Users share their experiences on Reddit, and some of them are sometimes funny, like the one conducted by user Everynametaken9, who put an NVIDIA RTX 3080 graphics card through a strange experiment and cooled it with a passive (fanless) cooler.
The NVIDIA RTX 3080 graphics card module project focuses on converting an air-cooled card into a passive cooler. The term (passive cooler) refers to a cooler that does not have a fan and is surrounded by air movement to reduce and maintain the temperature of the graphics card or processor.
Passive coolers are a good option for reducing noise, but the disadvantages of this cooling method are their larger size and the need for good air circulation inside the computer case or adequate ventilation around the case. Cooler to help cool your computer. card and lower its temperature.
The passive heatsink used by the NVIDIA RTX 3080 graphics card is equipped with ten CPU heatsinks, as the project owner focused on installing a huge rectangular copper base that houses ten CPU heatsinks.
Obviously, the main goal of this prototype is to explore alternative cooling solutions for high-end graphics cards. Until now, passive heatsinks have been unable to achieve excellent cooling effects for mid-range to high-end graphics cards. A low-end graphics card will produce good results... without using a lot of power.
This prototype cooler for the NVIDIA RTX 3080 graphics card opened the door to discussions among users, allowing us to exchange several opinions, one of which suggests adding high-quality copper tubes and integrating them into the massive copper base.
Ultimately, implementing a passive cooler that can cool reasonably sized high-end graphics cards is difficult, but not impossible, and could be achieved in the next few years.
The project is still under research and development and its results have not yet been announced.