can be solved by just bending the cable, and plug it back right?

small case =/= oven inside

They really design the GPU size with that case in mind, what a fit.

Back then there weren't a lot of content in 10-bit, so most gamers are more interested of getting a faster monitor than a color pleasing one.
Even now there aren't a whole lot of true 10-bit IPS monitors, many are 8-bit+FRC, but not a bit deal as long as the user are fine with it and the colors are there.

LOL even overpriced Noctua 3070 tops out in this chart vs latest gen GPU.
Is there a chart for the RM3.3k TUF 3080 ?

I've used Zotac reference, Asus Strix and MSI Ventus with casing fans and been using Afterburner (or Asus GPU Tweak) for fan control, with the fan connected to the GPU. Sans Asus, need a 4pin (female) to mini 4-pin (male) to connect the fans to GPU.

I'm guessing Nvidia Reflex or some Low Latency Mode plus Gsync/Freesync is activated, so your FPS won't go over your monitor's limit. Going over the limit will cause screen tearing.

so there will be no 75W GTX/RTX card without needing PCIE power.

Or someone release the 4060 with a power cap, it is already fast enough to run at those power.

The Iris Xe G7 (96 EUs) is commendable for what it can do at 30W, but it is still slower than a half decade old low end GTX 1050-Ti.

How is your Ventus 3x? I'm planning to get it for my SFF, my current 3080 Ti Ventus 3X is just too hot for the case combo and the heatsink doesn't cut it for the 350W card, but might be passable for the 300W card.

The Ventus 3X is great because it is easily de-shroud and used together with case fan.

I'm also wonder if Zotac Core or Core SFF will have better heatsinks and how difficult to de-shroud them.

Not sure it is worth the slight upgrade..

This post has been edited by edmund_yung: Jul 7 2025, 10:55 AM

Thanks that's sound like good enough for me. It will be better if it can push further with the thermal headroom, but I guess this is a Nvidia thing.