The 3090 Ti Heat Problem: Supersized Cooler Tear-Down of EVGA FTW3
13,387Dealing with a 500+W heat load isn't trivial, and EVGA's FTW3 is tasked with doing as much for the NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti GPU. In this one, we tear-down the cooling solution that handled it.
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The EVGA RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 is massive, but it is built very well. The cooling solution is able to handle the immense amount of heat that NVIDIA is generating with its GPU, and although we still think you should buy something else (simply because of the price vs. the performance gain over, say, anything else -- even an 'old' 3090), we think it's worth looking at how well this one is built.
Our full review of the EVGA RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWS9G2WT42Q
We previously reviewed the business casual RTX 3090 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgs-VbqsuKo
Then we ran the 3090 in SLI here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4fb_R5Ogw0
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Gargantuan Cooler
01:20 - The EVGA eLeash - Yes, Really
04:14 - Examining the Exterior
06:50 - Beginning Disassembly
11:55 - Removing the Cooler
13:50 - Design Overview
15:54 - Investigating EVGA Scribbling
18:16 - Thermal Paste & GPU Die
22:23 - Heatpipes & Cooler Design
23:38 - ICX Coolers & NTC Thermistors
25:04 - Final Thoughts on the Cooler & Fans
26:56 - Conclusion
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