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The 12 pin to double 8 pin connector looks many times worse than if they just used normal connectors on the card
“We saved 3/4 inch of PCB real estate and included a hideous adapter right in the middle of the card. But don’t worry, the card looks great until it goes in your case”.
Why wait? https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-quantum-vector-rtx-3080-3090-d-rgb-nickel-plexiCan’t wait to see what EKWB does for it.
I prefer Unadulterated Reference Designs, and this is one of the most amateur and ugly ones to date in my humble opinion. I believed the leaks were faked and can’t believe it panned out. Seems they buffaloed a lot of fanboys with absolute mastery on adopting Triple Slot as the norm like they did with the first Dual Slot reference board. Crazylooks sexy but I still prefer the AIB cooling solutions
NZXT is still lookinh into it.Very curious if this uses standard mounting hardware. I have my current card hooked up to a x73 kraken with g12 bracket and would love to be able to swap it out.
EK-Web said:EK-Quantum Vector RTX 3080/3090 D-RGB water block is compatible with most reference design (not Founders Edition) GeForce RTX 3080 and 3090 based graphics cards,
Because that waterblock isn't compatible with a founders edition card?
It would need 3 8 pin connectors or 2 8 and 1 6. The 12 pin adapter has to be connected to 2x8 pin from separate connections on the PSU if that makes sense.The 12 pin to double 8 pin connector looks many times worse than if they just used normal connectors on the card
“We saved 3/4 inch of PCB real estate and included a hideous adapter right in the middle of the card. But don’t worry, the card looks great until it goes in your case”.
Damned.... I’m not a fan of the clear ones I prefer the solid black.
The 12 pin to double 8 pin connector looks many times worse than if they just used normal connectors on the card
“We saved 3/4 inch of PCB real estate and included a hideous adapter right in the middle of the card. But don’t worry, the card looks great until it goes in your case”.
I prefer Unadulterated Reference Designs, and this is one of the most amateur and ugly ones to date in my humble opinion. I believed the leaks were faked and can’t believe it panned out. Seems they buffaloed a lot of fanboys with absolute mastery on adopting Triple Slot as the norm like they did with the first Dual Slot reference board. Crazy
I like Jayz take on it, "Rocket ship *roar*"The 12 pin to double 8 pin connector looks many times worse than if they just used normal connectors on the card
If they included a nice 12 or 18 inch adapter, no one would have a problem. But anyone who gets a FE card is gonna have that blob of cables right over the logo...
Yea. That’s what pisses me off. It’s almost like it’s another money making idea for partners lol. If they made it the length you mentioned I would be able to tuck the cables on the other side and just have one cable to work with in front. Kinda of a let down when I saw the small ass adapter.
whats the reference then?FE cards are not "reference designs" this generation. Nvidia has a default design, but it's different from the PCB used for the FE.
You could say the same about the transition from 2x6 to 1x8 pin connectors a few generations back. Go back even farther and you could say the same for dual Molex to the original 6 pin.
whats the reference then?
How long until we need 2 of those 12-pin connectors, starting the cycle over again.
Using 3rd party adapters voids the warranty apparently.
Using 3rd party adapters voids the warranty apparently.
It says so in the manual when Jay2pumpnutz did an unboxing. Still they have no way to prove you were using a 3rd party adapter.Seriously? Lol.
pics of the reference design?It's a PCB without a big fan hole cut out of it. FE is a custom PCB this time around.
Edit: The reference PCB also doesn't have the 12-pin. It's dual 8-pin.
whats the reference then?
pics of the reference design?
i only bought FE with the guarantee of receiving a fully NVIDIA reference design. Used to have to source extremely early non-AIB models or other means to obtain direct NVIDIA parts.
how can we get this pure NVIDIA reference design now?
Derangel
pics of the reference design?
i only bought FE with the guarantee of receiving a fully NVIDIA reference design. Used to have to source extremely early non-AIB models or other means to obtain direct NVIDIA parts.
how can we get this pure NVIDIA reference design now?
Derangel
Just buy it from a different manufacture. EVGA will most likely sell the reference design.
i don't even know what the reference looks like if the FE unboxing is isn't it
also where's this Traversal coprocessor at?
I hope youre wrong too, because I'm not buying another GPU that just dumps all the heat in to my case. if the FE gets crappy thermal and noise reviews then it's a Hybrid for me.I don't think the thermals of this crazy flow-through design are actually gonna compete with the larger 3rd party heatsink arrangements for silence. I hope I'm wrong.
I hope youre wrong too, because I'm not buying another GPU that just dumps all the heat in to my case. if the FE gets crappy thermal and noise reviews then it's a Hybrid for me.
I like smaller cases, use a Fractal Nano S atm and it could benefit from the FE design, at least I believe so.