Galax has a fame for pushing Nvidia GPUs to extremes with its halo merchandise. Among the many greatest graphics playing cards, area of interest lovers can be aware of its Corridor of Fame (HOF) line of merchandise that sit at pinnacle of maximum efficiency. The most recent Galax RTX 4090 HOF kicks issues up a notch, an outlandish tackle an already edgy product. Galax has the gall to suit this GeForce RTX 4090 with twin 16-pin energy connectors and a BIOS able to ship as much as 1000W to the GPU — hopefully with none doubtlessly melting adapters.
Swedish tech website Nordic {Hardware} obtained the above photos from their fellow countryman, overclocking legend Rauf, who’s presently positioned fifth in HWBot’s world rankings. The pictures present a beautiful icy white PCB that includes the very best energy design Galax can muster, in addition to the 2 headlining 16-pin 12VHPWR connector ports.
Should you rely the elements on the PCB, you will tally the boxy chokes and decide this explicit HOF design options 28 VRM phases for the GPU, plus one other 4 for the reminiscence. That is a considerable energy supply setup, designed to stably ship a considerable amount of present below essentially the most excessive of use instances, like liquid nitrogen.
The design of the Galax RTX 4090 HOF permits excessive overclockers to crank as much as 1000W via the twin 16-pin energy connectors for all types of overclocking hijinks. The 1000W allowed by the BIOS is significantly greater than the max wattage we have seen from any of the RTX 4090 playing cards we have reviewed, which achieved a most of round 600W with overclocking. Pushing that 400W greater makes us just a little involved, however then that is no strange card.
If you would like to buy a Galax GeForce RTX 4090 HOF, Rauf hasn’t shared any particulars on pricing or availability. Apparently, the launch date will coincide with Rauf and some different choose excessive overclockers releasing a flurry of overclocking outcomes and benchmark scores. We’ll maintain our eyes peeled for the anticipated toppling of a variety of graphics card efficiency world information, so keep tuned.