Zephyr x VK Valkyrie GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Revealed

[T0@st]

Zephyr and VK Valkyrie have collaborated on a very high-end custom GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER graphics card model, as revealed in a teaser video posted to the former's Bilibili account. VK Valkyrie is a well regarded DIY brand in the Chinese PC gaming market, while Zephyr is a relatively young manufacturer—their unusual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Compact ITX design with a pink PCB was introduced last summer. TPU's June 2023 news report is featured prominently within their website's news section—greatly appreciated! The Zephyr x VK Valkyrie GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER will be a limited edition release—the two partners have been working together since last August, but a specific launch date and pricing were not revealed in Zephyr's teaser trailer.

Zephyr has, so far, only released air-cooled custom graphics cards—their upcoming VK Valkyrie collaborative model will mark a debut entry into liquid cooled territory. Their chunky 3-slot design consists of a substantial heatsink covered by an RGB-adorned silver shroud and metallic backplate, with an AIO liquid cooling solution. A 280 mm radiator (with 2 x 140 mm fans) is hooked up to the card via twin white braided tubes. A rear-firing 12VHPWR connector provides an elegant means of semi-concealing your 90-degree power cable, if need be. The promotional video includes benchmark results generated by 3DMARK Speed Way, Time Spy Extreme, and Fire Strike Ultra suites (check the relevant screenshot below). Zephyr claims that their limited edition GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER model was cool enough to not exceed 52 degrees Celsius during a heavy Furmark session. The company recommends that interested parties should check its social media accounts for further announcements. The Zephyr x VK Valkyrie GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER could arrive at some point after the Chinese Spring Celebration.



Update Feb 9th: Valkyrie informed us that, for the moment, this collaboration is specific to the Chinese Market, but they are discussing options internally whether it makes sense to bring the card to the West, too."

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[AnarchoPrimitiv]

I was looking at a VK Valkarie 360mm AIO on Aliexpress just the other day....it comes with a 38mm thick radiator (I'm REALLY interested in how this might increase performance) and 6x drgb fans that lock together in a push/pull config for $230 (which isn't that good considering it's a brand Ive never heard of) ....anybody have any experience with this company or its products?

 

[zo0lykas]

That GPU looks sexy !

but seriously that 12pin connector+adapter and twisted cables.. look like cheap horror movie

 

[D.DevilW]

I was looking at a VK Valkarie 360mm AIO on Aliexpress just the other day....it comes with a 38mm thick radiator (I'm REALLY interested in how this might increase performance) and 6x drgb fans that lock together in a push/pull config for $230 (which isn't that good considering it's a brand Ive never heard of) ....anybody have any experience with this company or its products? View attachment 333607

Their AIO consistently outperformance asetek's latest design, although not significantly. With this radiator size the difference may only be around 1 to 2 degrees Celsius. In China the price of their product is pretty competitive against those with asetek design. But for a price of $230 I'd rather choose other brand such as Arctic.

 

[Valkyrie_Official]

I was looking at a VK Valkarie 360mm AIO on Aliexpress just the other day....it comes with a 38mm thick radiator (I'm REALLY interested in how this might increase performance) and 6x drgb fans that lock together in a push/pull config for $230 (which isn't that good considering it's a brand Ive never heard of) ....anybody have any experience with this company or its products? View attachment 333607

Yes, we are a new brand entering western markets, we made a huge success in Asia in last year. You can order from aliexpress but all products are now also coming to our markets. They are already on Newegg.com, and here is our website you can check for details: www.my-valkyrie.com.

 

[TechLurker]

I was looking at a VK Valkarie 360mm AIO on Aliexpress just the other day....it comes with a 38mm thick radiator (I'm REALLY interested in how this might increase performance) and 6x drgb fans that lock together in a push/pull config for $230 (which isn't that good considering it's a brand Ive never heard of) ....anybody have any experience with this company or its products?

Their 120mm fans with the GT/A12x25 style large hub are reportedly considered decent, cheaper alternatives to the A12x25 in the Asian markets. Same goes for a few other Asia-oriented brands like Granzon (Blyski's premium brand) and Zeaginal and their own large hub fans. Generally speaking though, many of those Chinese GT-alikes use cheaper plastic polymers instead of LCP to cut on costs, and only suffer slightly, opting to use a thicker blade to provide rigidity.

Here's one review that goes into more detail than most other fan reviews. Overall, it's a relatively decent contender in free airflow and low-restriction cooling, but at high-restriction (denser finstacks on heatsinks or radiators), there's a notable rise in fan noise vs the classic GT or A12x25 the higher the RPM goes.