Nvidia Unveils GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs

Re:Nvidia Unveils GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs by abvdasker on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @05:26PM (#24347272)

I have a Micro-ATX case for my PC and am a little skeptical that flow-through would well for that form factor because the intakes are on the bottom of the card.

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Re:Nvidia Unveils GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs by twblalock on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @01:00AM (#24350111)

It will probably be fine. I've used powerful graphics cards in super-cramped ITX cases and didn't have a problem. I think people overestimate how much cooling these things really need.

Any temps below 80C at load are perfectly safe and shouldn't result in throttling -- the same is true for CPUs. If you aim for lower temps than 80C, you aren't going to get better performance, although lower temps are a good way to get your computer to run more quietly.

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Re:Nvidia Unveils GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs by tpxl on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @05:27AM (#24351442)

>If you aim for lower temps than 80C, you aren't going to get better performance

You're not directly going to get better performance, but you can run higher clocks for longer before throttling, leading to higher performance.

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Re:Nvidia Unveils GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs by redisman on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @11:10PM (#24349628)

True - in my case I have intake fans at the bottom too so I was excited to see that

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