the three rpm mode switch is a clever integration you gotta appreciate daisy chain potential and of course a good looking fan will keep the system clean check out the tNUMBER_TOKEN fan down below let's get into efficiency and we really see the ampere architecture at work here it has a rated board power of around NUMBER_TOKEN watts which is definitely higher than the previous generation of NUMBER_TOKEN class gpus like the gtx NUMBER_TOKEN or gtx NUMBER_TOKEN but it's nothing to be worried about the only hiccup in my opinion is that since it's over NUMBER_TOKEN watts we will not see an option without external power connectors like we had with previous NUMBER_TOKEN class gpus these were great for pre-built upgrades you just didn't need a six or eight pin power connector moving on we have availability and i know we've gone through this before but i actually think that over the long run at least this one has the best chance of being available to actually buy versus the rest of the NUMBER_TOKEN series hear me out based on the steam hardware charts rtx NUMBER_TOKEN cards are getting out there meanwhile you'd need to scroll all the way down to the bottom and i mean way way down to find one of the new amd cards like the rx NUMBER_TOKEN series but the question is whether or not this thing is actually worth buying even if you can find it i mean the rx NUMBER_TOKEN xt is a good NUMBER_TOKEN less on paper and i still wouldn't touch it for NUMBER_TOKEN let alone some of the insane prices some board partners ended up charging i mean it's still available for a reason to find out where it stands i lined it up against a few cards including the rtx NUMBER_TOKEN for reference then we have the gtx NUMBER_TOKEN that launched for NUMBER_TOKEN way back in early NUMBER_TOKEN and the gtx NUMBER_TOKEN super which was NUMBER_TOKEN and launched in late NUMBER_TOKEN. there's also the gtx NUMBER_TOKEN since technically that is the last NUMBER_TOKEN series card that launched into the desktop space it was way way cheaper though at just NUMBER_TOKEN us as for the comparison with the red team we got the amd rx NUMBER_TOKEN and the NUMBER_TOKEN xt the first stop for performance is one of the most critical and no it isn't gaming look today most people rely on their gpus to accelerate everything from video decoding to rendering these things are becoming more and more multifunctional which is why i came down so hard on the rx NUMBER_TOKENxt last week it's a one-trick pony that still costs NUMBER_TOKEN bucks or more so what about the rtx NUMBER_TOKEN well i really can't complain here since it comes equipped with nvidia's full suite of encode and decode features called nvenk that means native hardware acceleration for renders and nles like premiere and resolve and it's great at it it even manages to actually beat the rx NUMBER_TOKEN clean one thing that did surprise me is how strong the gtx NUMBER_TOKEN super is when it comes to those same tasks if i had to guess it might have something to do with the uh NUMBER_TOKEN-bit memory bus because its nv encoder is a generation older than the ones on the rtx NUMBER_TOKEN series card raw gp gpu rendering is another highlight for the nvidia cards since cuda tends to offer better throughput than opencl but and this is important to be perfectly
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