kswildman
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 Forgive me if this is a noob question, but what is this bracket for? All of the 3000 series cards have a picture of it in the description.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/18 11:19:23
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/18 11:46:11
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Ah ok that makes sense, thanks!
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/18 11:48:32
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how does it work? who knows
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/18 20:18:17
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I’ve been wondering where this bracket attaches to.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/18 20:23:30
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I was told some cases have sag bracket mounting points. I cannot find any pictures of what they even look like :\ It would attach to basically a stick, that is coming from the back wall of your case or the bottom floor area.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/18 20:29:38
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if you look at the bolt pattern of the back plates, it matches up with that bracket. where the other side mounts to? only EVGA knows. and they ain't talking.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/18 20:30:11
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I found this FAQ page describing how it works. I've also never seen such a thing.
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Edit: I can't post links. Go to the EVGA FAQ (Under SERVICE) and look for "EVGA RTX 30 Series Support Bracket"
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/19 20:13:27
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Ah. “Included with your EVGA RTX 30 Series is a retention/support bracket. Install this to the back of your card and mount it to your computer case if it supports the mounting points.“ Ok so either buy a case that supports it or make a makeshift bracket for it. 😬 
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/19 20:57:33
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I'm not even planning to use it if/when I get a FTW3, but I am still tempted to put that thing straight into the powder coat oven as soon as I open the box.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/19 21:12:47
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I've never seen a case that supports that. Would be nice if they'd include a nice one like MSi does with their gaming x trio cards. Looks great and works perfect.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/19 21:48:14
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Is it creepy of me to ask if you have pics of your PC powder coated goodies?
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/19 21:59:38
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I'm not even planning to use it if/when I get a FTW3, but I am still tempted to put that thing straight into the powder coat oven as soon as I open the box.
I was just thinking wish it came in power coated black before I ran into your comments. lol
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/19 22:08:27
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Is it creepy of me to ask if you have pics of your PC powder coated goodies?
its at work and it is mainly for brackets and cover plates for our vehicles. latest thing we made was a bracket to hold an air tank to the frame of our truck for the air helper springs. camera brackets, light brackets, switch panels, or the odd holder for things is what we use it for.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/19 22:33:07
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I'm not even planning to use it if/when I get a FTW3, but I am still tempted to put that thing straight into the powder coat oven as soon as I open the box.
Sell that as a service! Get the color matching to the side accent when we get the alternative colors in. Or maybe cerakote would work? I... think I might try and stormtrooper white the bracket with cerakote now.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/19 23:10:15
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hmmmmmmmmm, now I am wondering. can this bracket be used to mount a custom end cap to cover up the red. I know EVGA said they are working on something, but hmmmmmmmm
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/19 23:43:06
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hmmmmmmmmm, now I am wondering. can this bracket be used to mount a custom end cap to cover up the red. I know EVGA said they are working on something, but hmmmmmmmm
Jacob on twitter said "sides are doing running change to black" earlier Saturday. It's a dynamic situation till EVGA officially announces something.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/20 00:18:36
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ex90ranger
hmmmmmmmmm, now I am wondering. can this bracket be used to mount a custom end cap to cover up the red. I know EVGA said they are working on something, but hmmmmmmmm
Jacob on twitter said "sides are doing running change to black" earlier Saturday. It's a dynamic situation till EVGA officially announces something.
Just wait until the red trim becomes a collector's item and gets sold for a huge markup 
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/20 21:18:19
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That is a retention bracket designed to offer additional support for some select chassis. Note that most chassis do not support this.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/20 21:28:50
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Be relatively easy to hook something up to that bracket though, so still worth having. Thanks EVGA. ..Years ago I used a thin zip tie to support one of those monster CoolerMaster V8 coolers by zip tying it to a fan at the top of the case. It worked. Oh and I have a photo of it on ModsRigs lol.. you can just see it at the top of the V8 cooler.. and the old EVGA 285 SSC cards in there - great card in its day. 
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2020/09/20 22:30:15
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2021/06/05 14:50:16
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Does this bracket comes with all 3000 FTW3 cards?
I don't see it on 3070 model, planning to buy 3070ti.
It's called a: RTX 30-Series Bracket 59786.
Something to combat sag should be included, at least that transparent plastic type would do the trick, I guess.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2021/06/07 10:25:49
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Yeah those dont come with every 30 series card
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2021/06/07 20:29:45
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I have an MSI one that just screwed into the two brackets below the gpu
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2021/06/08 07:35:26
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Yeah those dont come with every 30 series card
That's what I thought. Thanks for confirmation. Shame for 3070 and probably 3070ti, it's missing already a backside EVGA RGB logo and a bracket, but not much less expensive than a 3080, probably have to cut corners somewhere.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2021/06/08 07:37:35
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Most motherboards will have generic screw holes for third party anti-sag brackets too.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2021/06/08 15:09:26
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Most motherboards will have generic screw holes for third party anti-sag brackets too.
Didn't see that on a MBO. I presume to combat sag due to big heavy cooler. Or are you refering to the PCB of the GPU?
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2022/05/04 02:23:23
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Let's revive this old thread. My 3070 came with this bracket now I can might or will use it. tyty for your support.
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Re: What is this bracket for?
2022/05/05 05:33:10
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I do not know what cases have support for this bracket, but I created the mount easily for my 3080 ti by myself from thicker aluminum band. I would not recommend use these cards without anti-sag as these heavy cards can be easily damaged - you can see numerous repair videos on YouTube - usually depends on memory chips locations, but often memory chips near PCIE slot are separated from PCB when sag is present. 
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