Tuesday, May 17th 2022
NVIDIA RTX 4090 "Ada" Founders Edition Cooler Spied, Retains Dual-Axial Flow-Through Design
In what is a sign that the July 2022 rumored debut of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 "Ada Lovelace" graphics card is on track; the first spy pictures of its Founders Edition cooler surfaced on ChipHell forums. The cooler appears to be an evolution of the Dual-Axial Flow-Through cooling architecture NVIDIA debuted with the RTX 30-series "Ampere" Founders Edition cards, where air is drawn in from one end of the card, flows through the cooling solution that's a series of aluminium fin-stacks skewered by a series of heatpipes; and ventilated through the back of the card, with a second fan in "pull" configuration.
From the looks of it, the aluminium fins on the RTX 4090 Founders Edition cooler appears to have a dark-grey matte finish, which could indicate some form of ceramic surface-treatment that improves heat-dissipation; while the cooler's base making primary contact with the GPU and memory chips, appears to be a vapor-chamber plate with a nickel-plated copper surface. From the location and sizes of the thermal pads for the memory chips, we guess that the GPU is surrounded by 10 memory chips, which could indicate a 320-bit memory interface, making this card a possible successor to the original RTX 3080. The cooler itself is more than 2 slots thick, and appears to be as thick as the RTX 3090 FE cooler.
Sources:
ChipHell, Wccftech, VideoCardz
From the looks of it, the aluminium fins on the RTX 4090 Founders Edition cooler appears to have a dark-grey matte finish, which could indicate some form of ceramic surface-treatment that improves heat-dissipation; while the cooler's base making primary contact with the GPU and memory chips, appears to be a vapor-chamber plate with a nickel-plated copper surface. From the location and sizes of the thermal pads for the memory chips, we guess that the GPU is surrounded by 10 memory chips, which could indicate a 320-bit memory interface, making this card a possible successor to the original RTX 3080. The cooler itself is more than 2 slots thick, and appears to be as thick as the RTX 3090 FE cooler.
31 Comments on NVIDIA RTX 4090 "Ada" Founders Edition Cooler Spied, Retains Dual-Axial Flow-Through Design
Tasteful :laugh:
Guess the mini crowd will be crying about that. :cry:
It almost wont fit in a mid-tower ! :laugh:
So if we are talking for 10 memory ICs or more, this would be AD102 based, a cut down version of AD102 and if the cooler appears to be as thick as the RTX 3090 FE cooler, then are we going to have a cut down AD102 at maybe 350-360W or this is too optimistic?
Edit: i just read the article, so according to Videocardz report this is 4090 and according to Wccftech 4090ti? Does the cooler appear to you to be only as thick as the RTX 3090 FE cooler?
No-one minds a little bulge. :rolleyes:
"I think we need a bigger case"