NVIDIA RTX 4090 "Ada" Founders Edition Cooler Spied, Retains Dual-Axial Flow-Through Design

[btarunr]

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.



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[qubit]

The styling makes it look like a beast of a cooler.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

The cooler itself is more than 2 slots thick

another monster sized card, 3 slots again?

 

[awesomesauce]

another monster sized card, 3 slots again?

ya 2.5 it look like

 

[Chomiq]

I sure hope they do a better job cooling that GDDR6X.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

What a stupid looking cooler. Can't believe people are happy to have these turds in their rigs. I'll stick to my single slot water block thx

 

[Chomiq]

What a stupid looking cooler. Can't believe people are happy to have these turds in their rigs. I'll stick to my single slot water block thx

Given the market situation for the past two years it was the only viable option for some users. It's good enough, it could be improved with better heat transfer between memory chips.

 

[dgianstefani]

I think the FE design is very tasteful and aesthetic. Many people do. I am surprised though they didn't really change it in the new generation, normally it's updated.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Given the market situation for the past two years it was the only viable option for some users. It's good enough, it could be improved with better heat transfer between memory chips.

The only reason they have to have such stupid sized coolers on GPUs now is they just can't stop making them consume such idiotic amounts of power. Whatever GPU I use, I will always put a water block on it instead of one of these massive lumps in my case spewing 400+ watts of heat into the case.

Tasteful

 

[ppn]

looks like 4+4+3 memory chips. but I can't see it as 10.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Will Nvidia include a GPU support in the box?

The only reason they have to have such stupid sized coolers on GPUs now is they just can't stop making them consume such idiotic amounts of power. Whatever GPU I use, I will always put a water block on it instead of one of these massive lumps in my case spewing 400+ watts of heat into the case.

Tasteful

Careful, if someone brings out a more efficient GPU that comes with a "basic" looking cooler, people won't buy it, because it can't be good because it has a tiny cooler.

 

[trsttte]

The only reason they have to have such stupid sized coolers on GPUs now is they just can't stop making them consume such idiotic amounts of power. Whatever GPU I use, I will always put a water block on it instead of one of these massive lumps in my case spewing 400+ watts of heat into the case.

Tasteful

Actually one of the things the FE coolers did well this generation was spew a fair ammount of the heat directly out the case like a blower card would do. Was a pretty nice design for an air cooled card all things considered (not counting for cooking the gddr on the back in the case of the original 3090 but Ti fixed that at least )

 

[TheLostSwede]

another monster sized card, 3 slots again?

Just spoke to someone in the "industry" that mentioned that there will be 4.5 slot cards.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Just spoke to someone in the "industry" that mentioned that there will be 4.5 slot cards.

J.F.C.

Guess the mini crowd will be crying about that.

 

[napata]

The only reason they have to have such stupid sized coolers on GPUs now is they just can't stop making them consume such idiotic amounts of power. Whatever GPU I use, I will always put a water block on it instead of one of these massive lumps in my case spewing 400+ watts of heat into the case.

Tasteful

Wouldn't that be the case with a waterblock + intake radiator as well?

 

[TheLostSwede]

J.F.C.

Guess the mini crowd will be crying about that.

What, they just have to buy a mATX case instead.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

What, they just have to buy a mATX case instead.

4.5 slots is still taller than a mATX case.

It almost wont fit in a mid-tower !

 

[Chomiq]

What, they just have to buy a mATX case instead.

Nah, better to use a riser and dremel with 70% of gpu sticking out the side of the case

 

[ModEl4]

Isn't AD103 256bit memory bus design according to leaks?
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?

 

[windwhirl]

Just spoke to someone in the "industry" that mentioned that there will be 4.5 slot cards.

Well, why not just bundle a PSU with the GPU too, while we're at it? holy crap lol

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Wouldn't that be the case with a waterblock + intake radiator as well?

No it's the reverse, the heat from the rad is spewed out not in.

 

[TheLostSwede]

4.5 slots is still taller than a mATX case.

It almost wont fit in a mid-tower !

Only by half a slot...
No-one minds a little bulge.

 

[ymbaja]

Just spoke to someone in the "industry" that mentioned that there will be 4.5 slot cards.

Getting close to the point where the the gpu will simply be the entire case an you’ll bolt on your meager add-on components such as a motherboard and cpu..

 

[Bomby569]

Either the dude has really small hands or it's one enormous beast.

"I think we need a bigger case"

 

[Legacy-ZA]

I sure hope they do a better job cooling that GDDR6X.

Mmm yes, those were my first thoughts as well. nVidia's new coolers are good, but they still have room for improvement. I just hope board partners and nVidia would stop using cheap thermal pads on their GPU coolers in the future.