Are Gigabyte Gpu’s spontaneously cracking? How to prevent it and why it’s not just gigabyte

If you have a gigabyte gpu you need to watch the whole thing it won’t crack !

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[cppctek]

Also side note asus and all manufacturers will deny a claim for any cracks or scratches to the pcb no matter what. I speak from experience

[EpicGamer-ooub]

What’s even more funny is that people chose not to use the support brackets that come with these gpus to then turn around and act surprised when the connector suddenly cracks.

[peterfalkner]

The cracking is mainly due to GPUs being sent out in pre builds. The sagging will not crack the pcb. It will in time cause memory issues due to ripped pads so yes always use support bracket most RTX 4090s come supplied with a bracket.

[mypeeps]

Pcb's do not spontaneously Crack. Most gpu's come with a support bracket. It a size weight issue. Your video is the only one that makes sense. I bought my bracket on Amazon. Take care.

[archer]

Absolutely right! I've been fighting with dumb people in social media and some few forums claiming that it's the manufacturer's fault, the same thing happened and the same argument i made about users who are not using GPU Support. Thank you, I can share your video in support of my claims :)

[lukilsn]

Thanks for the info! I'll definitely get a gpu support stand/bracket when I get my PC

[cjw]

Really good video. I was coming to this conclusion since 30 series didnt come with support brackets. Interesting to see a founders 4090 repair video showing this exact issue. Also interesing that gigabyte actually gave a support bracket for 40 series cards, they must be well aware now that the weight of these cards need support. Gpu anti sag brackets are just mandatory at this point.

Very level headed take on all this...we dont have the exact data and given its a popular brand you will get more cases. Also they are probably heavier than other cards so need that support even more.

Gigabyte are getting slammed because of the lack of support to customers who have had this happen and rightfully so. So as a consumer protect your GPU with a bracket but shady after service support is not on either and they need to be better.

[bpcgos]

When heavy a*s cooler and heatsink combine with thin PCB hanging in pretty much uneven weight distribution, what we can expect?

[JaysXtremeGaming]

Thx for this, just got a gigabyte gpu, I’m supporting it up with a tiny flashlight lol, thx

[phyro]

I am Jérémie, the guy who shared all the info to Rossmann last week which others based their content off. You're slightly wrong to say they all put traces there, in the repair community we have seen lots of cards, even from that series which have cracks but work just fine because they have no traces going through there (mainly MSI as far as I know). We have basically never had cracked MSI cards ending up on our bench. They have very little copper in the area and this somewhat confirms my hypothesis on repair(dot)wiki of Gigabyte cards having a weakness due to how much copper traces and planes they put there so close to the edge.

Zotac 30 series have a second screw hole very close to the locking tab and a similar trace layout but we also haven't been getting them on our benches (at least for this reason, maybe Zotac simply takes responsibility for it when customers send them in though). And no on 10 series and 20 series and RX 400/500s we did sometimes see freak cases of ripped PCIe tabs on the left side from shipping damage.

Of course supporting the card from down below can help it but while being transported it should be supported from up and down movement and also side to side and not only at the back, I've seen plenty of instances of PCIe slots ripped clean off when a PC is dropped. Or better yet, not shipped with the GPU slotted in. A support at the back will only help for long term bowing, not if you bump your PC and even then it will only halve or less the downward force going through the PCIe locking tab on Gigabyte cards.

The air coolers on Gigabyte 30 series while sturdy do flex a bit at the heat pipes between the core plate and fins so with impacts it can still shear at the locking tab if you have a leg on the right front side of the card if not worse because by locking one side the PCB experiences tension not compression at the PCIe locking tab. PCBs are more resilient to compression than tension.

Consumer products should always be built to be usable by the average consumer.

[Krashulka]

I have the bracket that came with the GPU attached, and also another 2 supports I made and installed from day 1.
I think it was pretty obvious by the weight of the GPU that it was going to need more support.
Cheers.

[reviewforthetube]

This is why asus gpu sag pen is the best! You can put it in the absolute perfect spot which won't only make it so this won't happen but it also doesn't put to much pressure in the opposite way and bend the actual full pcb like other gous are having happen with the reverse pressure from there sag brackets.

[y_zass]

This right here is why I prefer cases with a horizontal motherboard layout. Vertical GPU and CPU heatsink FTW! No unnecessary stress on GPU PCB and motherboard. My current case is the Jonsbo V8. One thing to note is that a big portion of these cracking GPUs are in pre-builts or PCs that have been moved. Shipping a PC with the GPU installed in a bad idea anyways...

[KevinSiebert]

It's the manufacturer's fault for making the cards so heavy

[yumri]

So either we need a new PCIe spec revision to fix this or lighter weight wise coolers.
We do have lighter coolers just all of them happen to be water cooling for the RTX cards that seem to have this cracking problem. Really that is the reason i see the GPU market for consumers going to liquid cooling. Move the weight away from the card to a radiator some where else normally in the case.
I do not see us going away from the current PCIe physical spec as it goes back so far and the transition period that some will and some will not have the connector they are trying to go to will take years if not a decade. We still had motherboards with PCI until 2010 and PCI express is in more motherboards and has more cards for it that PCI did so it will take even longer to replace.

[Dmwntkp]

Good to know, I wanted Gigabyte card because most other 4000 series brands have higher chance of coil whine.

[jokeracts]

I had been using Gigabyte graphics card for very long time since I first got it with GTX 560 Ti, then GTX 660, GTX 1070 FE and now RTX 2080 Super Turbo. I had used it for DCS World and played it at maximum quality graphics setting at 1080P HD with no problem. The extreme durability of the electronics component is so good and proven. Just lucky I did not upgrade my graphics card to RTX 30 or 40 series yet.

Those RTX 3080, 3080 Ti, 3090, 3090 Ti, 4070 Ti, 4080 and 4090 GPU card was so expensive, the best suggestion for those who afforded it should get water-cooled version rather than air cooled version. You can pay for a such expensive 4090 card why not just add plenty bucks for water cooled version? I think the water-cooled version should be safe from any PCB cracking?

If I am Gigabyte, I will recall all the air-cooled affected GPU and RMA replace with water cooled version with additional cost from the owner just to upgrade it from air cool to water cool and solve the issue. Those recalled GPU still have valuable for recycle to retrieve the GPU processor, GPU VRAM and several electronic components to remake new water-cooled GPU.

This will satisfy the customer and the trust from the community to maintain future sales and the trust of the community for the brand. However, Gigabyte respond with refusing the RMA is destroying themself just to prevent current loss but will suffering future loss of sales.

I think that must be something wrong with the Gigabyte, it's getting into civil war just like the old ancient Chinese history the romance of three kingdom. It was fighting between Three kingdoms for ASUS, msi and Gigabyte, just like the old days of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Those Chinese never changed for thousand years ago, they remain fighting each other's as those ASUS, msi and Gigabyte was all Taiwan 's Chinese company.

The condition for Gigabyte just likes the old days of 1927-1949 Chinese civil war between Chinese Communist Party 's Mao Ze Dong and Kuo Min Tang 's Chiang Kai Shek. You should know how and why Chiang 's defeat in the civil war, that's lots of Chiang 's Generals and personals defected and joined Chinese Communist party. They all disclose critical secret, misleading in military strategy and caused a total defeat of Chiang Kai Shek in China.

That Gigabyte just like the old day 's Chiang Kai Shek, stubborn and failed to dig-up any traitor. With modern engineering computer aided design, how can Gigabyte did not know the weakness and flaws on the PCB design? did they did not simulate it on CAE simulation? There must be a mole or traitor hide within Gigabyte?

[likeabosslinc]

I’m just curious why it seems like the bulk of the broken ones coming from gygabyte

[dariuszbober]

I thing you got all conlusions to last months gigabyte crack problems. Grat material thanks man :)

[XcDrifty]

would vertical mounting be just as effective as using a support stand?