MSI's Geforce RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 DUKE pictured

[WYP]

An affordable alternative to the Gaming X TRIO?



Read more about MSI's Geforce RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 DUKE graphics cards.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Why are all the leaked cards triple fan coolers and ugly? We are supposed to lower power consumption. Why make cards far more beefy than they are supposed to be?

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Why are there Ti pics to begin with...!?

 

[AlienALX]

Why are all the leaked cards triple fan coolers and ugly? We are supposed to lower power consumption. Why make cards far more beefy than they are supposed to be?

Mostly because they are sold in China and bigger is the best out there.

 

[WYP]

Why are all the leaked cards triple fan coolers and ugly? We are supposed to lower power consumption. Why make cards far more beefy than they are supposed to be?

Well, judging from the die size that Nvidia listed for big Turing, 754mm squared, it looks like the GPU could very well run hot.

For context, the GTX 1080 Ti, Titan Xp etc had a die size of 471 mm squared. That extra die space could produce a lot of heat.

There are rumours that Nvidia's reference cooler will use a dual fan solution, though it is hard to know if there is any merit to that.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Well, judging from the die size that Nvidia listed for big Turing, 754mm squared, it looks like the GPU could very well run hot.

For context, the GTX 1080 Ti, Titan Xp etc had a die size of 471 mm squared. That extra die space could produce a lot of heat.

There are rumours that Nvidia's reference cooler will use a dual fan solution, though it is hard to know if there is any merit to that.

In my honest opinion any blower style cooler has been, and will be, insufficient - and that's coming from a long time user of reference blower cards (until a few gens ago, though).

 

[WYP]

In my honest opinion any blower style cooler has been, and will be, insufficient - and that's coming from a long time user of reference blower cards (until a few gens ago, though).

Yeah, especially on the high-end cards. There is a reason why Nvidia has to remove the DVI-D port on the GTX 1080 Ti, and it had nothing to do with barely anyone using DVI. They needed the extra airflow.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Yeah, especially on the high-end cards. There is a reason why Nvidia has to remove the DVI-D port on the GTX 1080 Ti, and it had nothing to do with barely anyone using DVI. They needed the extra airflow.

I'm puzzled as to why they're still using it - must be a money thing before they renamed bare minimum reference to founders and charged a premium (still cracks me up).

 

[NeverBackDown]

Well, judging from the die size that Nvidia listed for big Turing, 754mm squared, it looks like the GPU could very well run hot.

For context, the GTX 1080 Ti, Titan Xp etc had a die size of 471 mm squared. That extra die space could produce a lot of heat.

There are rumours that Nvidia's reference cooler will use a dual fan solution, though it is hard to know if there is any merit to that.

Even if it's larger for the next few years we aren't even going be taking advantage of the massive die space that is Tensor cores so they will be inactive. Won't produce much heat and just gives a larger surface area to dissipate the heat.

Though once we start using it then sure it'll need big coolers.