- 6800XT from Dell Alienware, impressive cooler surprisingly. Green PCB is not so nice.
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"Any PCB colour you want as long as it's green" - that used to be the norm like 20 years ago.
Of course it would've been nicer if the PCB is black or red (or even grey), but as long as the card is okay, you don't have much to complain.
ID: gwp0ne2ID: gwp5yyqGetting even older, brown was common.
ID: gwp332rEvery once in a while you’d see blue, but I think that was only motherboards idk ¯_(ツ)_/¯
ID: gwpfjdeYellow or brown were the colors of the bare fiberglass. Green is the soldermask (non-conductive conformal coating). Older boards with components spaced far apart (and component pins also spaced relatively far) didn't need soldermask.
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I wasn't aware dell used oem GPUs in their desktop builds. Makes sense, though.
ID: gwof3zsYeah, Dell does do that. Anything they make has the green PCB board, which, it's not a big deal, but I prefer the newer black ones
ID: gwo2awcdell, alienware, same thing, proprietary is their thing
ID: gwoo4byDell are notorious for using awful coolers. Their proprietary stuff is complete garbage
Alienware is literally the worst brand that exists in terms of quality
ID: gwor8nvI mean if I was given the choice between no graphics card or green PCB graphics card I'm taking the green PCB. Even if it was $10 cheaper to buy new I'd take a green PCB.
ID: gwovf43I have 3 dell 3080’s they perform on par with any other 3080 out there memory temp never exceeds 86C
ID: gwpk17fI think they've always done that.
Back in 2003 my employer at the time gave every field tech a new Dell PC.. The GPU that came in it was a Dell branded ATI X300.. in fact I think I still have it, and the computer too.
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It kinda looks like a cost-down Radeon VII. Interesting!
ID: gwp5sjqI think the Radeon VII cooler still the best looking GPU cooler.
ID: gwp5xy6I totally agree!
ID: gwp8wirHad not that great of thermals though and it wasn’t cause the card ran hot. It was the design of the cooler
ID: gwnwf6wExactly, it instantly reminded me of the VII
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If there's the choice between the PCB being green or costing a little more, green is the obvious choice
ID: gwoa9naIf there’s a choice between green and even getting one at all, green is the obvious choice.
ID: gwooczuAbsolutely. I wouldn’t really mind the looks of it if its cheaper
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Green PCB looks cool though
ID: gwo9vpdThis! Maybe I'm old, but I never understood why green became a "low tie
" thing. Remember those blue Intel MB PCBs? I liked those the most.But then, I don't like RGB, so it's probably being 30s me.
ID: gwobx0rRight here with ya. I think I had Blue PCBs back in my Athlon XP days.
ID: gwojboii had a purple ecs elite group motherboard and a yellow asus board. someone needs to release a rainbow of old style bvoards.
ID: gwoggooThese companies are missing out on potential markup profits. If they made their boards different colors, people would pay for that “upgrade.”
ID: gwp0rjsWell, it genuinely costs less because it's basically the default color PCBs are at most manufacturers lol. I don't have a problem with it, but... It's just the default.
ID: gwoe0kkdepends on what's around it
that kind of green just doesn't go that well with the visible black, red and gold
silvery, bare-metal colours give it an industrial look that I really like
what that 6800XT deserves is some of the transparent soldermask black FR4 that I believe it was Oshpark who does
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What is wrong with green PCB? It has some impact on performance? Or you can see it from kilometre away?
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Memory temps are very good, as well as hotspot, so I believe this cooler is very well designed.
This generation of cards is actually pretty exciting, since it seems you can't go wrong with literally any version.
I'm not sure how accurate it is, but it seems like AMD did a good job setting the reference spec, and maybe finally AIB's are taking AMD seriously again. I know the Infineon power stages seem to be a requirement, and the consensus is that they are well suited to the higher power ratings.
ID: gwo9uayYea definitely what I found. Can’t see anything wrong with any of the AMD cards whereas the Nvidia cards are a mixed bag especially on the low end models.
ID: gwopwloThe only issue I have seen with these is rattle from the shroud because it can be a bit loose. Seen it more on RTX cards, though.
ID: gwp9nrkI would say it's adequate? There are no heat pipes, just a single vapor chamber. The back plate, while metal, is also plastic laminated on the inside so it can't contribute to cooling. There's not a ton of overclocking headroom, as even with the fan curve maxed out you'll run into heat issues. It's definitely inferior to any of the non-reference coolers, and possibly the reference cooler.
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i wonder how the temps are compared to the reference 2.5 slot cooler. i do like how its standard 2 slot tho
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I can't believe the only air-cooled 2-slot 6800XT is from Dell out of all people
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Ikea Linnmon desk? Mine is also falling apart, shit is made out of thin paper.
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honestly i think all custom and even current gen reference cards look awful. vega 64 brushed aluminium was peak design for me, and the expansion modules of the mac pro is what we should strive for, not those ugly plastic shrouds full of cuts and puke rgb.
ID: gwpewx0This. I especially like the Radeon Pro cards, all square blue metal. They're beautiful.
ID: gwpl6g8yes they are gorgeous, i guess the 30 series FE are decent but i dont understand why I can't get a card that is just square with noctua level fans and with nice materials. I'll settle even for an industrial design with the shitty nocta colors if it performs well but please just don't do those weird shit with rgb and hawks and eagles and demons. is there even somebody that actually likes that over something more reasonable?
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Green PCB is not so nice.
I disagree. I think we need more colourful PCBs.
ID: gwojhm4I love the green. I actually would prefer it
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I like the green PCB, good choice for a "retro" build
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Wait, is this a mythical 2 slot 6800 XT?
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tfw you buy a $650 graphics card to look at the color of the pcb
ID: gwo35pbTFW you buy a $650 graphics card for $650
ID: gwoe9brWtf you get a recent graphics card?
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Dawid Does Tech Stuff did performs tests on a Alienware OEM GPU a while back, was pretty impressive.
They also look pretty sleek, no flashy designs or shiny plastic.
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It’s The green PCB for me
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I like green.
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Logitech K120 represent!
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Y'all are arguing about what the pcb is and I'm here trying to get a gpu since October 2020 lol
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Sometimes they came in like a yellowish color. You could either get green or a yellowish green color.