Sapphire Teases Liquid Cooled AMD GPU - Project NFC Coming in January

Sapphire is teasing a new liquid cooled AMD graphics carte du jour on youtube, could this exist the R9 380X ? Dubbed project NFC "Non from concentrate". NFC is a term used in the food industry to indicate that water hasn't been extracted from the juice of a fruit. "From concentrate" indicates that the natural h2o of the fruit has been extracted from the juice, the resulting concentrate is then pasteurized and processed, finally h2o is added. And then NFC indicates more of a pure and unaltered form so to speak.

Sapphire hasn't outright said that projection NFC is about liquid cooled graphics cards. Since this is a teaser information technology'due south expected that the visitor would play its cards close to its figurative chest. However Sapphire did include many hints in the video to suggest that project NFC, autonomously from the name, is actually nearly Sapphire using liquid cooling for GPUs. Such as liquid cooling fittings, possible drawings of a GPU block and water vapor.

Sapphire Teases Liquid Cooled AMD Graphics Card - Project NFC Coming in January

Nosotros even so don't know for sure if this is really a brand new liquid cooled GPU or if Sapphire is prepping a new liquid cooling unit for an existing graphics card. I wouldn't rule out either possibility. We've seen many legitimate reports indicating that AMD is introducing an enhanced version of the Hawaii XT GPU, which currently powers the R9 290X and R9 290, early next twelvemonth.

The new enhanced Hawaii is said to be AMD's concluding GPU before the new graphics refresh in 2022. And its master purpose is to hold the ground until Fiji XT arrives a few months later. We've also seen reports of AMD actually using a similar version of the Hydra liquid cooler of the R9 295X2 on an unannounced single GPU graphics menu.

It'south quite plausible that it would actually terminate upwards on the enhanced Hawaii rather than Fiji. Simply due to the fact that Fiji wouldn't actually need any liquid cooling as information technology consumes significantly less ability than Hawaii co-ordinate to the various leaked reports. And also due to the fact that this shroud was leaked around the time when AMD was rumored to launch a liquid cooled R9 295X graphics menu based on enhanced Hawaii silicon. However information technology was eventually delayed to be made more than competitive with GM204. I wouldn't very surprised either if AMD decides to give the enhanced Hawaii GPU an R9 300 series proper noun.

The new liquid cooling unit from Sapphire might exist their own customized version of AMD's reference Hydra cooler. Nosotros may see it introduced with a make new GPU or the fabled Hawaii XTX. Either manner this underlines the on-going involvement of the AIBs to explore water cooling for commercial products. This could marking the beginning of a future tendency of more than affordable liquid cooled graphics cards. A trend that nosotros'd be very happy to see come to fruition.

Source: https://wccftech.com/sapphire-liquid-cooling-amd-gpu/

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