Yeah, just per his opinion / PCI/e spec
It's a fine card size-wise, I do wish 9070 non XT was smaller since it's 30% less TDP so 30% less size
And then to go further, Gigabyte 4070Ti Super AI TOP and Inno3D X2 4070Ti Super do better, so Reaper could be dual fan / non XT could maybe be 200mm length? (15-20W difference between 4070TiS and 9070XT, surely it's not much /it can be forgone)
Honestly I don't know how crazy AMD / Nvidia are on adhering to their TDP spec, but I wouldn't mind losing some TDP, anyways you can reclaim performance with undervolt (perhaps Intel is the biggest offender, but they certainly don't care about TDP spec on laptops)
And then maybe I am rambling on, but with copper: maybe it is inaccurate to compare CPU and GPU coolers, but maybe something like a TR AXP90-47 full copper, but x2 on a GPU, with shorter copper block (so it's < 40mm tall / 2 slot).
And then add 3rd one if needed lol, or instead of 90mm wide copper block you can go to 110 (as per spec) to compensate for losing the 7mm on height
I think that should be able to easily cool 200W in the first case and 300W in the 2nd? If you want to get a little more optimal you could maybe "trade" a few mm off the fan (15mm to 10-12) for more copper
(would be cool to see the trade-off for fan size vs copper/aluminum, but I'm pretty sure it's in favor of copper lol)
I don't know how everything works, but I strongly feel if Galax was able to do >300 "W/L" all the way back in 2017, then we should be able to do the same now (and not just on 5090FE / 575W card)
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It doesn't mean anything to me to put 100W card in long / thick / wide card, even if it meets spec. But let's say a higher length low profile, or a thicker shorter card would be interesting
