ASUS and Noctua Collaborate on RTX 4080 SUPER Graphics Card: 2640 MHz Four-Slot Design
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pegasus1
This will not be cheap thats for sure, Noctua fans are about as good as it gets in my experiance but they are certainly spenny.
TheDeeGee
60 bucks of fans and 350 asus tax.
emperorsfist
That's one chunky card. I would love it if I had the money, but the previous Noctua cards didn't even come to my country, so it's a moot point anyway.
pegasus1
Says every Palit, Zotac and Gainward owner 😀:D:D:D
H83
I like the concept and i`m a Noctua fan but the premium asked over normal cards is just too big.
And regular cards perform almost as well as the Noctua versions, so no point unless someone really likes the card.
RavenMaster
I'm sure it will perform well but that design is ugly AF
mackintosh
I know some people like the design and Noctua fans are certainly good, but I'd take a waterblock on a reference card over this any day - and it'd probably cost less and perform better.
MonsterMX99
Exactly, you can have Inno3d with waterblock for less money.
TheDeeGee
Most people want peace of mind, which you will never have with watercooling.
AuerX
Function over form, I dig it.
mackintosh
That's fair enough. Plus if you plan on reselling it down the line a card with a waterblock is harder to offload.
MonsterMX99
It seems like you' ve never had a watercooling, no noise low temps and maximum OC, just opposite like crappy aircooling
TheDeeGee
I have a dead silent air cooled PC.
I don't give a rats ass about OC as i only play at 60 FPS, so i don't need crappy waterleakagecooling.
(welcome to the forum)
pegasus1
He doesn't mean performance, he means for the average PC owner the thought of going WCing is daunting.
That's also my AIOs are the most popular form if watercooling but again people are concerned about leaks.
H83
Water cooling might be better but air cooling is much easier and more than enough for most people.
But i must admit i would like to see my card watercooled because of the noise made by the air cooler when running the card overclocked...
pegasus1
Water or air, all hardware temps are ultimately governed by the room ambient, as the temperature in the room rises, so does the case temps, water temps (if applicable) and therefore the component temps, the main difference is that water is more efficient than air for transferring heat (energy) plus the system of transfer invites more fans as its more efficient to use 3 x 120mm fans on a rad than 2 x 120mm fans in push/pull on a tower HS.
schmidtbag
I actually don't think I'd have peace of mind with a heatsink like this. For something of this size, there's a risk of something breaking when moving the PC even from room to room. Granted, it's a desktop - you're not going to move it often, but I would regard an AIO cooler from a reputable brand to be less risky than this. You can have your cake and eat it too with an AIO, since you can easily swap the fans out with Noctuas, if you really wanted to.
For the size and expense of this GPU, I'd rather get a 4090.
FatBoyNL
Nice. It even looks like a cake 😎
TheDeeGee
Get a proper anti-sag bracket like the Lian-Li GB-001.
mackintosh
Yeah I just noticed that. I have to say I'm very surprised they priced it so low this time around - and if I'm not mistaken Alphacool makes their waterblocks, which makes it all the more surprising.
