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Up to 600 watts of power for graphics cards with the new PCIe 5.0 powerconnector

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Re: Up to 600 watts of power for graphics cards with the new PCIe 5.0 powerconnector

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Post by skhr0680 »

avian wrote: post #2

Why does the author/publisher feel the need to overlay their own logo over drawings they copied from someone else's datasheet?

If someone wants to copy and paste his article, they’ll at least have to go to the effort of finding the images themselves

Re: Up to 600 watts of power for graphics cards with the new PCIe 5.0 powerconnector

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Post by noobermin »

I'll be honest, it's very hard for me to imagine what I would do that would demand anywhere near 600 watts for a graphics card alone. I mean my PC can draw at most 120 watts and that feels like a lot, although the PC is pretty old by now. All of this for crypto? How many games are there out there that draw anywhere near this level of wattage just for graphics?

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Post by ksec »

This is long overdue, for something I have been questioning since 2016. ( Our GPUs are severely TDP limited )

It is also interesting on one hand you have Apple pushing CPU and GPU integration for maximum efficiency. Where Apple could make a potential 300W TDP SoC for their Mac Pro. On the other hand you have CPU pushing to 400W ( and higher in the future ) while GPU pushing to 600W.

Re: Up to 600 watts of power for graphics cards with the new PCIe 5.0 powerconnector

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Post by masklinn »

noobermin wrote: post #4

I'll be honest, it's very hard for me to imagine what I would do that would demand anywhere near 600 watts for a graphics card alone. I mean my PC can draw at most 120 watts and that feels like a lot, although the PC is pretty old by now. All of this for crypto? How many games are there out there that draw anywhere near this level of wattage just for graphics?

> How many games are there out there that draw anywhere near this level of wattage just for graphics?

Pretty much any “AAA” game at 120+Hz, high resolution, with image quality cranked up.

I’ve had friends who managed to snag 3090s at prices they found acceptable (sic…), and had to change psus because theirs were a tad short (despite being theoretically ok going off of nameplate capacity, though it’s also possible the rails distribution was off). They were rebuilding gaming rigs, no crypto there.

Technically the 2x8 / 1x12 setup of the 3090 is off-spec, these are not officially supported PCI configurations.

Re: Up to 600 watts of power for graphics cards with the new PCIe 5.0 powerconnector

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Post by nikanj »

noobermin wrote: post #4

I'll be honest, it's very hard for me to imagine what I would do that would demand anywhere near 600 watts for a graphics card alone. I mean my PC can draw at most 120 watts and that feels like a lot, although the PC is pretty old by now. All of this for crypto? How many games are there out there that draw anywhere near this level of wattage just for graphics?

90% of this for crypto, the rest for ML and games

Re: Up to 600 watts of power for graphics cards with the new PCIe 5.0 powerconnector

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Post by ksec »

noobermin wrote: post #4

I'll be honest, it's very hard for me to imagine what I would do that would demand anywhere near 600 watts for a graphics card alone. I mean my PC can draw at most 120 watts and that feels like a lot, although the PC is pretty old by now. All of this for crypto? How many games are there out there that draw anywhere near this level of wattage just for graphics?

4K Gaming at 120FPS with Ray Tracing would easily push pass 300 to 400W. Even on a hypothetical 5nm GPU.
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