Asus and Noctua Reportedly Prep GeForce RTX 40-Series Boards
Asus and Noctua are set to unveil new co-designed GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards at CES. tip hellThe board naturally comes with a cooling system designed by Noctua and performance enhancements by Asus. Both companies plan to showcase their products at his CES, but it’s unclear when they will hit the market.
The only thing we know about the upcoming GeForce RTX 40 series Noctua Edition graphics cards is that they will be based on the Ada Lovelace generation of graphics processors and will use a cooling system developed by Noctua. . We don’t know if the new cooler will continue to use Noctua’s NF-A12x25 fan found in his existing Noctua Edition graphics card, but it’s possible. These boards will have to be put to the test to see if they will be one of the best graphics cards you can buy in the coming months.
Keeping in mind the timing of the introduction, Asus may offer GeForce RTX 4090 (GA102), GeForce RTX 4080 (GA103), and/or GeForce RTX 4070 Ti (GA104) boards with Noctua coolers. Designing a quiet air cooler for components with up to 600W of thermal board power isn’t easy, so it remains to be seen if Nvidia’s top-of-the-line products will be included in this new family. What anyone would expect from his Noctua Edition graphics card.
When Asus and Noctua unveiled their GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua Edition and GeForce RTX 3080 Noctua Edition graphics cards in 2021, both units were enthusiastically received by the hardware cloud. The Noctua-designed cooler remained quiet under heavy load, while the product offered a very decent performance boost compared to the reference card.
I had a few issues with these products. These products launched relatively late in the lifecycle of the GeForce RTX 30 series ‘Ampere’ graphics processors. Nonetheless, demand for the Asus GeForce RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 Noctua Edition graphics cards was high despite bad timing and extremely high market prices.
This time around, the two companies are reportedly set to unveil their GeForce RTX 40-series Noctua Edition boards at CES, about three months after Nvidia officially announced its high-end Ada Lovelace GPUs. While we expect the performance boost these new GeForce RTX 40 Series Noctua Edition graphics cards will bring compared to reference models, early deployments indicate that the two companies see the collaboration as a success. increase.
It makes a lot of sense for Asus to continue offering its top-performing GeForce RTX 40 series under its own ROG Strix branding, while keeping the Noctua Edition for those looking for a balance between performance and silence. We’ll have a look at that when the board comes out. Please keep in mind that information about the introduction of new Asus Noctua Edition graphics cards at CES comes from an unofficial source.