Monday, September 12th 2022
ZOTAC RTX 4090 Graphics Card Pictured
The tentative day of announcement for NVIDIA's next-gen RTX 4000 series is fast approaching, with an expected announcement from NVIDIA through its GeForce Beyond broadcast, scheduled for September 20th at GTC. And with time running out until we see what NVIDIA has laid in store for us, photographs of ZOTAC'z iteration of the RTX 4090 are already leaking about - specifically in Baidu.
The photographs showcase a production run from ZOTAC's RTX 4090 cards, featuring a complete cooling and shroud redesign for NVIDIA's next-generation. Gone are the typical straight, boxy lines of any high-tier GPU; ZOTAC seems to be taking a more curvaceous approach to design this time, with more organic lines enveloping a more mundane heatsink. The card features ZOTAC's IceStorm 3.0 cooling solution, which houses a triple-fan, triple-slot design that extends more than a third of its area over the PCB itself. There's still no confirmation on board power and the GPU powering these cards themselves, but we have some very (very) educated guesses.
Sources:
Videocardz, Baidu
The photographs showcase a production run from ZOTAC's RTX 4090 cards, featuring a complete cooling and shroud redesign for NVIDIA's next-generation. Gone are the typical straight, boxy lines of any high-tier GPU; ZOTAC seems to be taking a more curvaceous approach to design this time, with more organic lines enveloping a more mundane heatsink. The card features ZOTAC's IceStorm 3.0 cooling solution, which houses a triple-fan, triple-slot design that extends more than a third of its area over the PCB itself. There's still no confirmation on board power and the GPU powering these cards themselves, but we have some very (very) educated guesses.
56 Comments on ZOTAC RTX 4090 Graphics Card Pictured
edit: @Valantar , fixed
(Yes, I know boats are generally bigger than GPUs. I just don't think the word "small" belongs in the same neighbourhood as this GPU, unless preceded by "not".)
Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if those are 120mm fans at this point.
on the chonk chart it's a "hefty chonk"
now let's see what type of slot enforcing we need fo it and maybe 2-3 GPU antisag things
And no instructions on how to update BIOS, so you can turn GPU in said brick. And there you have your GPU anti sag support for the next build/upgrade. This is Nvidia caring about the environment.
I would guess it stays at 24 GB GDDR6X, no improvement over the RTX 3090 in that regard. But man the way they advertise the fine tuned drivers as a feature in the box is hilarious. Maybe if you strictly use Windows... NVIDIA's Linux support is simply dismal.
most likely waiting for RDNA3. don't let me down AMD! give me supply!
Also, despite the obvious need for board partners to make the most ridiculous halo card with the beefiest VRMs and highest factory-OC, they are as stupid as it comes. Clearly the real-world limitations of these cards are going to be how big a transient spike your PSU can handle before the rig bluescreens and reboots, 1500W PSUs were needed to reliably power the most extreme 3090Ti cards. On top of that, everyone has a limit for how much noise they're willing to tolerate from all the GPU and case fans attempting to evacuate 600W+ of heat from a contact patch the size of a coin.
I'm currently using an air-cooled card again but if/when I upgrade I can plumb a GPU back into the loop - on the condition that my CPU and GPU don't overwhelm the cooling that a 140+360mm radiator with 1200rpm fans can provide. My estimate is that 500W is about all it will handle and I refuse to deal with fan noise so will purchase a GPU based on TDP, not performance.
Luckily I can use a wireless noise-suppressing headset.
mind as well grab random words to plaster on that retail box “win rgb gaming love best”
Also, all your base are belong to us!
I mean yeah it not great but this will power your winning streaks (through high fps and settings) while playing those games you love.
On article, can anyone tell me why those 4 chips are exposed, same as last/current gen?
Like why not have them connected to the backplate with a thermalpad?