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NVIDIA 4000 Series
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It is, it really is!
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Until January..
Especially when you consider the savings you’ll make on your electricity bills*.
*£0 a day - after your house burns down.
More from camp Zotac 4070 Ti Super Solid
Took the shroud off the card and found the offending connector for the stupidly bright light on the spine of the card that can't be turned off. As noted before it piggybacks power from the 3rd fan. Just pulling that apart solved the issue AND got me 3w back according to the Nvidia apps statistics from 17w desktop idle to 14w. Winning. Photos in a spoiler for anyone who wants to see.
Took the shroud off the card and found the offending connector for the stupidly bright light on the spine of the card that can't be turned off. As noted before it piggybacks power from the 3rd fan. Just pulling that apart solved the issue AND got me 3w back according to the Nvidia apps statistics from 17w desktop idle to 14w. Winning. Photos in a spoiler for anyone who wants to see.
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Good work. Was there absolutely no way at all to switch off that LED through software? I'm not thinking Zotac software just regular motherboard software. That does work per card though, so I was able to switch off the light on my 3080FE using Mystic Light whereas I can't with this 4080 super FE using the same software.More from camp Zotac 4070 Ti Super Solid
Took the shroud off the card and found the offending connector for the stupidly bright light on the spine of the card that can't be turned off. As noted before it piggybacks power from the 3rd fan. Just pulling that apart solved the issue AND got me 3w back according to the Nvidia apps statistics from 17w desktop idle to 14w. Winning. Photos in a spoiler for anyone who wants to see.
Just curious really because it doesn't matter in your case, you've found a solution and probably a better one than just doing through software.
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More from camp Zotac 4070 Ti Super Solid
Took the shroud off the card and found the offending connector for the stupidly bright light on the spine of the card that can't be turned off. As noted before it piggybacks power from the 3rd fan. Just pulling that apart solved the issue AND got me 3w back according to the Nvidia apps statistics from 17w desktop idle to 14w. Winning. Photos in a spoiler for anyone who wants to see.
Should have just used EVGA Precision XI, that's what I use for the 4090FE to dim the front LED.
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It's more like 15-20% more performance,and even more in 4k,ray tracing and path tracing
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Do you think that'd work with this 4080 Super FE? Does it not clash with Afterburner?
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Yep still not enough to justify the 300+ quid extra they retail at for me. Will still be turning down settings in 2-3 years time with the ti super. Bit of a kick in the teeth after paying nearly a grand for the thing. But maybe that's just me.
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Just wait then for 50 series and perhaps some discounts on last gen?
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Do these even really happen any more?
Used to, in the long past. Now the new gen launch at a higher price and the old gen just get run out at whatever price they're at.
Maybe in the used market...
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Not at all, just use the LED function and not the other stuff.
I don't believe so as it shares the same 4 pin header as the fan, but only uses 2 wires. The fan needs all 4 so you'd not be able to turn off the light or control it as there is no signal wire, just live and neutral. The zotac software has a button for the lighting section of the app but you click it and it does absolutely nothing. I'm guessing because this isn't on a lighting header with a controller and is instead just permanent live when the board is hot.
To be fair I didn't try anything other than the Zotac software but as I say above, I don't believe it would have made any difference.
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Indeed you've hit the nail on the head. I remember when GTX1000 launched, OCUK were clearing stock of the GTX900 series. I had a 980ti on order for the price of a 970, absolute bargain. Unfortunately the model I ordered had completely cleared stock and OCUK kindly offered to replace with a different model 980ti. I didn't take the offer in the end and honestly kinda regret it.
Nowadays, the existing parts just stays at sky-high prices while the new cards slot in barely cheaper. When RTX 4000 and RX7000 launched, the best bang for buck were still the older models. Heck, 4080 still go for stupid money despite 4080 super being a smidge cheaper. And 4070ti is priced almost the same as the super too.
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Yes.
Surely if the light was powered from the third fan then the light would get dimmer the slower the fan speed and be off at fan stop
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Thanks. I'm starting to be tempted by the 2nd hand bargains. It's really hard to believe a 5080 is going to be cheaper and faster and have long lasting vram too...