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AMD Vega RX 56 With Triple-Fans Surfaces
Interesting, if you have had a peek at some of the photos in our unboxing of Vega, you should have noticed that the last photo showed Vega 56. That product has a blower single fan style cooler. New photos however surfaced of what looks like a reference card, yet with three fans.
The triple fan cooler has another interesting thing, a very small PCB. If you look at the photos that have been posted by tooliustech on FB btw, you can see that is has a 17cm Mini-ITX sized PCB. That card has a 1x 6-pin and 1x 8-pin power connector as well.
Interesting eh? Have a peek.
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#5462576 Posted on: 08/14/2017 08:44 AM
If the card requires this level of cooling, can't just cut-off a third of the heatsink.
much smaller PCB, yet not a smaller card?
If the card requires this level of cooling, can't just cut-off a third of the heatsink.
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#5462578 Posted on: 08/14/2017 08:54 AM
Maybe it's some kind of a demo board. It has no backplate. What are those three connectors directly on the PCB anyway? Do normal video cards have such under the backplate? I'd say no.
Maybe it's some kind of a demo board. It has no backplate. What are those three connectors directly on the PCB anyway? Do normal video cards have such under the backplate? I'd say no.
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#5462603 Posted on: 08/14/2017 10:15 AM
The pcb is half the size of the cooler... either they went overboard or we should we worried if it need some that much cooling... hopefully not the latter...
Nice to see custom cards are going to come out anyway, hopefully we might see a new nano card for those who like to build small itx machines
The pcb is half the size of the cooler... either they went overboard or we should we worried if it need some that much cooling... hopefully not the latter...
Nice to see custom cards are going to come out anyway, hopefully we might see a new nano card for those who like to build small itx machines
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#5462615 Posted on: 08/14/2017 10:59 AM
The reason the card is so long is because for some people, the bigger the card, the MOAR performance it gets. i call them Rice GPU's.
So remember kids, never buy a gpu if its small, go for the BIGGEST one, cos it performs better.
The reason the card is so long is because for some people, the bigger the card, the MOAR performance it gets. i call them Rice GPU's.
So remember kids, never buy a gpu if its small, go for the BIGGEST one, cos it performs better.
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#5462632 Posted on: 08/14/2017 11:56 AM
Looks very similar to my Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury, except this one has AMD branding instead of Sapphire.
Also, to everyone in the comment section who doesn't understand the point of putting a big heat-sink on a short PCB: Big heat-sink equals good cooling performance at low noise levels. The short PCB actually is advantageous for air flow and increases cooling performance even more than it would be with a long PCB, which blocks the air flow more. Pretty simple really. Don't get why so many have trouble to understand...
Looks very similar to my Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury, except this one has AMD branding instead of Sapphire.
Also, to everyone in the comment section who doesn't understand the point of putting a big heat-sink on a short PCB: Big heat-sink equals good cooling performance at low noise levels. The short PCB actually is advantageous for air flow and increases cooling performance even more than it would be with a long PCB, which blocks the air flow more. Pretty simple really. Don't get why so many have trouble to understand...
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#5462636 Posted on: 08/14/2017 12:11 PM
Indeed its not really custom.
Its made it by Sapphire(who made all Firepro cards) for AMD.Still reference card.
Maybe will see in future a RX Vega Nano card.
Indeed its not really custom.
Its made it by Sapphire(who made all Firepro cards) for AMD.Still reference card.
Maybe will see in future a RX Vega Nano card.
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#5462649 Posted on: 08/14/2017 12:35 PM
This kind of heatsink is for people like me
I personally absolutely don't mind it, in my case, big coolers served me better than sleek cooling solutions. Used to have Palit 970 with small PCB but with an extended cooler and it was one of the quietest and best performing cards on the market. Now I using TRI-TRI-TRIPLE SLOT 1080, absolutely massive, but it fits the case nicely and is as silent after running for hours as it can get.
The reason the card is so long is because for some people, the bigger the card, the MOAR performance it gets. i call them Rice GPU's.
So remember kids, never buy a gpu if its small, go for the BIGGEST one, cos it performs better.
Sounds like sarcasm but is true in this case BIGGEST cooler to the very least will mean lower temps = better potential performance for longer sessions and lower overall noise.
This kind of heatsink is for people like me
I personally absolutely don't mind it, in my case, big coolers served me better than sleek cooling solutions. Used to have Palit 970 with small PCB but with an extended cooler and it was one of the quietest and best performing cards on the market. Now I using TRI-TRI-TRIPLE SLOT 1080, absolutely massive, but it fits the case nicely and is as silent after running for hours as it can get.
The reason the card is so long is because for some people, the bigger the card, the MOAR performance it gets. i call them Rice GPU's.
So remember kids, never buy a gpu if its small, go for the BIGGEST one, cos it performs better.
Sounds like sarcasm but is true in this case
BIGGEST cooler to the very least will mean lower temps = better potential performance for longer sessions and lower overall noise.
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#5462656 Posted on: 08/14/2017 12:47 PM
Now that´s a decent cooler and looks very nice too.
Now that´s a decent cooler and looks very nice too.
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#5462676 Posted on: 08/14/2017 01:41 PM
That would be the first graphic card with scaffolding
That would be the first graphic card with scaffolding
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#5462677 Posted on: 08/14/2017 01:42 PM
Nope
That would be the first graphic card with scaffolding
Nope
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#5462729 Posted on: 08/14/2017 02:42 PM
This is possibly one of the Very Best designs for a GPU IMHO.
I have been Really hoping for a Vega version of my Sapphire Fury Tri-X:
The last fan having no PCB behind the heatsink gets fantastic airflow for great cooling requiring lower fan speeds. In fact this cards fans power off when below about 75c. (This saves the fans from wearing out while not gaming etc - had lots of GPU fans die in the past
)
In fact in my PC case with good airflow the fans almost Never spin up even in 4k gaming, even when mining coins they only switch on in hot weather!!!
This is possibly one of the Very Best designs for a GPU IMHO.
I have been Really hoping for a Vega version of my Sapphire Fury Tri-X:
The last fan having no PCB behind the heatsink gets fantastic airflow for great cooling requiring lower fan speeds. In fact this cards fans power off when below about 75c. (This saves the fans from wearing out while not gaming etc - had lots of GPU fans die in the past
)
In fact in my PC case with good airflow the fans almost Never spin up even in 4k gaming, even when mining coins they only switch on in hot weather!!!
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#5462731 Posted on: 08/14/2017 02:43 PM
These I like, I bet they are the XFX versions. Replacing my 2 x Furies non X with 2 of these would be a beautiful thing. (Not going too but, it would be nice.)
These I like, I bet they are the XFX versions.
Replacing my 2 x Furies non X with 2 of these would be a beautiful thing. (Not going too but, it would be nice.)
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#5463016 Posted on: 08/14/2017 10:45 PM
finally we have a nice PCB. Let's make a dual fan nitro+ with backplate now...
finally we have a nice PCB. Let's make a dual fan nitro+ with backplate now...
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#5463033 Posted on: 08/14/2017 11:48 PM
That's not the point. The point is, if you're going to make a smaller card, what's the point if you're not going to actually MAKE it smaller, in the end? Unless they expect people to use water cooling on these cards.
...no, if you're going to make a claim like that, you're going to need proof. If it were that simple, which is guaranteed to not be that simple, but if it were, then every GPU manufacturer would always make their PCBs small, because why spend extra money on more PCB when in reality, if it were smaller, you'd get a better performing card (temperature), with a lower cost, selling for the same price? This is how business' work, you can't just say "Oh well they just don't think about it", as that's nonsense. ANYTHING to save a buck and make your product BETTER is exactly what they would do.
I understand what you're saying, and i understand why you would think it, but the reality is, unless there's a review that shows you are correct, you plain and simple can't make statements like that as if you are correct without proof. Reality states you are wrong, due to my above statement.
And before someone goes and looks at temperatures of the fury card listed above vs other fury cards:
The only way to to a correct review to make a statement such as this something that is correct, is to use the exact same cooler, on both cards. You can't compare a small PCB with a 3-fan cooler vs a large(or regular) PCB with a different 3-fan cooler. That's not how testing works. You would have to get the exact same GPU, but one with a small PCB, one with a normal PCB, running at the exact same specifications and case setup and etc., and run them both with the exact same cooler.
If the card requires this level of cooling, can't just cut-off a third of the heatsink.
That's not the point. The point is, if you're going to make a smaller card, what's the point if you're not going to actually MAKE it smaller, in the end? Unless they expect people to use water cooling on these cards.
The short PCB actually is advantageous for air flow and increases cooling performance even more than it would be with a long PCB, which blocks the air flow more. Pretty simple really. Don't get why so many have trouble to understand...
...no, if you're going to make a claim like that, you're going to need proof. If it were that simple, which is guaranteed to not be that simple, but if it were, then every GPU manufacturer would always make their PCBs small, because why spend extra money on more PCB when in reality, if it were smaller, you'd get a better performing card (temperature), with a lower cost, selling for the same price? This is how business' work, you can't just say "Oh well they just don't think about it", as that's nonsense. ANYTHING to save a buck and make your product BETTER is exactly what they would do.
I understand what you're saying, and i understand why you would think it, but the reality is, unless there's a review that shows you are correct, you plain and simple can't make statements like that as if you are correct without proof. Reality states you are wrong, due to my above statement.
And before someone goes and looks at temperatures of the fury card listed above vs other fury cards:
The only way to to a correct review to make a statement such as this something that is correct, is to use the exact same cooler, on both cards. You can't compare a small PCB with a 3-fan cooler vs a large(or regular) PCB with a different 3-fan cooler. That's not how testing works. You would have to get the exact same GPU, but one with a small PCB, one with a normal PCB, running at the exact same specifications and case setup and etc., and run them both with the exact same cooler.
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I don't get it. Two different reference cards of the same card, yet not the same card, and for some reason a much smaller PCB, yet not a smaller card?
None of this makes sense.