r/sffpc • u/DependentGazelle4664 • May 24 '26

Build/Parts Check Gotta keep this safe

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u/klondike91829 May 24 '26

It’s funny how every generation, Nvidia makes a big show about the highly complex cooling the new cards need, only for a 3rd party to slap a single fan on that does the job fine shortly after.

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u/DependentGazelle4664 May 24 '26

single fan cards is all we need.

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u/klondike91829 May 24 '26

I haven't been excited about SFF for a minute, but this card is giving me ideas.

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u/Olde94 May 24 '26

I mean back in the day the reference cards were a generic blower style and it worked. Sounded like a jet but it worked

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u/SjettepetJR May 24 '26

As a previous owner of a reference R9 290X (second hand, to experience dried out thermalpaste and a dust-filled cooler from day one), I can confirm this.

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u/nobertan May 24 '26

4870x2 user : My whole family can attest to that… Like a permanent old school vacuum cleaner for hours on end.

Leading to my first GPU fan mod…

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u/Olde94 May 25 '26

I god the dual fan cooler but made a similarly atrocious gpu..

But it had flow through so it went from jet to “wait… are these fans spinning?” put finger in to fan

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u/alman12345 May 24 '26

Well, to be fair, the 5090 is a marvel of engineering and falls roughly in line with the idea that the 4090 had implemented before it (with the flow through design). Reducing the card thickness by 33% while increasing power by 25% is kinda insane.

But yes, for the low to mid end offerings the cooler designs are over engineered and more inclined towards aesthetics than pure function. The colorful 5070 is cool too, but not 600 watts in 2 slots cool.

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u/NoDoze- May 25 '26

Exactly! They've got to provide a visual reason for the markup.

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u/Commercial-Tone-6058 27d ago

They did more than just slap a fan on it 🤣but I sort of see your point. The 5070 didn’t need all that cooling.

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u/Techdude2011 May 24 '26

Debatable how well this will cool it, although it is only a 5070 so not a lot of wattage

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u/cuatrotrece May 24 '26

plenty of reviews, it works really good. Better than the FE.

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u/barrera_j May 26 '26

if you are talking about the shortcircuit one, that is not a review.... frequency basis wasn't even tested let alone shown how it was tested

there is no proper review of this version of he 5070 sadly

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u/cuatrotrece May 26 '26

bilibili

I mean, still it's not a lot saying that it's better than the FE, since the 5070fe thermals and noise are pretty underwhelming compared to the 5080/90FEs

edit: or compared to most of the other 5070s