GALAX 20th Anniversary GeForce RTX 4090 GPU Pictured

[AleksandarK]

When GALAX began its operations in China in 2003, the company broke into the market and established itself as one of the best GPU AIBs out there. Now, the company is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a special-edition graphics card to mark its two-decade run. We have previously reported that the company is planning to show more of the special-edition card; however, all we managed to get was a teaser of the GPU. Today, thanks to the X/Twitter user CornerJack we manage to see the new GPU in person and its uniquely positioned 12VHPWR power connector.

In the images below, we see that GALAX decided to work around the problem of bad cable management by introducing a more stealthy approach. The 16-pin 12VHPWR connector is now hidden inside of a GPU in an interesting place. The connector is placed in line with the GPU, next to the PCIe connector, to prevent cable bending, which is proven infamously dangerous. In regards to the special-edition features, we expect the card to be a great performer and certainly a star of the show of any PC build due to its white aesthetics.



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[Bwaze]

I think that most people that wanted to spend a $2000 on a graphics card in a non cryptomining market already did that, except for all the newflanged AI mini server and home use enthusiasts. And I doubt they care much about visuals, or very small chance card could become faulty (which is covered in warranty).

 

[Blueberries]

Yeah I don't understand why Asus and Galax are releasing these limited edition cards now. It's not like I'm going to take my 4090 out and try to sell it used because I want some shiny higher priced version 1 year before the 5090 launches.

They missed the window hard on these launches.

 

[Gucky]

A nightmare to install...
The power connector is at the bottom close to the mainboard. That means you need to plug in the power connector BEFORE slotting the card in.
Since you move the card around with the connector attached, you need to check it after slotting it in, if it sits correctly. So how the "F" are you gonna do that, if it is so close to the mainboard?

 

[PLAfiller]

Gorgeous card, with some thought in it. I see some metal as well, so hopefully they accounted for "sag" as well.