WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.440 those back plates that you find on some graphics cards are like a bra for your 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:10.639 graphics card they look sexy and alluring making the reveal of what's 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:14.759 underneath that much more fun and that sag prevention is a bonus but do they 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:19.000 help with cooling I mean you can find people asking about this everywhere from 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:25.320 the Linus techtips Forum to overclock.net to Tom's Hardware to 00:00:21.439 --> 00:00:27.840 evga's own forums Reddit and even super 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:33.440 user forums they're all asking the same question and the answer has always been 00:00:30.439 --> 00:00:36.079 nope no cooling benefits just Aesthetics 00:00:33.440 --> 00:00:40.160 and rigidity though you'll find the odd mention of protection for the components 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:46.399 on the back from things like dropped screws abrasion or small water cooling 00:00:43.160 --> 00:00:48.399 mishaps which is valid but not cooling 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:53.359 right well that's what I thought but orus recently released their GTX 1080 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:58.600 extreme Edition 8G a beastly looking card with an advanced copper back plate 00:00:55.640 --> 00:01:03.719 cooling they claim that excess heat from your GPU not only gets dissipated by the 00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:10.000 massive cooling module on the front you know the standard graphics card heat 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:12.560 sink de but also through the backside 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:17.520 with a ribbed copper plate providing a well-rounded thermal solution for the 00:01:14.479 --> 00:01:20.200 GPU well they've piqued my interest but 00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:25.680 they don't say exactly by how much the advanced copper back plate cooling 00:01:22.320 --> 00:01:29.040 solution will actually reduce temps by 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:30.799 there is this giant aggro 3 that's just 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:35.799 chilling on the ground graic of the back plate so I guess we're going to go with 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:40.439 that welcome to episode one of manufacturer say where we're going to 00:01:37.720 --> 00:01:47.500 test if oris's new solution can stand up to their bold 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:56.759 claims gfuel is hosting a buy one get one free promotion for their energy 00:01:54.759 --> 00:02:02.399 drink tubs check it out at the link below let's set the playing field this 00:01:59.520 --> 00:02:07.520 is a non- reference NVIDIA GTX 1080 but we'll start with a Founders Edition 1080 00:02:05.119 --> 00:02:12.120 it also has a backplate but doesn't claim that it improves Cooling and 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:16.760 there's no shiny copper on it just a few weak sauce thermal pads that are 00:02:14.040 --> 00:02:20.800 probably there mostly to make sure that the back plate isn't detrimental to 00:02:18.959 --> 00:02:26.160 cooling I threw it on a test bench and loaded up furmark the fuzzy donut of 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:30.879 death I left the card at stock settings other than cranking the temp Target up 00:02:27.920 --> 00:02:36.560 to 83° and after letting it burn for about 20 minutes just to be sure it was 00:02:33.239 --> 00:02:38.800 at a stable 79° C all right time to take 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:43.720 it back off the bench and remove the back plate this is a relatively simple 00:02:41.239 --> 00:02:49.200 process four screws around the GPU two bigger ones near the I/O and then 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:52.280 there's a ton of tiny little incredibly 00:02:49.200 --> 00:02:54.640 annoying screws 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:58.959 everywhere be sure to have a magnetic part tray if you don't have one we have 00:02:57.319 --> 00:03:03.519 this handy guide on how to make one out of a dead hard drive because these 00:03:00.760 --> 00:03:08.120 little Devils will run away on you God they are annoying anyways bench time 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:15.239 again the fuzzy donut is back and the results 79° no change whatsoever this is 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:19.560 starting to feel like the workshop we even took some shots with our Flur 00:03:17.480 --> 00:03:24.560 thermal camera to give you guys a more complete picture of what's going on but 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:26.599 in a nutshell the founders Edition card 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:31.519 well the back plate didn't really help anything but a challenger approaches 00:03:28.959 --> 00:03:36.360 aggressive Ang Les animalistic symbols refined copper metal and Industrial 00:03:34.200 --> 00:03:40.760 styling same process slot it in lock it in place screw it in crank the thermal 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:46.959 and power limit to Max overclock the core and memory by 100 MHz each apply 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:52.640 the fuzzy donut and wait 20 minutes results 67° and that's at over 2 GHz on 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:58.120 the core this is a pretty wicked card it's fast it runs cool I hit a voltage 00:03:55.560 --> 00:04:03.079 limit at that overclock but uh yeah I'm liking it so far but how about that back 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:07.360 plate well looking at the Flur thermal imaging there is a cold spot right where 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:12.000 that back plate sits but does that translate to a difference in core 00:04:09.720 --> 00:04:16.519 temperatures time to find out remove the three random screws from the back plate 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:21.799 then the four ones around the GPU realize that there are more internally 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:27.120 remove the entire heat sink unplugging all four plugs from the inside and 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:32.360 undoing two remaining screws find another Power connector behind the back 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:36.720 back plate for the glowing orus logo try not to break the connector when removing 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:41.240 it as it's rather fragile attach the cooler again but leave the back plate 00:04:38.440 --> 00:04:48.720 off put it back on the bench and conclusion time 67° that's the result 00:04:44.520 --> 00:04:52.240 67° is not lower than 67° 67° is the 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:54.120 same damn thing as 67° these results are 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:59.199 not different the Fleer footage doesn't show the cold spot anymore but as there 00:04:56.280 --> 00:05:05.199 was no improvement the core is not less hot the card is not running any faster 00:05:02.280 --> 00:05:10.919 does the back plate look really cool yep does it cool things maybe maybe the back 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:15.360 of the PCB but not the GPU or anything else that is going to affect performance 00:05:13.520 --> 00:05:20.319 it's hard with the tools that we have to say whether this is to do with poor 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:25.720 thermal transfer through the PCB or the thick thermal pad that's on the copper 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:27.400 plate and the card does perform well so 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:32.280 we aren't saying not to buy it or anything just brace yourself for 00:05:29.919 --> 00:05:39.919 disappointment if you're a hardcore copper back plates for their GPU cooling 00:05:35.280 --> 00:05:41.120 abilities nerd I guess if that exists 00:05:39.919 --> 00:05:46.639 thanks for watching guys if this video sucked you know what to do but if it was awesome get subscribed hit the like 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:51.000 button and consider going down below to click on links to buy stuff or buying a 00:05:48.880 --> 00:05:55.039 shirt which is the same as buying stuff but the stuff could reference graphics 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:59.039 cards that you saw in this video so that's slightly more specific than what 00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:05.440 I said right before that also watch this video which which is our video 00:06:02.880 --> 00:06:08.800 on my personal rig there we go that video is not up yet but theoretically 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:16.000 considering it's like almost done editing it will go up before this goes up so hopefully that works out see you 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