I'm very curious to see how Zotac will optimize this 'Solid' series compared to the original space waves version. The name 'Solid' sounds like they're focusing on durability and stability rather than chasing after flashy RGB LEDs. If it can maintain high clock speeds without overheating (thermal throttling), then it will definitely be a formidable competitor.

This is a good article. You should send me this card when you're done with it, so I can follow up and confirm all your findings.

I have become very interested in how much heat a graphics card pumps out (as opposed to how hot the card gets).  The heat has to go somewhere, and that somewhere is generally the room in which I am sitting.  Computing in a hot room is unpleasant, and sucking warm rather than cool air into my PC must have some effect on fan speed etc. I need to then somehow get rid of the excess heat.  My Nvidia 4090 can function as a very effective heater even in a Minnesota winter!  How about adding some kind of appropriate assessment?