Thursday, August 5th 2021
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ASUS & Noctua Reportedly Developing RTX 3070 Graphics Card
ASUS appears to be working with Noctua to release an RTX 3070 graphics card with a custom cooler developed by the company. ASUS has partnered with other companies such as EK to release similar graphics cards with integrated water blocks in the past so this collaboration would seem possible. We have seen ASUS register a new model 'RTX3070-8G-NOCTUA' with the Eurasian Economic Commission however, more information on the upcoming product is sparse with details regarding what specific cooling system will be used and if other models will be released are currently unknown. ASUS replied to an email inquiry about the product saying they were unable to comment but that they would hopefully be able to announce something soon which lends considerable weight to these rumors. We have seen several renders and mods over the years of Noctua themed graphics cards one of which is included below in absence of any pictures or drawings of this card.
Sources:
EEC, u/Shockwave98- (render)
52 Comments on ASUS & Noctua Reportedly Developing RTX 3070 Graphics Card
Btw that render had NO exit paths for hot air, what an air trap
I've modded Noctua fans onto stock/aftermarket heatsinks before and agree - much better.
However people who do this don't do it on mid range cards.
TBH more interested in seeing cards with large flow optimised heatsinks w/o fans similar to used in the Mac Pro, for ITX cases like mine. Seems to be most efficient use of space. I already have 4x NF-A12x25 two on top of case, two on bottom for flow through.
The short-PCB, extended flow-through heatsink designs are the clear winners here; The best way to get air flowing over heatsink fins is to not block the exit and based on those renders, there's almost nowhere for the air to exhaust - The finest fans and heatpipes in the world won't do any good if the air can't flow over them.
This is just a concept render, I know, but the lack of exhaust air clearance even at the concept stage is absolutely unforgivable for a company that prides themselves on airflow and cooling. They KNOW that if intake area is greater than exhaust area there will be flow restrictions. This graphical render job was clearly given to some intern who doesn't know what they're doing. This 2mm gap is where the air is supposed to vent out of the heatsink, apparently. See XFX THICC II as an abject failure of design despite being far less severe than this joke of a design.