Thread: upgrade time

Originally Posted by KromMonkey

Founders Card = Waste of Money. Don't let the money burn a hole in your pocket and find an AiB version. Check out NowInStock.net Product Availability Tracker and In Stock Notification System

yeah been checking it no one has it not even the local best buys have it wtf are they hand making these fucking things ?

Newegg really has been the best best of late for the newest cards to be I'm stock.


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Been checking every day out of stock of everything but 1 card on back order

Unless they really drop in price1060 is what's sorta in my comfort zone on spending on a card

Originally Posted by KromMonkey

Founders Card = Waste of Money. Don't let the money burn a hole in your pocket and find an AiB version. Check out NowInStock.net Product Availability Tracker and In Stock Notification System

Not if you are water cooling. The founders cards almost always have a smaller PCB, which means a smaller water block, less space in the case and more space for water cooling components. They have their pros and cons. I typically buy the reference (founders) cards if I am water cooling just for that reason.

Originally Posted by BrokenApe

I've been told that founders edition cards are good for pure air cooling systems as well, what with drawing air from the side and blowing it exhaust style from the rear instead of into the case?

In some cases, this is very true. Most of the 3rd party cards have a larger PCB, with larger coolers that have more surface area. This is better for drawing the heat away from the GPU Core and VRAM. The fans over these larger PCB designs typically blow the air directly on to the heatsink, and most of the hot air ends up back in your case. If you have a well ventilated case, this isn't going to be a problem.

If you have a small case with poor airflow, this could be a problem as the additional heat cannot escape, which means the fans will have to work harder to keep the Core and VRAM cool. Sometimes a card that is designed to exhaust the heat can be better.

Back in the day when I ran two Titans, I was not water cooling them, and I had them exhausting out the back. Trust me when I tell you they did a great job of exhausting the heat. They used to blow hot air all over my hand. It was so annoying that I moved my case to the other side of my desk.

i hope this week someone somewhere re stocks its annoying the only thing out there is 970s and 1070s