Hmmm. Food for thought right there. May have to hold out for a 3090 AIO if someone does one for a “reasonable” price.
Not going to pay an extra £250 for it though as the 3090 is already pricey enough!
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NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards
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Hmmm. Food for thought right there. May have to hold out for a 3090 AIO if someone does one for a “reasonable” price.
Not going to pay an extra £250 for it though as the 3090 is already pricey enough!
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Given that the pic he posted wasn't under the card at all, then no that placement would be even worse, the cable sticking out up on top of the card.
because that is where the PCB ends. the pcb is the half the size of that cooler. so from pci bracket to middle thats the entire card
however they could have put it at the other end but would closer to the back of the case... so even worse
its the best possible place for the pcb design
now flip the image in your head imagine the card in the slot
would you rather the port by the pci bracket or close to the end of the pcb? (eg middle?)
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There are about another 100 videos like this, even 3090 vs 2080ti! amazing, but no - they are all fake
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They will hold their max boost and be more consistent as far as the boost algorithm is concerned. As it steps up in temps above a certain threshold then the boost steps down 1 step until it reaches next temp threshold. It's a little bit easier to stop it reaching these temp thresholds with an AIO.
If the card is horizontal then it would be flat against the back of the card, if its vertical then it would be behind the card and unseen.
That's the "backplate" of the card....
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It's the top, end of story. It might be called a backplate. But with the orientation of the card in any ATX case it is the top of the card, with the opposite side being the underside/ bottom.
That a fact? And if its mounted vertically?
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I forget, engineers/developers never make any mistakes ever do they. That's why all products ever made are totally flawless.
The power connector placement virtually looks like an afterthought, it's not a deal breaker but it is a weird position.
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Then it would indeed be the back. But given vertical mounting is niche and non standard then it's a pretty erroneous argument to make.
The cooler has clearly not been designed with vertical mounting in mind.
Like saying the back plate is on the front of the card just because of the way a standard atx install is facing? It's called back plate for a reason, and that reason doesn't flip flop depending on how you install it.
Remains to be seen how it works with vertical mounting.
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So some random guys on a forum who have never even had the card in hand know better than the guys who designed the card?
Yeah I'm pretty sure that an integral part of the GPU was not an afterthought. If the cooler performs them who cares if the power connector is about 5cm away from where it usually is.
If they put a 2nd connector exactly mirrored/opposite it (you choose which one to use), I am sure going by past set ups there is enough room with it in Mobo slot esp as its at an angle to run a cable along back of card and out Mobo Tray grommet/hole for neatness.
I would not buy on that, you can use an cheap non active adaptor it is digital after all.
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Do you have to have the card in hand to SEE where the power connector is and the obvious issues with cable management it causes? Whether it can be placed better or not due to the short PCB doesn't stop it being problematic.