More Pictures of NVIDIA's Cinder Block-sized RTX 4090 Ti Cooler Surface

[btarunr]

Back in January, we got our first look at the cinder block-like 4-slot cooling solution of NVIDIA's upcoming flagship graphics card (called either the RTX 4090 Ti, or the TITAN (Ada). "ExperteVallah" on Twitter scored additional pictures of the cooler. Its design sees the heat dissipation surface pushed to the entire thickness of the cooler, and ventilated the entire length.

The card's PCB isn't conventional—not perpendicular to the plane of the motherboard like any other add-in card—but is rather along the plane of the motherboard, with additional breakaway daughter cards interfacing with the sole 12VHPWR power connector, and the PCIe slot. This slender, ruler-shaped PCB spans the entire length of the card, without coming in the way of its heat dissipation surfaces. The length is used for the large AD102 ASIC that's probably maxed out (with all its 144 SM enabled), twelve GDDR6X (possibly faster 23 Gbps), and a mammoth VRM that nearly maxes out the 600 W continuous power delivery design limit of the 12VHPWR.



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[Solaris17]

I used to miss SLI but now im glad it got phased out. I would hate to have to contract mason work everytime I wanted to swap cases.

 

[Chomiq]

My reaction after seeing the third picture:

 

[claes]

Really wish someone could test one

 

[AsRock]

Really wish someone could test one

Some one with money to burn, aint going be cheap even more so with nVidia selling tons of the Ai cards to China.

 

[64K]

That's a monster card.

It's a halo product GPU so I won't expect sane pricing.

 

[Bwaze]

Let me guess - due to the focus on AI, not gaming, the fair pricing will be $1999, and that's before the potential scalping? And the card will still get the "recommended" label in reviews, with the quote from Paris Hilton as a small print ("Just stop being poor!")

 

[R-T-B]

Let me guess - due to the focus on AI, not gaming, the fair pricing will be $1999, and that's before the potential scalping? And the card will still get the "recommended" label in reviews, with the quote from Paris Hilton as a small print ("Just stop being poor!")

This is still based on AD102 which is very much a "gaming" oriented chip.

Still, it's a halo product. Expect a very insane price.

 

[progste]

Let me guess - due to the focus on AI, not gaming, the fair pricing will be $1999, and that's before the potential scalping? And the card will still get the "recommended" label in reviews, with the quote from Paris Hilton as a small print ("Just stop being poor!")

I thought the 4090 was already $2000? Yhis will be at least $2500.
How much is too much?

 

[Outback Bronze]

F... me,

It's as big as my Johnson.

 

[Bwaze]

I thought the 4090 was already $2000? Yhis will be at least $2500.
How much is too much?

RTX 4090 has a MSRP of $1599.

It was occasionally scalped much higher than that - not because there were any shortages or large inrush of buyers, just because it was the only card in the new Ada line up that made sense, it had larger performance increase than price increase, as obscenely as this sounds, and the higher price kind of made lower end cards look better? It didn't work, warehouses are still full of unsold cards, revenue is still falling. Luckily there's forecast of large orders for AI, so gaming sector can go and find something else to do.

 

[trog100]

RTX 4090 has a MSRP of $1599.

It was occasionally scalped much higher than that - not because there were any shortages or large inrush of buyers, just because it was the only card in the new Ada line up that made sense, it had larger performance increase than price increase, as obscenely as this sounds, and the higher price kind of made lower end cards look better? It didn't work, warehouses are still full of unsold cards, revenue is still falling. Luckily there's forecast of large orders for AI, so gaming sector can go and find something else to do.

i paid £2200 for my 4090... at the time i bought it.. the cheapest i could find.. he he..

trog

 

[Emanulele]

Ultra compact pcb, best SFF GPU with watercooling?

 

[demu]

Just a little more thickness, and the power supply will work as a graphics card support stand...

 

[Wirko]

Not really a good comparison because this "card" and cinder blocks are almost on the opposite ends of the price-per-kilogram scale.

 

[Dr. Dro]

My body is ready. Bring it on!

 

[Daven]

Is that thing real?!?! I thought it was an internet joke.

 

[Xaled]

I thought the 4090 was already $2000? Yhis will be at least $2500.
How much is too much?

Just for 500$ more? they wont evet bother releasing it.

 

[the54thvoid]

F... me,

It's as big as my Johnson.

You need to see a doctor.

My body is ready. Bring it on!

You need to see a therapist.

 

[PLAfiller]

Just a little more thickness, and the power supply will work as a graphics card support stand...

Can't wait for someone in a woodshop to run this one. I can imagine the Youtube videos: Dusting a 4090Ti, using a leaf blower on a 4090ti, fastest way to clean your 4090ti....etc.

it's not gonna be dust bunnies in there, more like dust caverns

 

[Wirko]

You need to see a doctor.

You need to see a therapist.

Don't offend people, they might start throwing 4090Ti's at you.

 

[Rowsol]

This joke video is becoming reality.

 

[ixi]

Huge pass. Too big and most likely too power hungry.

 

[eggymelon]

this design is kinda cool, flow-through heatsink for the entire length of the card, could rotate CPU air cooler 90 degrees and achieve a nice flowing bottom-to-top wind tunnel. RAM would be facing the right direction for this too!

 

[maxfly]

We live in such a stoopid world.