Taiwanese producer AFOX declares its very first RTX 40. What higher strategy to launch the collection than with NVIDIA’s RTX 4090. An RTX 4090, in fact, however an RTX 4090 Blower. Not a card prone to be very fashionable with residence customers… For workstations, nevertheless, it’s a unique story!
AFOX provides an RTX 4090 Blower!
If you’re searching for a compact RTX 4090, that is in all probability the mannequin for you. As you’ll be able to see, the cardboard is available in a strict dual-slot format and measures simply 266 mm in size, in response to the model’s datasheet.
The cooling system is of the blower kind, with a radial fan mounted on the rear of the fairing; in concrete phrases, the goal of any such heatsink is to flow into air by a community of aluminum fins, expelling scorching air by its PCIe bracket.
In truth, this isn’t the primary board to return out with this design. At least two different boards share this design (right here). As you’ll have gathered from the graphics chip used, the effectivity of any such heatsink is kind of relative. Readings have been taken on an analogous board, and clearly, it’s scorching and noisy.
Nevertheless, it is a mannequin that’s positive to search out its viewers, significantly in workstations and servers. Indeed, its compact measurement means it may be built-in into a lot of installations. What’s extra, as we’ve seen right here, the RTX 4090 is extra environment friendly than the way more costly RTX 6000 Ada for sure professional duties…
Unfortunately, the retail value is unknown, as is availability… Although we suspect that this card isn’t for us… Well, not for France.
Here’s the AFOX product sheet!
