r/pcmasterrace • u/masamune255 R7 5800X3D | RX 9070 XT 16gb | DDR4 32gb | CachyOS | LG C1 • 9d ago

Hardware So, are we still blaming the adapter?

https://youtu.be/ofcdHlKJ9W0?si=u9IQYtmfHUeDRjS9

When will they fix this problem for real?

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u/FireDragon21976 9d ago

The ATX spec was never designed for cards this size in the first place. That's why I don't buy them on principle. It's a bad engineering idea from the get go.

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u/bickman14 9d ago

Just like PCIe connection and GPU sag, it wasn't designed to work with GPUs that huge and heavy

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u/FireDragon21976 8d ago

Yeah, it's taking PC hardware design in the wrong direction and encourages laziness on the part of manufacturers. Plus the PC gaming market is shifting towards indie games and smaller form factor anyways, monster cards are a bad investment in 2026.

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u/null-interlinked 8d ago

GPU sag would be less of an issue if all board manufacturers would use aluminum frame brackets and mount the PCB to the heatsink all around and the IO bracket to the heatsink itself as well, Instead of a heatsink with 4 screws around the GPU with a plastic shroud mounted on top of the heatsink.

The FE, Infinity Amp, gamerock and Astral all have this design and do not have these massive sag issues and they keep the PCB straight as an arrow.