Monday, September 14th 2020
EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 XC3 and FTW3 Pictured in the Flesh
Here are some of the first pictures of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 XC3 and FTW3 air-cooled graphics cards in the flesh. The XC3 forms EVGA's more affordable RTX 3090 offering, while the FTW3 will be the company's premium air-cooled product. There will be liquid-cooled products based on the same PCB as the FTW3, as well as overclocker-segment products under EVGA's Kingpin collaboration.
The EVGA RTX 3090 XC3 features a simpler dual-slot cooling solution that uses a trio of fans. The card is 11 cm of (standard full-height) tall. It draws power from no more than two 8-pin PCIe power inputs. The card is expected to tick at NVIDIA-reference clock speeds for the RTX 3090, and its non-overclocked variant could be priced close to NVIDIA's $1,499 baseline price. The FTW3, on the other hand, features a meaty triple-slot cooling solution that's at least an inch taller than full-height. The cooler makes lavish use of chrome and RGB LED elements. The PCB uses a meatier VRM solution that pulls power from three 8-pin PCIe power inputs.
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Jacob Freeman (Twitter)
The EVGA RTX 3090 XC3 features a simpler dual-slot cooling solution that uses a trio of fans. The card is 11 cm of (standard full-height) tall. It draws power from no more than two 8-pin PCIe power inputs. The card is expected to tick at NVIDIA-reference clock speeds for the RTX 3090, and its non-overclocked variant could be priced close to NVIDIA's $1,499 baseline price. The FTW3, on the other hand, features a meaty triple-slot cooling solution that's at least an inch taller than full-height. The cooler makes lavish use of chrome and RGB LED elements. The PCB uses a meatier VRM solution that pulls power from three 8-pin PCIe power inputs.
38 Comments on EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 XC3 and FTW3 Pictured in the Flesh
on a different note, holy hell 3 x 8pin connectors….dear lordy
The air has no where to go. unless your case has side faces blowing out ward.
those fans blow air outward in all directions, surely guiding them to the back of the card with the fins is logical ?
I mean even the NEW dual fan coolers do that from Nvidia.
They got all of this months ago so they would be ready at launch.
And this is not a custom PCB really, this is probably the actual reference design, note that the FE series does not use the reference design.
I mean look the amount of metal, plastic shorud and screws...
Look the dimensions, the heatsink is way bigger now every millimeter is needed.
You dont have any technical view of the product thats why you are telling others: TO TAKE A GRIP ! Oh yeah man youre are a BADA... !
Im sure they are spending more resources for this 3000 series than ever before.
Water for GPUs is definitely king :)
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Anyway i came across the temperature performance of the 2080 Ti lightning.
As you can see those are all BS numbers. 48 c under load are custom watercooled temperatures not air cooled.
And a 1070 Ti founders edition maximum temp 60 ?? Thats a joke.
I mean, I think it's worth the temp drop without a doubt and the noise as well.. I can't say I'd honestly go back...
With that said I still have an old rig with a cheap singly pump going strong for the last 10 years! It's a Q9500 overclocked at 3.8GHZ from 2008 that simply refuse to give up! One of my kids abuses it regularly (gaming with a GTX780)!
The loop is "glued" together from overuse! I have just added water from time to time........no other maintainance.