Confirmed: RDNA 2 reference cards do not get a blower cooler

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#5767332
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So liquid cooling in a must? edit: derp.
#5767340
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I will definitely buy it at day 1 🙂
#5767346
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About time, I've never liked blower coolers.
#5767347
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blower coolers will always be superior to air circulators.
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sverek:

So liquid cooling in a must?
Hopefully not. Otherwise the price will be nuts.
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it's about time. Will they adopt silent fans too?
Astyanax:

blower coolers will always be superior to air circulators.
Yes but AMD never was able to put a silente and efficient blower cooler on any gaming GPU. Buy a nitro+ and you will love it forever.
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jbscotchman:

About time, I've never liked blower coolers.
Seconded. About bloody time AMD.
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Blower coolers are nice to have as an option because they do have some practical benefits under certain circumcstances, but they make for a terrible reference cooler.
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Finally!!!
#5767506
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big companies often act as if they were never dogfooding their stuff
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Doesn't Nvidia usually do this too where all reference models come with blower design? Seems like very few people prefer it and the extra cost for a better cooler seems trivial for a $500-$800+ product launch.
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All the people saying finally when Nvidia has also only just switched from a blower cooler for their reference design also with the 2000 series. Also, blower coolers have their place and there should always be an option to have one which I am sure the vendors will offer.
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CPC_RedDawn:

All the people saying finally when Nvidia has also only just switched from a blower cooler for their reference design also with the 2000 series. Also, blower coolers have their place and there should always be an option to have one which I am sure the vendors will offer.
As much as I love AMD GPU's there blower coolers are very average. Other than expelling hot air out of the case, there is no plus to them. That's my opinion anyway.
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0blivious:

Doesn't Nvidia usually do this too where all reference models come with blower design? Seems like very few people prefer it and the extra cost for a better cooler seems trivial for a $500-$800+ product launch.
Yeah but I think the RTX 2000 series is the first time they haven't used them since forever.
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I plan to buy a quadro or go to a third party for a blower if they continue using the ugly double axial coolers.
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0blivious:

Doesn't Nvidia usually do this too where all reference models come with blower design? Seems like very few people prefer it and the extra cost for a better cooler seems trivial for a $500-$800+ product launch.
People who do water cooling don't care about the blower and AMD made quite good reference boards anyway. For everyone else there are aftermarket cards, but I do agree that for just a few $ more they can make significantly better cooling.
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Still running my 5700XT 50th Ann with its silent (well if I open the side cover and place my ear six inches from the card I can hear a slight "whoooosh") blower fan. Games for hours without ever hearing it @ default fan profile, which is all I've used since July 9, 2019 when I installed it. From what I read in other forums, my card is as quiet as any non-blower AIB design, and actually quieter than some--which I thought was interesting. No, there's no "jet-engine" volume unless you deliberately turn the fan curve up manually to well beyond 50%--none of that stuff. As long as my GPU doesn't crash or freeze I just don't care about temps, as all are within normal spec for the card. Judging by the amount of negative reaction to the blower-style fan in the reference design, complete with all kinds of false claims about it initially, I don't blame AMD for dumping the blower next go around, though.