As GPUs get more powerful, they often consume more power, and with the likes of the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti, someone is offering better cooling solutions.
There are many different types of graphics cards available that cater to the varying needs of gamers and PC enthusiasts. Some, such as the AMD Radeon RX 6400 exist at the lower end of the market, catering to those who want a budget GPU. On the flip side, the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti is more of an enthusiast product, which is beefy in terms of both its spec, as well as its physical size. However, with that extra power comes the additional wattage, and one vendor is offering a solution.
As spotted by Tom's Hardware, a Japanese vendor is selling custom Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti cards, but with two additional fans that feature liquid cooling. Along with the three that are already built into the equipment, that means this Sycom product will have as many as five fans. The Ti variant of the 3090 already runs at a fairly warm 450W, but this custom-built version alleges to be able to cool it by up to 15 degrees Celsius. It also shows that it can boost the clock speed to around 1,802 MHz on average.
For anyone who did purchase the 3090 Ti, this could be a suitable solution to any potential overheating. It's worth remembering that the TDP, or thermal design power, is also going on top of anything else that uses power, such as the computer's CPU, monitors, etc. so that number is bound to increase. While 450W does sound like a lot, there's speculation that Nvidia could be launching a 900W RTX 4090 Ti, so that's double this latest GPU. Of course, that's just a rumor, but it stands to reason that as graphics cards become more powerful, the wattage they consume is going to increase.
As for the card itself, the consensus is that the RTX 3090 Ti is pretty unremarkable. With a 30% increase in price when compared to its 3090 predecessor, but only a 10% increase in performance, many are not prepared to recommend it. It may be one of the most powerful graphical products in the consumer market right now, but the additional power consumption and meager net gain in performance doesn't appear to be worth it.
With the RTX 30-series signaling what is likely to be the last high-end graphics card of this era, the industry is starting to move forward. With Nvidia hoping to launch the RTX 40-series this September, and AMD preparing its RDNA 3 for release at the end of this year, the latter parts of 2022 should see the emergence of the next generation, which may or may not come with some pretty scorching products.
Source: Tom's Hardware, Sycom (auto-translated into English by Google)
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