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RTX 3080 only uses 19Gbps ​​GDDR6X video memory, NVIDIA is really not stingy: too much heat

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The RTX 3090/3080 is equipped with GDDR6X video memory for the first time. For now, Micron exclusively supplies it.

However, the video memory bandwidth or speed is 19Gbps, although it is much higher than GDDR6, in fact, Micron has already mass-produced 21Gbps products, why didn’t NVIDIA adopt it?

Obviously it is not a problem of production capacity. Igor’s Lab in Germany found that it was actually due to heat.

Generally speaking, the limit temperature of GDDR5/5X/6 is 100 degrees Celsius, and the recommended operating temperature range is 0~95 degrees Celsius. GDDR6X has no exact technical data, but the analysis should be 120 degrees Celsius, that is, the maximum operating temperature should not exceed 110 degrees.

Igor’s Lab used a secret smear material and software. After running the 4K resolution “Witcher 3” for 30 minutes, it reads that the maximum temperature of the video memory has reached 104 degrees Celsius, and the difference with the backboard temperature has reached 20 degrees.

Igor’s Lab also recommends heating pads on the backplane and PCB board support to cool down about 4 degrees.

Obviously, if 21Gbps video memory is used, the heat dissipation design of the public version will have to be overturned. Taking the RTX 3080 as an example, the 320-watt TDP is definitely not enough.

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This post was last modified on September 22, 2020 10:51 am

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