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Rumor: AMD's Single-GPU R9 390X Will Be Liquid Cooled

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September 12, 2014 3:21:45 PM

Is it possible that AMD's next flagship GPU will be liquid cooled out of the factory?

Rumor: AMD's Single-GPU R9 390X Will Be Liquid Cooled : Read more

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September 12, 2014 3:29:41 PM

Sounds like it will be a cool GPU to own. (No pun intended)
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September 12, 2014 3:46:24 PM

It is great that the heat issues have been worked out, but doesn't change the fact that this card most likely needs liquid cooling. That heat is still generated and still has to go somewhere, I guess it is fine if you can get most of it out of the case and not increase ambient temps.
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September 12, 2014 3:47:18 PM

sounds like NVidia will really have to pull out all the stops on their 980 if the 390X is some insane liquid cooled thing
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September 12, 2014 3:48:50 PM

heero yuy said:
sounds like NVidia will really have to pull out all the stops on their 980 if the 390X is some batshit insane liquid cooled thing


It could be just overclocked/volted Hawaii, hence the need for liquid cooling.
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September 12, 2014 3:55:04 PM

Why can't AMD make GPUs that take low power and run cool on air like they used to do?

Nvidia has found a way with their Maxwell GPUs so what happened at AMD to have them forget how to do the same?
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September 12, 2014 3:57:49 PM

Nope it's the Fiji with a lot more cores. This thing will decimate the GTX 980 if the rumors are true. It will how ever suck a lot of power.

NVidia will likely need a fire sale. The only NVidia card I have owned is the GTX 580 and it will very likely be getting replaced by the R9 290 or R9 390 line depending on pricing.

The best card I ever had for the money was the HD 4870 that I got in mid 2009 for $150 new.
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September 12, 2014 3:59:08 PM

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sounds like NVidia will really have to pull out all the stops on their 980 if the 390X is some insane liquid cooled thing


Not at all. AMD is the one doing the "insane liquid cooled thing" because they no longer can compete with Nvidia on air and have to resort to extreme measures to keep their GPUs from melting.
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September 12, 2014 4:08:55 PM

I'm sick of these impractical beast cards. I just want the next generation to come out already.
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September 12, 2014 4:12:56 PM

4ktv said:
Nope it's the Fiji with a lot more cores. This thing will decimate the GTX 980 if the rumors are true. It will how ever suck a lot of power.

NVidia will likely need a fire sale. The only NVidia card I have owned is the GTX 580 and it will very likely be getting replaced by the R9 290 or R9 390 line depending on pricing.

The best card I ever had for the money was the HD 4870 that I got in mid 2009 for $150 new.


We'll see I guess. AMD is not as forthcoming as to the delineations between new chips and new architecture. Or at least not as forthcoming as Nvidia, Fermi, Kepler, Maxwell for example. Those all had different chips GK110, etc. but you knew what architecture they were. So I don't know if they are coming out with a new architecture a year after whatever is in Hawaii
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September 12, 2014 4:13:36 PM

Are you calling the R9 390 and/or the $3000 Nvidia GPU an impractical "beast" card?

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September 12, 2014 4:24:23 PM

Has anyone also considered that this AIO cooler might be fully built into the shroud? I have a 92mm radiator in my PC, and it could easily be reconfigured to fit inside my 7970...
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September 12, 2014 4:33:47 PM

I hope I'm wrong but I have a feeling the 980 and 390 are both going to disappoint. I've seen benchmarks saying the 980 is barely faster then 780. Other sources say it's 30% above the 780ti. I'm pretty sure the new AND line won't be leaps and bounds better then Nvidia. They are always +/- 10% and cheaper but louder/hotter/poor drivers.
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September 12, 2014 4:41:18 PM

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It is great that the heat issues have been worked out, but doesn't change the fact that this card most likely needs liquid cooling. That heat is still generated and still has to go somewhere, I guess it is fine if you can get most of it out of the case and not increase ambient temps.


Actually that is to be determined. The biggest question is if it is using 22nm. If so, it can lower power draw and thermals while increasing the core count. The other side is that they might be using the liquid cooling closed loop system to their advantage since it is cheap enough to put out a single GPU card that will push NVidia harder. I am all for that as it will force NVidia to work harder as well.
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September 12, 2014 5:03:02 PM

jimmysmitty said:
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It is great that the heat issues have been worked out, but doesn't change the fact that this card most likely needs liquid cooling. That heat is still generated and still has to go somewhere, I guess it is fine if you can get most of it out of the case and not increase ambient temps.


Actually that is to be determined. The biggest question is if it is using 22nm. If so, it can lower power draw and thermals while increasing the core count. The other side is that they might be using the liquid cooling closed loop system to their advantage since it is cheap enough to put out a single GPU card that will push NVidia harder. I am all for that as it will force NVidia to work harder as well.


I agree about pushing Nvidia, but the 20 mn(22 is Intel) just got up to speed and was completely booked by mobile until the beginning of next year. So the 390X is either going to be delayed until then or come out on the 28 nm. The reason Nvidia is so late with the new cards is probably because they were waiting for the 20nm, which got delayed and then they decided to retool it for 28 nm as a stop gap for 20nm. There are even rumors that they'll skip 20 nm altogether and go with 16 nm.
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September 12, 2014 5:04:11 PM

Why not just make a good air cooler? There are air cooled 290x cards that are fine.
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September 12, 2014 5:08:07 PM

How will power efficiency be?
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September 12, 2014 5:09:51 PM

That might mean that AMD want to provide higher clock rate too. I believe it might be the new AMD trademark.
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September 12, 2014 5:19:05 PM

I have generally mixed feelings about it. On the one side, liquid cooling is really helpful and can reach good overclocks and performance while staying cool and quiet. On the other side, I would hope the AMD R9 3XX series cards would move to 20nm and not need so much power that it creates so much heat that it needs liquid cooling. So I worry they are doing it out of necessity, but if they are doing it just to attain super high clock speeds for overclocks then I am happy about it.

Suppose it doesn't really matter to me though. If I got enough extra cash I might go into the R9 X80 cards but I wouldn't bother with anything higher. At that level its already enough performance to max out most games, and I'm not making a move to UHD till it becomes a lot cheaper so its not really needed unless your going overkill.
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September 12, 2014 5:33:57 PM

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Why can't AMD make GPUs that take low power and run cool on air like they used to do?

Nvidia has found a way with their Maxwell GPUs so what happened at AMD to have them forget how to do the same?


because nvidia has no problem ripping everything not gaming related out of their gpu and sticking it on their high end crap.

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I'm sick of these impractical beast cards. I just want the next generation to come out already.

this is the high end of the high end, the single most powerful gpu the company makes, these are cards made for people who do not compromise their gaming experience and do stupid crap.

you literally barely need higher than a mid range (270-280) to play most games at max and close to if not 60fps at 1080p

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Why not just make a good air cooler? There are air cooled 290x cards that are fine.


they still run hot.
my brother has a custom loop, it took his 290X from 85-90c load and loud as hell down to 55c max and inaudible. now, make that card overclock from 55c to 85c as standard and you would have a beast of a card from the get go and at a fairly cheap price considering to get that speed normally you would need to oc on water anyway.
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September 12, 2014 6:12:45 PM

given that GCN architecture isnt a bulldozer of GPU, with Liquid cooling + high TDP. This will be a beast card the might destroy GM204/GTX980. Nvidia might need to bring out GM200/GM210 earlier than expected.

Good for us. More competition, price war. XD
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September 12, 2014 6:18:24 PM

I hope liquid cooling on a reference card stays a bonus, not a bloody requirement.
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September 12, 2014 6:27:57 PM

Closed systems loops are ok but what if you have 2 of them? About 95% of users would have to choose between a closed loop cpu cooler or this card. Seems kind of dumb.
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September 12, 2014 6:30:39 PM

Hmm, interesting, but most of us saw this coming.
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September 12, 2014 6:39:13 PM

Having to Water cool to maintain stock clocks basically means little OC head room.
The Nv cards will have lower temps and power usage making them good overclockers.
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September 12, 2014 7:24:43 PM

if it is a small rad I can stick in that side intake (140mm) on my haf 912 that would be great. i guess the second would be mounted to the rear exhaust (120mm). that would leave me with one 200mm in the front and one 200mm in the top and that should be plenty with all of the gpu heat taken out of the case, back to silent gaming. my current CF 7950's (I run 1440p) make a hell of a noise while gaming and i have to use in ear headphones so i do not notice the noise or the kids.
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September 12, 2014 7:34:36 PM

Because0789 said:
jimmysmitty said:
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It is great that the heat issues have been worked out, but doesn't change the fact that this card most likely needs liquid cooling. That heat is still generated and still has to go somewhere, I guess it is fine if you can get most of it out of the case and not increase ambient temps.


Actually that is to be determined. The biggest question is if it is using 22nm. If so, it can lower power draw and thermals while increasing the core count. The other side is that they might be using the liquid cooling closed loop system to their advantage since it is cheap enough to put out a single GPU card that will push NVidia harder. I am all for that as it will force NVidia to work harder as well.


I agree about pushing Nvidia, but the 20 mn(22 is Intel) just got up to speed and was completely booked by mobile until the beginning of next year. So the 390X is either going to be delayed until then or come out on the 28 nm. The reason Nvidia is so late with the new cards is probably because they were waiting for the 20nm, which got delayed and then they decided to retool it for 28 nm as a stop gap for 20nm. There are even rumors that they'll skip 20 nm altogether and go with 16 nm.


There is always the chance. That's why I was wondering if it is 20nm or not as I find that aspect to be more important. If it is not then the 300 series is not going to be as good as the rumors because as it stands the 290X needs a lot of good cooling and if you add in 50% more everything (some of the rumors) while using the same core design it will just get hotter than hell.

It shows with Intels Netburst. The more GHz and cores added, the hotter it got as it was not a very efficient core design unlike say Haswell (at idle my PC is using about 24w which is pretty insane).

I guess rumors are always rumors and we wont know till much later.
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September 12, 2014 9:52:26 PM

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Has anyone also considered that this AIO cooler might be fully built into the shroud? I have a 92mm radiator in my PC, and it could easily be reconfigured to fit inside my 7970...

If it used a radiator inside the card, then there would be no reason to use liquid cooling. The advantage of liquid cooling is to allow for a larger radiator or to move the heat to another location, but left inside the card at the same size, it has no real advantage.
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September 12, 2014 10:25:07 PM

for me NVIDIA did not need a LIQUID COOLER to cool down their GPU since MAXWELL is Very efficient GPU (performance per watts) this proved by thier first maxwell video card GTX 750 TI so why AMD did not try to manage to make their GPU less heat output but more performance ? mean NVIDIA is Unbeatable to this thing or AMD focus only on performance? not efficiency
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September 12, 2014 11:00:09 PM

To be honest, flagship should really be flagship. I like what AMD is doing. I love the stock nvidia cooler aswell (what is on the Titan, 780ti, 690).
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September 12, 2014 11:16:31 PM

bystander said:
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Has anyone also considered that this AIO cooler might be fully built into the shroud? I have a 92mm radiator in my PC, and it could easily be reconfigured to fit inside my 7970...

If it used a radiator inside the card, then there would be no reason to use liquid cooling. The advantage of liquid cooling is to allow for a larger radiator or to move the heat to another location, but left inside the card at the same size, it has no real advantage.


Not true. The actual processor on the board is the part that needs to stay cool. If they put the die on the far end of the board, and then used liquid tubes to move the heat quickly to the radiator at the other end, it could cool it better than just a big block of metal.
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September 12, 2014 11:29:44 PM

Come on let the war begin! I was thinking about getting Maxwell for sure since there is no news about AMD making new line up and how impressive Maxwell performance/power consumption was. But now I will wait untill both release their full line up. I want something decent that can max every game at fhd with approximately low power consumption.
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September 13, 2014 12:17:29 AM

What is all this BS from Nvidia fanboys claiming that because AMD is using an AIO cooler for the R9 390 series, therefore it uses a lot of power and it sucks. Where is the source to back it up?
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September 13, 2014 12:38:21 AM

Higher TDP = More Power Consume = More Heat produce

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September 13, 2014 1:23:44 AM

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The best card I ever had for the money was the HD 4870 that I got in mid 2009 for $150 new.

I had a HD 4890 1GB that I bought late 2009 for 130€ used, and it lasted me up to November last year. Best card I ever had for the money, but I'm very happy with my GTX760.
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September 13, 2014 1:51:48 AM

Hmm, to be honest I don't like it. I mean it sounds "cool" and all, but it also means that 390X will be pretty inefficient if it needs to go as far as having liquid cooling on the stock card.

Don't know if I like it or not, really, it almost seems as AMD will just try to brute force the problem instead of coming with actual new architecture like Nvidia.
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September 13, 2014 2:28:07 AM

Gaidax said:
Hmm, to be honest I don't like it. I mean it sounds "cool" and all, but it also means that 390X will be pretty inefficient if it needs to go as far as having liquid cooling on the stock card.

Don't know if I like it or not, really, it almost seems as AMD will just try to brute force the problem instead of coming with actual new architecture like Nvidia.


I think they are trying there best to make a really good halo card than anything else. So long as it curb stumps the GTX 980 and comes in a good price point. Then I really don't care much about how "inefficient" it is. It's like going that corvette is nice but it only gets 17mpg in the city so I am going to use a Prius in the race because it gets 40mpg.

If 50w in power use breaks the bank, then please don't buy a $400-500 GPU.
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September 13, 2014 3:35:22 AM

jupiter optimus maximus said:
What is all this BS from Nvidia fanboys claiming that because AMD is using an AIO cooler for the R9 390 series, therefore it uses a lot of power and it sucks. Where is the source to back it up?


I don't think anybody was saying that it sucks, just likely power hungry and hot.
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September 13, 2014 4:02:58 AM

Well a lot of them implied it sucked because they couldn't "match" NVidia with out coming out with an "insane water cooled thing".
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September 13, 2014 5:44:04 AM

Why AMD plan to water cooled this card if not SUPPER HOT ? i dont get a reason why amd do it ?
oh well its still a leak so it more possibly true or false
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September 13, 2014 6:27:07 AM

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sounds like NVidia will really have to pull out all the stops on their 980 if the 390X is some batshit insane liquid cooled thing


Not at all. AMD is the one doing the "batshit insane liquid cooled thing" because they no longer can compete with Nvidia on air and have to resort to extreme measures to keep their GPUs from melting.


tonga+ or whatever decent performance for less power and heat they appear to be working on low power but powerful GPUs
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September 13, 2014 7:32:53 AM

I thought I heard that AMD was going with a 20nm but since it wasn't going to be done in the time frame they wanted they were trying a 28nm HPM node over the HP node they used on the 2xx series. guess the HPM node wasn't enough
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September 13, 2014 8:07:31 AM

Liquid cooling has been around forever, there's no innovation there.. It's a crutch. I am sad for the AMD engineers that have no budget to develop new more efficient technology. They're being forced to pair current tech with liquid cooling and OC it. Like the Vishera CPU / water bundle. Disappointing.

I'd like to have the option of liquid cooling my CPU/GPU - not forced on me.

The R9 295x2 was cool and very powerful, even a beautiful looking card, but c'mon. Now every flag ship AMD card is going to have an AOI liquid cooling system on it just to be able to compete.
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September 13, 2014 8:42:54 AM

CaptainTom said:
bystander said:
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Has anyone also considered that this AIO cooler might be fully built into the shroud? I have a 92mm radiator in my PC, and it could easily be reconfigured to fit inside my 7970...

If it used a radiator inside the card, then there would be no reason to use liquid cooling. The advantage of liquid cooling is to allow for a larger radiator or to move the heat to another location, but left inside the card at the same size, it has no real advantage.


Not true. The actual processor on the board is the part that needs to stay cool. If they put the die on the far end of the board, and then used liquid tubes to move the heat quickly to the radiator at the other end, it could cool it better than just a big block of metal.


No, it would not be better. Your radiator would be too small to dissipate as much heat as a simple HSF solution as you just shrunk the radiator and moved it to another corner of the shroud. Liquid cooling is every bit as reliant on the size of the radiator as the Heat Sink is reliant on size. If you don't increase the size or air flow, a liquid cooling loop does not improve anything.

Why do you think no one has ever done this idea? If it was advantageous, an aftermarket solution of this type would exist.
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September 13, 2014 9:11:46 AM

Nice, I like this idea.
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September 13, 2014 9:18:30 AM



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sounds like NVidia will really have to pull out all the stops on their 980 if the 390X is some insane liquid cooled thing


Not at all. AMD is the one doing the "insane liquid cooled thing" because they no longer can compete with Nvidia on air and have to resort to extreme measures to keep their GPUs from melting.


If you extrapolated this from the FX-9590 vs. i7 fiasco then I'm sorry to say you're utterly wrong.
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September 13, 2014 9:32:35 AM

Doug Lord said:
I hope I'm wrong but I have a feeling the 980 and 390 are both going to disappoint. I've seen benchmarks saying the 980 is barely faster then 780. Other sources say it's 30% above the 780ti. I'm pretty sure the new AND line won't be leaps and bounds better then Nvidia. They are always +/- 10% and cheaper but louder/hotter/poor drivers.


I don't understand the Driver-argument. Poor drivers hasn't been the case with ATI/AMD for at least 10 years.

Do the following: Go to google.com, search for "display driver has stopped responding". And at the end you add Nvidia. How many hits do you get? Then you do the same with AMD. How many hits do you get?
In my experience, Nvidia drivers suck. Newer versions of drivers give poorer performance and all kinds of issues left and right. And I only just got the dam card. I've had ATI-cards for 15 years. I did have the original Geforce once upon a time. Thats when ATI last had driver issues IMHO.
The black-screen issue is not about drivers. It is about their partners (Sapphire etc) trying to be cheap in terms of components (but failing). And Nvidia has that same issue. Can't fix hardware limitations with software.
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September 13, 2014 9:58:47 AM

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I don't understand the Driver-argument. Poor drivers hasn't been the case with ATI/AMD for at least 10 years.

Do the following: Go to google.com, search for "display driver has stopped responding". And at the end you add Nvidia. How many hits do you get? Then you do the same with AMD. How many hits do you get?
In my experience, Nvidia drivers suck. Newer versions of drivers give poorer performance and all kinds of issues left and right. And I only just got the dam card. I've had ATI-cards for 15 years. I did have the original Geforce once upon a time. Thats when ATI last had driver issues IMHO.
The black-screen issue is not about drivers. It is about their partners (Sapphire etc) trying to be cheap in terms of components (but failing). And Nvidia has that same issue. Can't fix hardware limitations with software.


Do the following: Google "BSoD Nvidia" then google "BSoD AMD" . How many hits you get?

And what does that prove? Google works in mysterious ways. FYI Sapphire is one of the best Radeon partners on the market. To me, it just sounds like you don't know what you're talking about.
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September 13, 2014 10:15:02 AM

You guys realize that, the only reason they are doing liquid cooling is because, AMD cards produce so much heat. Where as Geforce cards, still use aircooling because they require less power and can still out perform many of AMDs cards.
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