2-slot Air-Cooled GeForce RTX 4090 with Lateral Blower Shows Up in China

[claes]

260W, workstation/server oriented. You’re not wrong, but it’s a pretty different environment than most consumers have.

I get blowers for mid and low-range cards but, for consumers, on the high-end, the noise isn’t worth it, and the performance isn’t that great either (ft02 owner). I’m sure this card performs just fine but wouldn’t be at all surprised if it exceeds 50dB while gaming

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Wasted a lot of resources on dual fans that extend well past the card then guess all that was just for looks not better cooling

nVidia don't even list the clocks on this card I'd guess very low otherwise just a thermal throttle.

 

[Outback Bronze]

I usually buy these type of cards for blocks as they are generally sold cheaper so the extra coin saved goes towards a block.

Just needs compatibility for them.

 

[ZoneDymo]

Hi,
Thermal defect no thanks it's why nvidia ditched the dated cooling design.

I think that has more to do with noise and simple marketing and tbf the current 4090 and 4080 coolers are REDICULOUS and completely unneeded.

 

[watzupken]

Blower type cooler is actually good if done right since heat from the GPU goes right out of the chassis instead of it lingering around in the case. The downside is noise because blower fans tend to be very loud.

 

[QUANTUMPHYSICS]

Perfect for those playing the flight sim DCS?

I built my machine to run DCS. DCS's graphics, even at 4K, don't need even a 3080 to run well (even in VR). I was running it on a 3090 FTW3 until I got my 4090 Strix ROG. You could get away with a 2080.

DCS needs the fastest possible CPU and the most/fastest Memory to get the best out of it. SSD is a necessity as well as Hard Drives just don't load textures fast enough. A 2TB SSD is recommended.


I'm building a 13900K with 64GB of DDR5 and 4TB SSD. I have the Saitek X56 and Logitech G-pedals with Oculus Quest 2 for it.

"A Chinese graphics card manufacturer"

That's where I tap out.

I am so disappointed in the loss of EVGA from the 4000 series.

 

[DemonicRyzen666]

The only reason side vent coolers do better is because their over all heat sinks are larger & have more mass with weight.

If/When they take one of these Blowers apart they should weight the heat sink alone & compare it the weight with a side vent heat sink.

 

[vvkvvkvvk]

I have had recent blower cooler cards (RTX A4000, 2080Ti Turbo) and they've been quiet enough. The main plus is that they exhaust the heat, while newer huge cards just trap the air in the PCI slot area.

They should make 3 slot 90-100 mm blower card tuned for quietness.

 

[qubit]

Two slots on a power hungry 4090? I'll bet it's a noisy, throttling POS. I hope TPU reviews it as it should be interesting to see how the compromises have crippled its performance.

 

[TheDeeGee]

I built my machine to run DCS. DCS's graphics, even at 4K, don't need even a 3080 to run well (even in VR). I was running it on a 3090 FTW3 until I got my 4090 Strix ROG. You could get away with a 2080.

DCS needs the fastest possible CPU and the most/fastest Memory to get the best out of it. SSD is a necessity as well as Hard Drives just don't load textures fast enough. A 2TB SSD is recommended.


I'm building a 13900K with 64GB of DDR5 and 4TB SSD. I have the Saitek X56 and Logitech G-pedals with Oculus Quest 2 for it.

"A Chinese graphics card manufacturer"

That's where I tap out.

I am so disappointed in the loss of EVGA from the 4000 series.

It was more as a joke, because a 2-slot blower on a 4090 will sound like a jet ^^