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Optix334 t1_j3333xo wrote

as someone else has pointed out to you, it was Definitively proven as User Error, and a small amount of manufacturing issues where some debris was left in the connector to cause the short. Here's a nice Gamers Nexus video where they spent thousands of dollars going to professional laboratories for analysis and trying to melt the cables:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig2px7ofKhQ

Check your bias. You look stupid here.

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DarthBuzzard OP t1_j32w36b wrote

> What the about the things that were meant to catch on that never did?

Those things don't have much in common with VR/AR.

If you want to define VR/AR, they are whole mediums and computing platforms.

When was the last completely new medium or computing platform that failed to catch on?

That definition is important - it means they are general purpose devices for both entertainment/media and for practical use.

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samanime t1_j32ta8h wrote

Yeah. Which made a big difference in the effect... but I still had it off 99% of the time. Even a super fancy, advanced, works perfectly every time and in all conditions... I just can't see how it would useful at all compared to the tools we currently have.

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DeBlackKnight t1_j32ihr9 wrote

So for one, the heat coming out of your case is solely do to the amount of wattage being used. A card can run at 60c peak and still pump out 40c+ air if it's drawing 400-500w.

For two, we are talking about junction (or hotspot, in Nvidia's case) temp, not edge temp. I do not believe for a second that anything other than a watercooled 3090ti is running at 70c junction temp. If you're comparing a watercooled cards' temps to a reference cards temps, I don't know what to tell you.

I believe that the AMD GPUs in question actually maintain fairly decent edge temps, while actively thermal throttling due to junction temps.

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DeBlackKnight t1_j32hkbs wrote

It's crazy how people can watch the same videos from the same handful of content creators and come to wildly different conclusions. The issue with the 12 pin connector is primarily user error. No amount of issue with the design can be used as an excuse for leaving the connector so clearly unplugged as to cause the overheating issue.

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