ASUS and Noctua to Unveil GeForce RTX 40-series Graphics Card

[Dirt Chip]

I will wait for the 4090ti version, with the new 140mm from Nocuta.

 

[watzupken]

This will just increase the thickness of the cards from 4 slots to 5 slots. For the price premium you pay for the Noctua versions, I think one is better off buying a water cooled version, i.e. those with AIO cooling solution.

 

[Neo_Morpheus]

Easily its going to be a 5 slot gpu.

At this point, motherboards should come with one pcie slot, regardless of form factor.

 

[eidairaman1]

Am I the only one who thinks the hype around Noctua is way overblown?

You are not the only 1

 

[Vayra86]

Am I the only one who thinks the hype around Noctua is way overblown?

Well... I generally don't disagree but these results are pretty neat.

23.4 dBA is incredible.

 

[AusWolf]

Well... I generally don't disagree but these results are pretty neat.

23.4 dBA is incredible.

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It's impressive, but it's a million slot card, so of course, it's cool and quiet, and not because of the brown Noctua fans.

 

[Vayra86]

It's impressive, but it's a million slot card, so of course, it's cool and quiet, and not because of the brown Noctua fans.

Yeah, it is what, 5 slot?

Still though, reference designs are catching up fast...

I'll be honest, if we need 5 slots to achieve that noise/cooling perf combo... I'm not opposed to it. They've gone into crazy land already, just go all the way now honestly. Nvidia, you heard me. 5 Slot 5090. Go; after all you gotta keep slot count equal to gen number conventions.

 

[AsRock]

Noctuas will put out the fire fast.

Would it not feed the fire ?, as air is like food to it.

 

[Veseleil]

Would it not feed the fire ?, as air is like food to it.

Technically yes. It's opposite to something like this:

 

[noel_fs]

cool and funny

 

[Mussels]

This will just increase the thickness of the cards from 4 slots to 5 slots. For the price premium you pay for the Noctua versions, I think one is better off buying a water cooled version, i.e. those with AIO cooling solution.

Trust me, the AIO's are shite.
They fail fast, they're noisy, and they result in pump and fan speeds being tied together.

Personal experience, myself and 3 friends bought some when they were in stock and loved em when new, but we all regret the choice now.
(Well, i got a 3090 out of the warranty process, but THEY regret it)

 

[AusWolf]

Yeah, it is what, 5 slot?

Still though, reference designs are catching up fast...

I'll be honest, if we need 5 slots to achieve that noise/cooling perf combo... I'm not opposed to it. They've gone into crazy land already, just go all the way now honestly. Nvidia, you heard me. 5 Slot 5090. Go; after all you gotta keep slot count equal to gen number conventions.

I love cool and quiet cards, but I'd rather stay within micro-ATX confines.

That is, 3 slots max. On my current motherboard, the top slot is empty, so that's 2 slots (the bottom one is needed for airflow to the GPU).

 

[Veseleil]

People that are complaining about the thickness of the cards... I mean seriously, it's inevitable for decent air cooling. And you do realize that the current motherboard topology isn't meant for such add on cards, as they are constructed way before the 2-slot cards even became a consideration. We need a new motherboard layout standard, and it's a fact.
Or just invest in a decent custom loop and shut up about it already. It's not like you don't have the money for it, while buying the $1000+ GPUs anyway.

 

[AusWolf]

People that are complaining about the thickness of the cards... I mean seriously, it's inevitable for decent air cooling. And you do realize that the current motherboard topology isn't meant for such add on cards, as they are constructed way before the 2-slot cards even became a consideration. We need a new motherboard layout standard, and it's a fact.
Or just invest in a decent custom loop and shut up about it already. It's not like you don't have the money for it, while buying the $1000+ GPUs anyway.

That's why I don't buy $1000 GPUs. They used to be too expensive and power-hungry, but now they're starting to be too big as well.

 

[Veseleil]

That's why I don't buy $1000 GPUs. They used to be too expensive and power-hungry, but now they're starting to be too big as well.

It's a really tiresome debate TBH. I'm not in the market for high-end neither, unless something convinces me into building a new PC altogether.
It's only a matter of time all of these beasts will be factory equipped with a waterblocks, exclusively, and I hope it'll be soon.

 

[AusWolf]

It's a really tiresome debate TBH. I'm not in the market for high-end neither, unless something convinces me into building a new PC altogether.
It's only a matter of time all of these beasts will be factory equipped with a waterblocks, exclusively, and I hope it'll be soon.

As for me, as long as high-end isn't the only option to play games at 1080p 60 FPS, I'm fine.

 

[freeagent]

Consumer pc components should not need to be water cooled out of the box though. They also shouldn’t need 5 slots if they are air cooled. But people keep buying them so it must be ok..

 

[claes]

@Veseleil was right about ATX, but perhaps misguided about waterblocks (which are “available” from AiBs) — that route would radically decrease sales.

30 years ago the common white boxes shipped with GPU supports for passively cooled, single-slot GPUs. These bricks make even less sense with ATX, if anything they’re an argument for sandwich style ITX. We need a new standard (not NUC).

 

[Mussels]

It's a really tiresome debate TBH. I'm not in the market for high-end neither, unless something convinces me into building a new PC altogether.
It's only a matter of time all of these beasts will be factory equipped with a waterblocks, exclusively, and I hope it'll be soon.

Gigabyte, one of my least favourite brands these days have a waterforce-WB edition every generation with exactly that - a stock full coverage block

The use the same PCB on their AIO versions, and the AIO versions have a far worse reputation despite being initially more popular - they just fail and then you're stuck with the poor warranty process (and their firmware update methods are just plain nasty)

 

[AusWolf]

Gigabyte, one of my least favourite brands these days have a waterforce-WB edition every generation with exactly that - a stock full coverage block

The use the same PCB on their AIO versions, and the AIO versions have a far worse reputation despite being initially more popular - they just fail and then you're stuck with the poor warranty process (and their firmware update methods are just plain nasty)

It would be nice if it came with interchangeable AIOs, like you have for your CPU. When one fails, you could just buy another one and swap it. But that would need a VRM and RAM chips that can be passively cooled, I guess.

 

[robal]

Am I the only one who thinks the hype around Noctua is way overblown?

Is it?
Every time I check what is the current best available 120 or 140mm fan (perf/noise), it's Noctua pretty much all the time.

Sadly won't buy one because I can't stand the sheer ugliness.

 

[AusWolf]

Is it?

Yes. Corsair, be quiet!, Arctic, EK, etc. all make good fans, and they're not brown.

 

[claes]

There’s no way Corsair and EK fans are in the same tier as Noctua. Bequiet, thermalright, phanteks; yes. Arctic if you don’t mind qc issues.

 

[Mussels]

Am I the only one who thinks the hype around Noctua is way overblown?

Their prices went up, but as far a radiator fans go they're pretty impossible to beat. you can improve the performance of most air coolers with a noctua too


As far as case fans go, they are overkill - it's only low noise with high pressure that is hard to achieve, which is where noctua earn their reputation