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I remember my first like 5 paychecks when I was a teenager scooping ice cream went to a voodoo3 from compUSA. I don't even think it had a fan, and I remember be

• tracker1 2y ago
  I'm consistently amazed at how massive video cards are today... it really feels like it's often excessive for the sake of being excessive over any real need. I was actually happy to see the depth shrink of the Meshify C case, now I'm disappointed I'm probably going to have to swap the case for a new GPU... it's too hard to find options that fit beyond mid-range, and even then.
  • phonon 2y ago
    Those old cards were way under 50 Watts. Even a "low-end" card now like an Intel B580 (list price $250, inflation adjusted equivalent to about $125 in the late 90s.) is 225 W. Cooling and power circuitry are much more critical now.
    • tracker1 2y ago
      Even then... There's no way an RTX 5070 needs the same cooler as a 5080/5090 by any stretch, but many of these cards on the lower-mid range are using the same coolers as on the high end. I doubt they're really needed in terms of that big. I could understand a slightly heavier 2-fan model, which would fit in more cases. Even for overclocking, they don't add much. Then again, I also have a solid case without windows. But there are plenty of SFF builders that would like a more reasonably sized upper mid-range card. I'm not suggesting that single slot is enough... but a 2-slot dual fan design should be suitable/sufficient for a stock-clocked 5070 Ti.