ASRock Launches AMD Radeon RX 7900 Creator Series Graphics Cards with 12V-2x6 Power Connector

[TheLostSwede]

ASRock, the leading global motherboard, graphics card and mini PC manufacturer, today launched their first blower series graphics cards -- ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX Creator 24 GB and ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XT Creator 20 GB graphics cards.

ASRock Radeon RX 7900 Creator series graphics cards are powered by the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Radeon RX7900 XT GPUs. Both of these two cards are supporting multi-GPU collaborative computing, and designed for multi-card parallel computing for better performance. Radeon RX 7900 Creator series graphics cards are featuring a VAPOR-CHAMBER heatsink, efficiency blower fan and 2-slot thickness. Furthermore, thanks to the single horizontal 12V-2x6 power connector, installing a couple of ASRock Radeon RX 7900 Creator series graphics cards becomes much easier due to fewer power cords.




Additionally, the blower fan of ASRock Radeon RX 7900 Creator series graphics cards support 0dB Silent Cooling for great cooling efficiency, and a metal frame provides solid construction. ASRock Radeon RX 7900 Creator series graphics cards are outstanding choices for gamers and creators.

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[Assimilator]

Damn those puppies are LOOONG... but also, only dual-slot. @W1zzard any chance of getting one in for a review?

 

[W1zzard]

I seriously doubt that these will run quiet, so no reason why ASRock would want to send me one

 

[Onasi]

@W1zzard
No-no, you misunderstood, I think we are all interested in whether or not these will beat the reference 290X for the throne of “a buzzsaw is quiter”.

 

[Assimilator]

@W1zzard
No-no, you misunderstood, I think we are all interested in whether or not these will beat the reference 290X for the throne of “a buzzsaw is quiter”.

TBH I am interested in the fanless mode, and how long (or rather as I expect, not) the cards run in that mode.

 

[Onasi]

@Assimilator
Probably will do fine in regular “idle” desktop use, but I suspect even a moderate load like decoding a high-res/high-framerate video on, say, YouTube will heat up then enough to push the fan to turn on, yeah. Any gaming or production work definitely will.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Looking at the power socket location, these are designed to fit server racks for render farms etc.

 

[ARF]

Furthermore, thanks to the single horizontal 12V-2x6 power connector, to install couple of ASRock Radeon RX 7900 Creator series graphics cards become much easily due to less power cords.

But the issue with melting connectors remains, which means that the connector is not designed to carry that high current over its super thin wires..

 

[Kapone33]

I doubt we will see this in retail channels.

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

But the issue with melting connectors remains, which means that the connector is not designed to carry that high current over its super thin wires..

But it so much easy!

Because plugging in a second connector is SOOOOO hard! It's a struggle on the daily for me to even think abou....

Oh who am I kidding?

 

[Deleted member 229121]

I'm sorry but the irony of this picture is just too much.
I completely get why the card has the cooler it does, but seeing it next to "innovation" just makes me laugh.

 

[Patriot]

But the issue with melting connectors remains, which means that the connector is not designed to carry that high current over its super thin wires..

Are the wires melting? Then they are not the issue, its QC on the connector interface itself...as GC already covered. There is a reason the spec has been updated and requirements tightened by pci-sig.
This is not 12vHPWR... https://www.tomshardware.com/news/12v-2x6-connector-tested

 

[Chrispy_]

But the issue with melting connectors remains, which means that the connector is not designed to carry that high current over its super thin wires..

12V 2x6 is the improved connector over the original 12V HPWR connector.

It's still not something I'm comfortable delivering more than 300W though, just because of the smaller gauges everything runs at compared to the old PCIe 6-pin, 6+2pin, and 8-pin MiniFit Jr. connectors.

For this GPU it'll be fine, these things top out at 295W of which only 220-250W will come from the 12V 2x6 connector.

 

[Zareek]

Just wow, is there really a market for RX 7900 cards with loud coolers and connectors that melt themselves?

12V 2x6 is the improved connector over the original 12V HPWR connector.

That's what they said about 12V HPWR too. These are so much better than the old PCIe power connectors. I will pass on being a guinea pig testing these until they have been in use for a while. It was so bad, they revised it and renamed it.

 

[Kapone33]

Just wow, is there really a market for RX 7900 cards with loud coolers and connectors that melt themselves?


That's what they said about 12V HPWR too. These are so much better than the old PCIe power connectors. I will pass on being a guinea pig testing these until they have been in use for a while. It was so bad, they revised it and renamed it.

Yes people building AI farms that cannot get to Nvidia. Then also studios that are building 3D models. Then also virtual machine farms. GPUs are not just Gaming. The G stands for Graphics.

 

[sethmatrix7]

I'd bet that blower has the card running loud and hot. At least they improved the position of the power connector, only 90 more degrees turn to go!

 

[Zareek]

GPUs are not just Gaming. The G stands for Graphics.

Yeah, I haven't been living under a rock. Many years ago, I worked directly with engineers running 3D CAD and simulation software specifying hardware needs, etc. I was aware that GPUs were being used for real work way before most people. This just doesn't strike me as the best possible solution for those use cases. Certainly, the power connectors add little to nothing when it comes to workstations or servers. I can see the merits of blower cooling in situations that have space constraints or when running several cards in the same chassis.

 

[eidairaman1]

I doubt we will see this in retail channels.

System integrators/servermarket style cards.

Didn't Acer make a hybrid fan cooler?

I seriously doubt that these will run quiet, so no reason why ASRock would want to send me one

We will just watch yt vids on it

 

[thesmokingman]

This is like deja vu. Didn't we already clown assrock for this, now they're making moar?

 

[Dr. Dro]

TIL obnoxiously loud cheap blower cards are innovative