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Hey guys,
I noticed that there is a lot of confusion about watercooling the new Nvidia RTX 3000 Series (RTX 3080 & 3090).
Some watercooling manufacturers like EKWB have already announced their waterblocks, but they haven't given us any information about which graphics cards will actually be compatible with those waterblocks.
I did some research and in a news article from videocardz.com I found out that there are 2 different PCBs that Nvidia provides. One is the Founders Edition PCB, which is called PG133 and the other one is the reference PCB, which is called PG132.
Also found an article about Palit registering their RTX 3000 cards with the EEC and a whole lot of them had a 132 in their SKU. I assume that the 132 SKUs use the reference layout, so I went on techpowerup.com and checked their GPU database for a Palit card with the 132 SKU and I found this here:
Palit RTX 3080 GamingPro NED3090019SB-132BA
Now I just compared other graphics cards and their pictures from the techpowerup database and I think the cards I will list below all use the reference PCB PG132 from Nvidia and should be compabtile with the recently announced EKWB waterblocks.
Gainward RTX 3080 Phoenix GS (471056224-2010)
PNY XLR8 RTX 3080 Triple Fan Edition (VCG308010TFXPPB)
GALAX RTX 3080 Metal Master (GeForce RTX 3080 金属大师)
Btw the Founders Edition from Nvidia is not the Reference Design:
https://www.ekwb.com/blog/did-you-k...ers-edition-layout-is-not-a-reference-design/
Attached you can find a picture of the naked reference PCB
Here is another picture of the reference PCB
Here you find the annoucement of the cooler
https://www.ekwb.com/news/ek-water-...ia-30-series-graphics-card-are-now-available/
Gainward, GALAX, KFA2 and Palit don't seem to be available in the USA though.
I noticed that there is a lot of confusion about watercooling the new Nvidia RTX 3000 Series (RTX 3080 & 3090).
Some watercooling manufacturers like EKWB have already announced their waterblocks, but they haven't given us any information about which graphics cards will actually be compatible with those waterblocks.
I did some research and in a news article from videocardz.com I found out that there are 2 different PCBs that Nvidia provides. One is the Founders Edition PCB, which is called PG133 and the other one is the reference PCB, which is called PG132.
Also found an article about Palit registering their RTX 3000 cards with the EEC and a whole lot of them had a 132 in their SKU. I assume that the 132 SKUs use the reference layout, so I went on techpowerup.com and checked their GPU database for a Palit card with the 132 SKU and I found this here:
Palit RTX 3080 GamingPro NED3090019SB-132BA
Now I just compared other graphics cards and their pictures from the techpowerup database and I think the cards I will list below all use the reference PCB PG132 from Nvidia and should be compabtile with the recently announced EKWB waterblocks.
Gainward RTX 3080 Phoenix GS (471056224-2010)
PNY XLR8 RTX 3080 Triple Fan Edition (VCG308010TFXPPB)
GALAX RTX 3080 Metal Master (GeForce RTX 3080 金属大师)
Btw the Founders Edition from Nvidia is not the Reference Design:
https://www.ekwb.com/blog/did-you-k...ers-edition-layout-is-not-a-reference-design/
Attached you can find a picture of the naked reference PCB
Here is another picture of the reference PCB
Here you find the annoucement of the cooler
https://www.ekwb.com/news/ek-water-...ia-30-series-graphics-card-are-now-available/
| Card Name |
| Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix |
| Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix GS |
| Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phoenix |
| Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phoenix GS |
| GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer |
| GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer |
| KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 SG 10GB (38NWM3MD99NK) |
| KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 SG 24GB |
| Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GamingPro (NED3080019IA-132AA) |
| Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GamingPro OC (NED3080S19IA-132AA) |
| Palit GeForce RTX 3090 GamingPro (NED3090019SB-132BA) |
| Palit GeForce RTX 3090 GamingPro OC (NED3090S19SB-132BA) |
| PNY GeForce RTX 3080 10GB XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan Edition (VCG308010TFXPPB) |
| PNY GeForce RTX 3090 24GB XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan Edition (VCG309024TFXPPB) |
Gainward, GALAX, KFA2 and Palit don't seem to be available in the USA though.
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