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I can't be the only one who finds blower style graphics cards attractive?

Attractive? No, that's weird and you should be ashamed of your kink :D
But there is something to be said for exhausting hot air out of the case asap, a blower/passthrough hybrid could work well, perhaps send heat from 1 or the other out of the case and have passthrough for the other.
 
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I like the idea of fitting in 2 slots and exhausting heat out the back, it just never worked in reality, ends up noisy and quietness is a top priority for me.

There must be better cooling designs that tick all these boxes.
 
Well you could disconnect the fan on a 4090 and it'll be quiet, even better remove the heatsink to have really slimline lightweight gpu so doesn't put strain on the PCI-E slot. It'll be fine with the bare die.
 
I think there may be an element of nostalgia with the design at play as well, a throwback to old times.

It's true that some of the blowers are noisy as hell, but with a decent fan profile curve on Afterburner, honestly they are okay. Recently picked up a RTX 3070 ASUS Turbo, very aesthetically pleasing blower style card lol. At default it sounds like a plane on takeoff but man that Afterburner makes it nice and quiet and all the heat is thrown out the back of the case. It's fast too!
 
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Rob_B said:
Attractive? No, that's weird and you should be ashamed of your kink :D
But there is something to be said for exhausting hot air out of the case asap, a blower/passthrough hybrid could work well, perhaps send heat from 1 or the other out of the case and have passthrough for the other.
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Just to clarify, not that kind of attractive, aesthetically attractive :D
 
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Remember buying third party heatsink for ati 1800 replacing the blower then using a couple of 12cm fans

Possibly made by artic?
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I had an artic cooler on an x1900xt, but it was one of those coolers that was blower like with a larger fan at one end.

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The the accelero X2 cooler came along and later the larger coolers you could strap multiple fans on.
 
I always liked blower cards. 1080Ti FE is probably peak blower.

They were always loud, but useful in SLI setups, and also particularly good for small ITX builds.

Some lower end cards like a 4060 could easily be a blower without thermal issues.
 
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