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Nvidia never did crossfire.Just to be clear.. crossfire is dead right?
Just saw a video showing a the Reaper.. only 2 slots.. pretty badass.
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Nvidia never did crossfire.Just to be clear.. crossfire is dead right?
Just saw a video showing a the Reaper.. only 2 slots.. pretty badass.
This is what happens when people talk AMD GPUs in an Nvidia thread! Reaper in this case seems to be a 9070 XT version from PowerColor.Nvidia never did crossfire.
Yeah I was trying to get the agent to get that AMD crap out of this thread.This is what happens when people talk AMD GPUs in an Nvidia thread! Reaper in this case seems to be a 9070 XT version from PowerColor.
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PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 series revealed, Reaper confirmed as dual-slot design - VideoCardz.com
PowerColor shows off Radeon RX 9070 Series No specs, but 16GB memory is confirmed for both SKUs. Paul’s Hardware is among the first media outlets to visit PowerColor at CES. The company is showcasing three graphics cards, all featuring a plain black color scheme but representing different...videocardz.com
I've not looked at this, but I would speculate one reason. If the coolers can't be made universal, and have to be dedicated separately between red and green, there may be costs involved where higher volume NV sales allow them to do better for a given cost.Nvidia coolers are always of better quality, have better finished shrouds, have more heat pipes, or have better fans.
I've not looked at this, but I would speculate one reason. If the coolers can't be made universal, and have to be dedicated separately between red and green, there may be costs involved where higher volume NV sales allow them to do better for a given cost.
And I get crap for it.Yeah I was trying to get the agent to get that AMD crap out of this thread.![]()
Yeah any multi gpu system these days is typically created for high performance compute: LLM/NN, rendering, decode/encode, the odd people that do F@H, etc.
I wouldn't be surprised if Nvidia puts a bigger hold on the power stage in this generation.
First off we do need to know what the avg pull is during gaming and see if it comes close to the limits. Maybe the limit is only for certain types of workloads. It'll be very interesting with these cards. My bet is that we can assume that the GB202-300 ASICs are a tuned down version of their data center grade ASICs. There is some information out there that shows the data center versions use 700W to 1200W per GPU. So its just a matter of what is allowed, what can be hacked, and what is a realistic power usage of the GB202 for gaming.
If anyone were to come out with a dual HP12V variant it would have been EVGA. My bet is on the Asus Matrix having this capability if Nvidia allows it.
With maximum wattage at 675 and the base card already using 575w. Is there a point to nicer 5090s? Doesn't seem like a lot of overhead for clock boost or overclocking. The cheapest might be the best option. Hello power color and zotac, lol.
Finally CableMod announced a modification to their cables based on the new NVIDIA spec, probably not something major, but its the first revised cable (thus far, only the connector on the card was adjusted).
I know me and EarthDog are in disagreement over this but the way I see it every 4090 is a ticking time bomb, especially those with the H+ connector.
Direct 12vhpwr PSU<>GPU cables scare the hell out of me, they really do. I prefer Corsair's approach where it's PCI-E on the PSU side and 12vhpwr on the GPU side.
Yep this is exactly my point about 12vhpwr<>12vhpwr. When you have a single connector that carries 450-600W, and one side is bent or dislocated, you will run into issues. At least with the GPU you can visually inspect the cable, make sure it doesn't line up against the side panel, etc. When it's single 12vhpwr also on the PSU side, you never know what happens under that PSU shroud, or how the cable squashes when you close the (rear) side panel.EVGA is dead. Matrix is ridiculously expensive, and the last generation was highly limited. No other brand exceeds Nvidia's specifications anymore, just because it's against their warranty terms. At least no brand unlocks voltages and very high power limits. If you want that, you have to do the hard mods. RTX4000 was not "hacked" in any way. People had problems even doing anything with the firmware. Some models had some mods, but each of them required a different way to even flash firmware.
In short, double power connectors would be useless for a card with a power limit significantly below the maximum power design.
PowerColor doesn't sell Nvidia cards. TUL (the corporation that owns the PowerColor brand) has an agreement with AMD, and all its brands sell AMD cards.
Anyway, I wouldn't spend money on RTX5090 from most brands, because of various quality issues. The list is quite long like Palit, Gainward, PNY, Zotac, Inno3D, Biostar (I doubt they release top GPU models), and all those weird Chinese brands. I was positively surprised about quality of Colorful and I use their RTX4080 for 2 years. It has an excellent power design and cooler. RGB/OC software could be better.
I assume there will be basic and not overpriced models from ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI, and I would aim for that, probably even FE models as the last two generations were surprisingly good.
I wouldn't trust CableMod after they failed twice with connectors. They had the worst connectors initially, then corrected them, and they were still melting. Even cheap Chinese brands made it better. Literally, some brands like AsiaHorse (you can buy on Amazon) are much cheaper, look great, and have strengthened connectors, even with heatsinks.
I don't know what to think about direct PSU-GPU 12VHPWR cables. I had no problems with them, but you are right; they give one more spot that may fail. I have FSP and Deepcool 1000/1300/1350W PSUs that were working fine with RTX4080, but I had no RTX4090.
I have mixed feelings about Corsair 12VHPWR cables in ITX PSUs. I guess the same is in ATX as they share the "Type" among various models. I mean, they're hard to bend and feel a bit weird, but this is also good as it's not easy to bend them near the connector, which is the main reason for failure.
Every adapter adds another potential point of failure, so as long as all these 90° adapters look good, I don't trust them with high-wattage cards.