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NVIDIA 5000 SERIES

Grim5 said:
Press X to doubt on waterblocks.

It would require either having to design two new PCBs in different shapes for your block and hoping the GPU firmware doesn't reject the after market PCBs, or having to design a block that fits around Nvidia's PCBs which would be extremely expensive and requiring new tooling to be built


Both of those options are really expensive - you're either shipping parts and tools so the customer can modify their FE card to fit in a conventional water block, or you're making a block that fits around the FE's vertical and horizontal PCBs, which would be a very thick block by the way. Both options are complicated and expensive, who's going to buy it
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I agree that there may be some doubt on a waterblock for the 5090FE model but I don't think it's for the reasons you listed. I think you may have understood what I meant.

Firstly, there's no way in hell that waterblock manufacturers will design new PCBs, that's way beyond their scope and means - I never suggested that. They'll have to design the waterblock around the Nvidia design for sure, accommodating for the multi PCB design, but CNC milling new designs is what they do every time there's a new graphics card launch. There's no new tooling required as their existing CNC machines will be capable.

The PCBs of the FE are all vertical on one plane so they will sit on a block of metal just fine. I don't know if the Apple-esque connectors are PCB to PCB or will use ribbon cable to connect between - if it were ribbon cables then there may be some slack to introduce some variance in the design of waterblocks - which is what I was suggesting. Quite unlikely but one can surmise :D.

The likelihood of a 5090FE waterblock comes down to the complexity (time & cost) of making the block and assessing if it would be worthwhile for companies to do so - taking in to consideration the amount of people who bought a 5090FE that will actually watercool it, and choose their particular block to do so. However, the exact same can be said for making a waterblock for all the other 5000 series graphics card models too.
 
Joxeon said:
The thing is that people probably didn’t watch the AMD video after reading the title.
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Of course not, plus FSR3 frame gen launched with more issues than DLSS3, such as inconsistent frame times. You are never going to get as much of a warm reception when you are the second to introduce a technology, especially if it is flawed and takes several updates to fix (classic AMD btw).
 
Absolutely Clueless said:
Videocardz now reporting 5080 MSRP model reviews will be out the day before (29th Jan). Odd limiting it to MSRP cards vs FE as in previous years.
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I hope that the day earlier 5080 reviews rumour is true, as I'm pretty certain I'm going to be hunting a FE model on the 30th. I'd prefer it if they'd move all those dates a day ahead, so that I could spend the 29th exploring options including AIB premium models.
 
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Mysterae_ said:
Ever since seeing the Colorful iGame Neptune I started getting ideas..

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Whip the radiator off, remove it's internal pump and figure away to plumb it in to my SFF build, cause that is one nice looking graphics card. But alas, it's coming in 5080 form only so I imagine it would be a downgrade to my 4090.
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if your getting a 5080 compared to the 4090 you have now then yes, its 100% not an upgrade, not a side grade but a downgrade, 4090 is still a beast, even when compared to a 5090
 
parisv said:
I like the look of the asus matrix but won't be paying 3k for one.
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The GPU world is a weird one especially when ppl have the spare cash to spend on ridiculous models.

ROG 4090 Matrix Platinum was like £2900 on their website and resellers were flogging them for £3300, just becuase it had a built in AIO cooler, then you had the 4090 Strix models which had a evangelion skin or decal on it and immediately sellers wacked on a 1200 quid mark up, and ppl were buying them for 3500+ quid!!

So the 4090 that has a AIO water cooler models, I'm not sure what they will RRP for but I'm thinking will might be more that the last gen.
 
hobib_ali said:
The GPU world is a weird one especially when ppl have the spare cash to spend on ridiculous models.

ROG 4090 Matrix Platinum was like £2900 on their website and resellers were flogging them for £3300, just becuase it had a built in AIO cooler, then you had the 4090 Strix models which had a evangelion skin or decal on it and immediately sellers wacked on a 1200 quid mark up, and ppl were buying them for 3500+ quid!!

So the 4090 that has a AIO water cooler models, I'm not sure what they will RRP for but I'm thinking will might be more that the last gen.
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5090 says hold my beer
 
Of the cards shown so far which version are people thinking of getting to put a waterblock on for the RTX 5090? I feel like we haven't seen all the models yet, although I haven't seen any new ones added in a while! Thinking of the Asus Tuf as it stands, but I had good luck with Palit in the past (not on website yet.)
 
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0121danwilliams84 said:
Of the cards shown so far which version are people thinking of getting to put a waterblock on for the RTX 5090? I feel like we haven't seen all the models yet, although I haven't seen any new ones added in a while! Thinking of the Asus Tuf as it stands, but I had good luck with Palit in the past (not on website yet.)
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I’m guessing those with a reference PCB will be the easiest to find a waterblock for. I think INNO3D showed a render of the reference PCB, so they must be using it in a few cards at least.
 
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