(Image credit: der8auer on YouTube) (Image credit: der8auer on YouTube) (Image credit: der8auer on YouTube) Lastly, there are some more screws on the mainboard, eventually leading to the spring mechanism in the center, which was taken apart off-camera to conceal part numbers to protect the source. The PCB is finally separated from the rest of the chassis, and it's a dense piece of engineering marvel that will impress even Apple engineers, with the AD102 GPU gloriously sitting in the middle.
Unlike a traditional GPU that has the PCIe x16 connector as part of the mainboard, we can see ribbon cables emanating from one side holding a daughterboard for the PCIe, sort of like how a riser cable looks in a vertical GPU mount. Toward the right of the board are the aforementioned display ports, but toward the left are three contact points for the power supply and these are really cool.
(Image credit: der8auer on YouTube) (Image credit: der8auer on YouTube) There are contact points built into the cooler of this Titan Ada prototype that touch these contact points and provide power. Der8auer says one of the points is likely for ground while the other two are for each of the 12VHPWR connections. Above those dangle the sense pins that were disconnected from the PCB as well.
The final step remaining is to separate the heatsink from the aluminum frame since everything has been removed, which slides off nicely because it's essentially friction-fit at this point. Now that we get a clear look at all the innards, der8auer shows us all the cables running around the perimeter of this chassis, hidden by endless, segregated panels and side pieces that were taken apart till now.
Image credit: der8auer on YouTube Image credit: der8auer on YouTube Image credit: der8auer on YouTube With the entire graphics card disassembled, der8auer said it took him one and a half hours to put it back together, and he had to scrub through footage just to make sure he didn't miss a screw here or there. He once again commends Nvidia's engineering efforts, saying the RTX 5090 and this RTX Titan Ada prototype are the most impressive GPUs he's ever seen.
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