What do you guys think of the design?
Well, the decision to have the tubes coming from the back is interesting. Kind of makes the card a but longer than it would have been otherwise, but considering the size, I assume they thought it was fine. That said, the added length limits what can be done with the card as far as mini itx goes. Also, it looks to have a full water block. As the vram is on-die, that would get properly cooled regardless, but since there is no fan on the card itself, I assume that the vrms are under water as well. Makes a solid cooling system, much better than hybrid imo. I really like that they used Gentle Typhoons for the fan and the radiator looks to efficiently use the static pressure, with no clear gaps. Could be a problem for fan failure, bu we will see later on just how hard it is to disassemble.
Everything said above is perfect, except the "added length limits what can be done with the card as far as mini itx goes". Sorry, have you seen modern mITX cases? They're designing those things to fit 265mm+ GPUs AND have space for 2 radiators. Considering this card is cut back to around the 170-200mm range, that tubing will fold right out of the way and leave space for the radiator to mount directly behind the card in most cases. Thank god for BitFenix, Silverstone, Lian Li, Cooler Master, and countless others for modernizing the mITX chassis.
I said that it limited what could be done. I didn't say that many recent itx cases weren't designed for larger cards. Given what most itx cases look like these days, added length is better than added width for sure.However, some still limit the card that can be used by length. Typically ones meant for things other than gaming. I am interested in seeing what the aircooled version looks like. Considering the power consumption, it would need a cooler the roughly size of the 290x, meaning that the small size is only a real possible for the water cooled version.
It's not bad but the cooler is freaking huge.
If the tubes are long enough to reach typical fan mounting locations, there shouldn't be any issues for most builds. In an RVZ01 I can see tubes exiting the side being a possible issue, but I would imagine the thickness of the radiator/fan being a bigger issue for a tiny enclosure like that.
As long as the card is under 170mm it will fit the length and if it is the rad will fit fine since it is 45mm rad, and at that height is where the upper PCI-E slot on the RVZ01 is.
Needs a custom water block.
Looks too stubby.
Very interesting, you can't see it in these pictures but it would be really nice if you could get rid of that radiator and tubing and incorporate it in your own custom loop. That would make it an absolutely perfect enthusiast card IMO.
The design looks really cool, and judging from some "leaks" they redesigned all their stock coolers to match that aesthetic. Probably a good move since their last stock coolers were just not up for the job in terms of cooling and people just remember them as being incredibly hot and loud.
I'll probably skip this generation, but if they have a similar design for the super high-end HBM2 card for the 400 series I wouldn't mind getting 2 of those.
The formfactor seems really nice as well, cramming something like that in a mini ITX case should be totally fine and you should still be able to keep it cool and quiet in the process (and not impact the rest of your components with the heat from a high-end GPU).
That's what she said.
Jokes aside, I agree. Having a crazy beefy setup, and then this card in it (something like skunkworks, per se)... oh dear. Would be interesting to see it in a small form factor case, though. The Thermaltake core V1 and V21 come to mind, considering all the windows.
I would fully welcome Refrence AIO cooler if they allowed you to replace the pipes with custom pipes just for better length or visual effect.
all rumors....
No body knows anything yet realy.
Just wait till 16Th.
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I don't know, that looks exactly like the official "teasers" that are out. It's either an incredibly elaborate prop or the real thing because someone didn't care about the NDA. Not that we have any more information, but we can at least comment on the design and the implementation.
This. There are a few more pics out and it doesn't look like you can replace the tubing, which is a shame. I really hope that it is long enough to reach all kinds of places in really large cases. AIO cooled GPUs with the pump on the radiator (I assume, since it's that huge) and replaceable tubing with standard fittings are a huge value add IMO. You either have a really good cooler out of the box, or you get a backplate and a full cover waterblock for your custom loop.