Hyperstrike Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 The long and short of it. NVIDIA RTX 4090. Total halo product. HUGE performance. But MASSIVE power draw. 470W! That's more than the rest of your system! Overclocked? 670W! Now, unless you're running 4K in EVERYTHING, there is precisely ZERO VALUE PROPOSITION You're simply better off buying an older product from down the stack. If you want to be godlike, pick anything. If you want to be GOD, pick a TANK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WanderingAries Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 OG Server: Pinnacle <||> Current Primary Server: Torchbearer || Also found on the others if desired Installing CoX: Windows || MacOS || MacOS for M1 <||> Migrating Data from an Older Installation Clubs: Mid's Hero Designer || PC Builders || HC Wiki || Jerk Hackers Old Forums <||> Titan Network <||> Heroica! (by @Shenanigunner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperstrike Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 6 hours ago, WanderingAries said: See what all the alt-coin mining gets them? If you want to be godlike, pick anything. If you want to be GOD, pick a TANK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WanderingAries Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 11 hours ago, Hyperstrike said: See what all the alt-coin mining gets them? Well so long as they put the GPU on its own PSU (and breaker), separate from their CPU, then they're golden. 😛 OG Server: Pinnacle <||> Current Primary Server: Torchbearer || Also found on the others if desired Installing CoX: Windows || MacOS || MacOS for M1 <||> Migrating Data from an Older Installation Clubs: Mid's Hero Designer || PC Builders || HC Wiki || Jerk Hackers Old Forums <||> Titan Network <||> Heroica! (by @Shenanigunner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperstrike Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 It's looking like NVIDIA (and by extension, the board partners) got caught with their pants down on the cooling solution. Basically, mid-way through bringing the 4000 series to market, they switched manufacturers and manufacturing process. Previously, the chips had some fairly sizeable thermal demands. Hence the giant, case-filling cooling solutions. But the process switch brought all of that under control. But too late to change cooler design. So you have these cards 3090 Strix vs 3080 3080FE vs 4090FE 3080 vs 4090 Strix 4090FE vs 4090 Strix And note: The actual "CARD" (the PCB) is only roughly HALF the length of the FE unit! But the Asus unit? 14 INCHES LONG!(Bow chicka bow wow!) And most of the cards? 3.5 slots. The other Asus SKU? The TUF line? 3.65! PS5 vs 4090 Strix vs 3090 Strix. I think second-gen SKUs will be slimmed down by a much more modest cooler. And water cooling rigs will be downright SLIM If you want to be godlike, pick anything. If you want to be GOD, pick a TANK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WanderingAries Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Heh, some of those cards are ACTUALLY closer to 5 slots wide. 😛 OG Server: Pinnacle <||> Current Primary Server: Torchbearer || Also found on the others if desired Installing CoX: Windows || MacOS || MacOS for M1 <||> Migrating Data from an Older Installation Clubs: Mid's Hero Designer || PC Builders || HC Wiki || Jerk Hackers Old Forums <||> Titan Network <||> Heroica! (by @Shenanigunner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperstrike Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 No. Don't make it any worse than it already is. The widest I've seen thus far is 3.65 slots. But, realistically, anything over 3.0 slots is 4 slots. If you want to be godlike, pick anything. If you want to be GOD, pick a TANK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WanderingAries Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 18 hours ago, Hyperstrike said: No. Don't make it any worse than it already is. The widest I've seen thus far is 3.65 slots. But, realistically, anything over 3.0 slots is 4 slots. I mean, you kinda have to do slots +1 because of airflow, so there's that. OG Server: Pinnacle <||> Current Primary Server: Torchbearer || Also found on the others if desired Installing CoX: Windows || MacOS || MacOS for M1 <||> Migrating Data from an Older Installation Clubs: Mid's Hero Designer || PC Builders || HC Wiki || Jerk Hackers Old Forums <||> Titan Network <||> Heroica! (by @Shenanigunner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperstrike Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 Well, the AMD lineup has dropped. $1000 for the 7900 XTX $900 for the 3900 XT No clue on actual performance yet. The specs look to be great. Now to see if the driver stack can actually handle it. If you want to be godlike, pick anything. If you want to be GOD, pick a TANK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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