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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by sgibson5150@slrpnk.net to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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I was looking at the RTX 5090 listings on NewEgg and the last picture (7/7) on this MSI card is a thing I don't recognize. Anyone know what it is?

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[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

GPU support pillar. This is what it looks like extended. These really help with GPU sag and remove some pressure off the PCI slot.

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[–] daddybutter@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Nice, where'd you find the pic? I briefly looked to confirm my hunch but didn't find it.

[–] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Couldn't you just put your PC case horizontally to avoid GPU sag as well? I have a horizontal case and I'm not sure why it's so uncommon.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

It's uncommon because people like to see the inside of their pcs, especially on an enthusiast level.

[–] daddybutter@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Probably the GPU support. Top piece screws into the body for height adjustment.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh wow that's neat. I saw where some of the new cards have fan connectors. Must plug into that.

Edit: My bad, this is incorrect. Just saw image 3/7. You may be able to use fan header on card but doesn't appear designed to do so.

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I myself prefer these slightly minimalist ones. They can be found on Temu for cheaper.

https://a.co/d/f2sBzzy

Also the Lian Li GB 001 brackets are great in my opinion if you want something a little more hidden. They attach directly to your motherboards mount points.

https://a.co/d/6juITP1

You can also use both of these at the same time.

[–] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for bringing this bracket to my attention. I've got an Antec C8 case with fans in the bottom, so a support pillar wouldn't work for me.

[–] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 4 points 11 months ago

I didn't realize this was a thing. Card must be really heavy! My 3080 came with a sort of bracket to prevent sagging but this is next level. @edgemaster72@lemmy.world

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When your GPU is so fancy it comes with a matching pepper grinder.

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Computerized butt plugs are getting really fancy these days. Those suprim models are supposed to have a custom mini 5090 card for text to speech LLM inferencing. Even has CUDA support but I hear that gets painful.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Kinda looks like a GPU support pillar like this one but it doesn't quite seem to be cylindrical so idk

[–] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

a nuclear reactor for the GPU

[–] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago

A mere 575W TDP LMAO

[–] m1dnight@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

Looks like a gpu support. It's to fix sag cuz 5090s are massive and they're rly likely to sag

[–] nothing@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A guess: a USB drive for updating firmware? Never seen this for a GPU though. Only used for motherboard BIOS that I know of. Trinket USB drive for no reason?