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Just tested the Gigabyte RTX 3090 Turbo and jesus that thing is loud, definitely a server card. Performance is insane though, as expected. There’s no thermal difference with the card sitting on the core or inside the case with performance panels, so that’s great! The GPU cooler is made of copper while the outer shroud is Aluminium, so it’s heavy alright...but there’s absolutely 0 sag and it sits like a rock.
More importantly, the GEN4 Mobo, GEN3 riser, GEN4 GPU is no longer a problem it seems. I already had old GPU drivers installed and didn’t switch to GEN3 in BIOS before installing the new GPU (into the riser). Rather than not showing any signal (like for OptimumTech), it booted into windows. The screen was normal for 5s, then became black for 3s, and so on (it seems the GEN3 riser was semi-able to sustain GEN4 signal). I rebooted the PC and switched to GEN3 in BIOS, everything worked perfectly after that. Our motherboard is the Strix X570-i running 2802 BIOS.