MSI unveils GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards by Sea Hawk with hybrid LSS

Taiwanese manufacturer Micro-Star International (MSI) has unveiled GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards with a redesigned Sea Hawk hybrid unattended liquid cooling system. Interestingly, within the framework of the presentation, the company did not say which GeForce RTX 30 models will receive this performance.

Given past experience, most likely, this cooling system will be used in older versions of the GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce RTX 3080 based on NVIDIA GA102 GPUs.

As part of the updated MSI Sea Hawk LSS unit, which is installed on the video card itself, a large copper contact pad is used to cover the graphics processor and memory chips.

It also houses a new compact low-profile pump that circulates heated fluid to an external 240 × 120 mm radiator, which is cooled by two 120 mm TORX 4.0 fans.

Additional cooling of the board components is provided by another fan. This time, the manufacturer decided to use not a centrifugal cooler that drives hot air out of the PC case, but a more traditional axial one.

All fans used have received support for Zero Frozr technology, which allows them to completely stop when there is no load on the graphics system. The pump does not stop working. MSI Sea Hawk's cooling system also includes a metal backplate that is used to dissipate heat from the memory chips.

According to the source, the manufacturer has not yet decided on the frequency characteristics of graphics accelerators, so the appearance of video cards in this version on sale will have to wait some more time.

Source: TechPowerUp