ZOTAC Releases GeForce RTX 30-series PGF Graphics Cards in China

[btarunr]

ZOTAC has had a rather spartan custom RTX 30-series lineup in the West, with only its Trinity, Twin-Edge, and Holo board designs covering the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 series. The company plans to change this, with the introduction of a better endowed custom board series, under the PGF series. ZOTAC debuted the PGF brand with the GeForce GTX 10-series "Pascal" family, mostly in the Greater China region, and targeted at enthusiasts. The RTX 20-series "Turing" didn't see PGF branded cards. It now makes a comeback with the RTX 30-series "Ampere." As with the older cards, these are being launched as China-exclusive. It remains to be seen if they reach Western markets.

Both cards feature a common board design with a large triple-slot, triple-fan cooling solution that's dunked in RGB LED embellishments. Both cards feature exotic VRM components such as multi-phase capacitors for better electrical noise suppression. The RTX 3080 PGF comes with GPU Boost frequencies of 1770 MHz (vs. 1710 MHz reference), while the RTX 3090 PGF does 1755 MHz GPU Boost (vs. 1695 MHz reference). The RTX 3070 PGF runs up to 1785 MHz GPU Boost (vs. 1725 MHz reference), and there's even an RTX 3060 Ti PGF, doing 1725 MHz GPU Boost (vs. 1665 MHz reference).



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[katzi]

Yuck

 

[jboydgolfer]

is it just me or are GPU designs getting uglier & uglier?
i guess its part me getting older, but im sorry, what were these designers thinking?

its like they gave phil, the wonky eyed janitor a shot at designing a GPU shroud.

 

[Mussels]

is it just me or are GPU designs getting uglier & uglier?
i guess its part me getting older, but im sorry, what were these designers thinking?

its like they gave phil, the wonky eyed janitor a shot at designing a GPU shroud.

not just you, so many of these 2020 releases look like utter crap

 

[Legacy-ZA]

Yes, when looking at most of the RTX3000 series cards from AIB's, there is just no elegance to be found in their designs, they are ugly light-me-up RGB rubbish. What is even worse is the fact you have to pay scalping prices for these too. Urgh.

 

[Flanker]

What about just copying reference cards and slap your logos on them lol

 

[Vayra86]

is it just me or are GPU designs getting uglier & uglier?
i guess its part me getting older, but im sorry, what were these designers thinking?

its like they gave phil, the wonky eyed janitor a shot at designing a GPU shroud.

Its not you. Its like they want to take bulky to a whole new level, everyone must have something looking like a triple slot beast apparently. Add christmas tree and triple fan and bingo. Its a bit like christmas trees actually - they're all different, and things stick out in odd places everywhere.