ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 STRIX OC Review 131

ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 STRIX OC Review

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Graphics Card Teardown PCB Front
Graphics Card Teardown PCB Back


High-res versions are also available (front, back).

Circuit Board (PCB) Analysis


ASUS is using a pair of Monolithic Power Systems MP2888A 10-phase controllers to pull the GPU's various power domains.

GPU Voltage, VRM Configuration

Together, the vGPU is an 18-phase fare.


ASUS is using Texas Instruments NexFET CSD95481RWJ DrMOS chips. This is expensive stuff.



Memory Chip Voltage Controller
Memory Voltage, VRM Configuration

Memory voltage uses a 4-phase design and is generated by a UPI uP9512Q controller. Note the placement of the memory VRM phases—all spread out among the GPU power phases. The reason seems to be improved thermal performance and better voltage stability.

Graphics Card Memory Chips

The GDDR6X memory chips are made by Micron and carry the model number D8BGX, which decodes to MT61K256M32JE-21. They are specified to run at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps GDDR6X effective).

GDDR6X doubles the data rate once again over GDDR6. It no longer transmits one bit of information by setting the voltage to either "on" or "off", but instead sends two bits of information at the same time by using four different voltage levels.

Graphics Chip GPU

NVIDIA's GA102 graphics processor is the company's second Ampere architecture chip, the first one targeted at GeForce gamers. It is produced on a 8 nanometer process at Samsung and has a transistor count of 28 billion with a die size of 628 mm².
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