- ASUS GPU Tweak III Software Notifies ROG Astral GPU users of any potential GPU –
- It is possible thanks to a built -in gyroscope and accelerometer
- The feature appears to be unavailable in the latest version of the application
Given the diversity of NVIDIA and AMD third-party GPUs that come with different designs and sizes, GPU Case is an undeniable problem (although the recent RTX 5000 series has been largely a move in the right direction from the comically large RTX 4090). Fortunately, a popular GPU and motherboard manufacturer has introduced a solution – yes, kind.
As reported by Videocardz, Asus’ ROG Astral RTX 5000 series GPUs have a ‘equipment installation check’ feature within the GPU Tweak III software that warns users if their GPU has tilted or moved out of place. This is made possible thanks to a built -in gyroscope and accelerometer, which effectively helps register GPU case.
The strange thing is that this feature is not included in any of ROG Astral GPU marketing. GPU Tweak III, a GPU monitoring and setting software, has several features to prevent problems, such as Power Detector+, indicating any problems with the 12VHPWR cable -but this GPU case -prevention measure was only discovered by users.
This is perhaps even more confusing: According to the ASUS forums, the equipment for installing equipment installation is no longer available in the latest version of the software. Whether the omission was completely intentional is unclear at this moment, but it is a feature that GPU and motherboard manufacturers should consider including the previous one.
I see this as nothing but a win and I hope other producers can follow…
There is nothing worse than finding your PC components damaged due to cases of supervision or necessary precautions that are forgotten: That is why GPU case needs to be taken far more seriously.
Fortunately, I’ve never had it happened to me since I made it my priority to achieve a good anti-case stand (I use a pretty chunky GPU), but it’s easy to see the potential damage to PCIe slot or GPU even in the long term if there is no support in your case for a heavy graphics card.
It is another conversation if you use a GPU riser cable (for example, in a mini-itx-building), as the card can be placed vertically to alleviate the concerns of the case-but good luck in placing some of today’s modern beef third-party GPUs in these cases.
Of course, this does not apply to all GPU owners, as it seems that the heavier GPUs are mostly third-party high-end offers to compensate for cooling: Prime examples are my current GPU, Asus TUF RTX 4080 Super, a triple-slot card and ROG Astral RTX 5090.
It is good to see that Asus even thought of a feature to at least notify users of any case or movement: In my experience, it is not always easy to see if your GPU is hanging, so while some may see it as a nonsensical addition, I would argue that it is worth applauding.
However, it has gone at the moment and no one knows if it will return: If it will not come back (which I will be shocked by), I hope other GPU producers have at least taken it at least.
