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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
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If the reference model wouldnt have the overheating problem... (Thought you meant the XTX)
So you would have to hope to get a good one or but a water cooler on it or directly buy a partner model, thats not based on that cooler.
Which elimintes the benefit of a lower MSRP for the reference model.
But i guess yeah there will at least be for the most part a msrp variant of that card, which you probably just should not buy either way.
The XT reference may not overheat or we just didnt have reports of it, but the xt probably has the same problematic vapor chamber

But that the 3070Ti has no FE is just stupid...
I understand it for the lower end cards like 60 and downwards but a 70ti come one.

This whole generation of cards seems stupid.
Even the 7900XTX that is not a reference model with a potential failed vapor chamber is around 1400€ here so the same price as a 4080, which probably still is a bit better for the xtx but 1,4k for the gaming high end card variant is even more expensive than during corona.

The 4090 as the top of the top is 2k here. Honestly thats probably the only good thing. Cause it really is just the point of no returns, where you just go for the best and pay for it. For that its price is not really higher than the last years, while the performance at least is great and has no competition.
But how many people actually buy a fricking 4090. That card is not for normal gamers.

This generation for everyone that looks at the price while buying a card is just an insult. No card that is not top of the top has any value so far over the last Gen.
gpt
Just the fact the the reference model exists and is in the market means the AIB models have to compete with it. Yes the AIB models will obviously be more expensive than the reference model, but without one to compete with AIBs can just price their cards for a higher, actually decent margin, without the reference or FE model under cutting their sale price, which makes the price hike larger.

And sure, overheating problem on the XTX, not on the XT. That's there, but that's a different topic.