We have had a very busy few days with leaks of the GeForce RTX 40, and today we have something very big, the first images of the refrigeration system that will use, in theory, this new generation of NVIDIA graphics cards. I am sure that many of you have already said that “this sounds familiar to me”. You have been right, what we see in the images is practically the same cooling system that the green giant has mounted on the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, although with nuances.
The first noticeable difference is at the base of contact between the GPUits key components (VRAM and VRM) and the radiator, which seems to have been improved in that new block that the GeForce RTX 40 will mount. The second important difference is in the fin density of this new radiator that will be used by the new generation NVIDIA graphics cards, which is clearly superior to that of the GeForce RTX 3090 radiator. You.
those differences they are not coincidence, and its resemblance to the cooling system of the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is not either. In the end, said graphics card also served as “test” for the future development of the cooling system on which the AD102 GPU will be based, a chip that will be used by the GeForce RTX 4080, GeForce RTX 4090 and GeForce RTX 4090 Ti.
RTX 4090 Ti cooling system
RTX 3090 Ti cooling system
This leak has also allowed us to confirm the presence of the same double fan that we saw in the GeForce RTX 30, and how good results it has given NVIDIA. These fans are placed in opposite positions to carry out the task of introducing and extracting air from inside the graphics card in a differentiated way. In the attached image you can also see the trims with the distinctive “RTX 4090 Ti”, a detail that only reinforces the credibility of this leak.
Does it make sense that the GeForce RTX 40 repeat the cooling system of the GeForce RTX 30?
I’ve tried pretty much every graphics card that NVIDIA has released within the GeForce RTX 30 series, I’m only missing the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and I hope to pay off that debt very soon, and I can tell you without a doubt yesmakes sense, and for several reasons.
The first is that the cooling system of the GeForce RTX 30 FE it is highly efficient and silentthat is to say, it works very well, and with the small changes that NVIDIA would have introduced in the contact base and the density of the radiator fins, they should cover the cooling needs of the GeForce RTX 40 without problems.
Secondly, it must be taken into account that this cooling system has allowed one of the most attractive designs, and most iconic, of all the graphic generations that NVIDIA has launched so far. You already know that “if something works, don’t change it”. All in all, I’m curious to see how well this cooling system works, with those modifications, on a powerful GeForce RTX 4090 Ti.
Before finishing, and in case anyone doubts the veracity of this leak, I remind you that the source it is the same one that leaked at the time the cooling system of the GeForce RTX 3080, and said medium was completely right, so it deserves a lot of credibility. If all goes according to plan, the debut of the GeForce RTX 40 will take place in mid-July, although it is still not clear which models NVIDIA will present first.
The first to arrive are likely to be the GeForce RTX 4080, GeForce RTX 4090 and GeForce RTX 4090 Ti, and that the lower models will arrive in the coming months. Regarding the sale price, I think that this new generation is going to be a little more expensive than the previous one, but also much more powerful, as we tell you in this article. The article from the original source (Chiphell) is being “revised”, which in my opinion gives it even more credibility.
