At least, they designed a triple-fan cooler for reference board of AD102. https://t.co/vQb2KnpE4y
– kopite7kimi (@ kopite7kimi) June 9, 2022
In the PC market in the second half of 2022, one of the most interesting new products is the new NVIDIA RTX 40 series graphics card. According to the information provided by the whistleblower kopite7kimi, the radiator of the RTX 40 series Founders Edition with the core of NVIDIA AD102 will be updated to a three-fan style.
NVIDIA RTX 4090 FE rendering (image source: VideocardZ)
According to the earlier news, the power consumption of the RTX 4090 / 4090 Ti will exceed 400W, and the dual fans of previous generations may not be able to cope with its strong heat generation. Even the RTX 3090 Ti, almost all non-public models use three-fan cooling, and there are also many water-cooled models.
The same news also pointed out that the RTX 4090 was not available in the middle of July as originally expected, so it agreed with another media’s statement that it will be listed in October. It is also revealed that the rasterization performance of the RTX 4090 will be twice as strong as that of the RTX 3090.
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