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Extreme GPU Cooling Mod Yields Minimal Performance Gains

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A hardware enthusiast, known as TrashBench, experimented with significantly increasing the cooling on an NVIDIA RTX 3080 graphics card by attaching 11 additional fans and a 360mm All-In-One (AIO) liquid cooler. This extreme modification successfully reduced the GPU's operating temperature by approximately 30°C, nearly halving it from its stock performance. However, the performance gains in benchmarks like Unigine Heaven and Shadow of the Tomb Raider were minimal, yielding less than a 5 FPS uplift, even when leveraging the thermal headroom for overclocking. The project was ultimately deemed not worth the effort due to the negligible performance increase, despite the visually striking and audibly impressive setup. AI

RANK_REASON This is a hardware modification and performance test of an existing consumer product, not a new release or significant industry event.

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Extreme GPU Cooling Mod Yields Minimal Performance Gains

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Mark Tyson ·

    Strapping 11 fans and a 360mm AIO to an RTX 3080 sounds crazy until you see the 30°C temp drop — modded GPU delivered less than 5 FPS uplift at turbojet noise levels

    TrashBench recently decided to test whether adding more and more fans to a powerful GPU would improve its performance.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Strapping 11 fans and a 360mm AIO to an RTX 3080 sounds crazy until you see the 30°C temp drop — modded GPU delivered less than 5 FPS uplift at turbojet noise l

    Strapping 11 fans and a 360mm AIO to an RTX 3080 sounds crazy until you see the 30°C temp drop — modded GPU delivered less than 5 FPS uplift at turbojet noise levels TrashBench recently decided to test whether adding more and more fans to a powerful GPU would improve its performa…

    LINKS tomshardware.com/…/strapping-11-fans-and-… tomshardware.com/pc-components

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