at 12:58

I might get a pair. Ideal for a machine learning workstation, so long as the blower can keep them both running at 350W when slotted next to each other. Love the idea of having 48GB of addressable vram over nvlink!

LePhuronn · 23 Sep 2020 at 13:13

That has to be for water cooling. Literally the most basic cooler possible is just 1 step up from supplying a bare board.

Moeks · 23 Sep 2020 at 13:15

arrow0309 said:
Hold on, the return of the 290X Uber mode:

https://youtu.be/u5YJsMaT_AE

That's hilarious, thanks for posting that, really made me laugh, cheered me up a lot

...especially 'uber mode', visions of people strapping their cases down like a load of freight.

Reminds me of the Nvidia GTX 480 I had years and years ago, the Fermi was a hot card and the one I had, an Asus model had a blower cooler, actually the last card I had with a blower as I swore never again after that ...and that video really demonstrates why

Jay85 · 23 Sep 2020 at 13:17

This card will be perfect for people who want to block this card.

step 1: get the card
step 2: take the cooler off
step 3: throw said cooler in the bin
step 4: apply waterblock - done

LePhuronn · 23 Sep 2020 at 13:18

Actually, scratch that. The dual (yes, DUAL) 8 pins are on the back of the card, not the top, so this isn't even a reference PCB.