Maybe it’s time for a change? Maybe Thunderbolt is that change?”ĪFAIK ThunderBolt operates over PCIe. “But do you even need other cards? PCI Express (PCIe) is 12 years old! Preceded by PCI, EISA, & ISA. Then you could have a different card form factor with that prototype case that plugs into the backplane cooling system. What is needed is a standard design where cards can take advantage of the existing cooling properties of the case so that case manufacturers provide cooling and card manufacturers just provide cards. Maybe whats needed is for all computer manufacturers to acknowledge that having every component provide for it’s own cooling is absurd in 2017.

Yea, it certainly would not be as silent or cool as it is now with off-the-shelf GPU’s. “I don’t think having the two, desktop class GPUs would work in that design though.” Maybe it’s time for a change? Maybe Thunderbolt is that change? That’s why I still have my big cheese grater.īut do you even need other cards? PCI Express (PCIe) is 12 years old! Preceded by PCI, EISA, & ISA. “That design is still an issue if you want to add any cards besides GPUs… I’d take a huge breadbox.”Īgreed.

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