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1kw PSU + G70!!!

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freddiepm61

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According to this article
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22917
The G70 is applying to change the pcie sig certification, as the 75w from the power connector and the 75w from the motherboard is not enough. They are going to need dual power connectors per motherboard.
This is a pisser for two reasons:
1: SLI psu will not work so well, as we will need to have 4 pcie connectors, and thus a new PSU.
2: with 3x75w = 250w at load, these in SLI will be 550w. This means that just for graphics, let alone cd/dvd, cpu, add in cards, hard drives, fans lighting, a 550w PSU will be required.
3: This will be pretty damn expensive, as it will eat into your power bill...

But oh well, all the price for those few extra polygons....
by the way, 5950 to 6800 = a massive jump, and the 5950 cannot play todays games, and is puny cmpared to 6800.
will the 7800 or whatever it is be a massive jump again, and the 6800 be unable to play games at 1600x1200 in a year?

i.e. will dual ultras be able to play unreal 3.0 games at 1600 x 1200?
thanks
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well fred...it will probably be a massive jump from the 6800's series..but teh 6800's will play today's and tmr's games just darn fine :)
 
why do people think the new card will even draw more power for one?

An X800 XT PE uses LESS power than a 9800 XT does, but its twice as fast. Whose to say the enw cars will use any more? And no, inq 'news' doesnt count.
 
Then why is Nvidia requesting an additional power connection? No use if its going to be happy with just the slots 75watts alone..

The Inq isent pulling this all out of thin air, they do have some documents to support the claim
 
For stable power probabaly. The 6800 Ultra AGP uses 2 molex connections, which AFAIK provide about 50w each, and AGP is about 40w. Well theres 140w for the 6800U. But did you know the 6800U uses less than 80w of power? So why did Nvidia use 2 molex connections, when the card clearly would work with one?

The inq might have some docs, but do they have some special press release from nvidia stating for a fact this card will use 225w of power? No? Then i call BS on that idea.
 
DarkBahamut said:
For stable power probabaly. The 6800 Ultra AGP uses 2 molex connections, which AFAIK provide about 50w each, and AGP is about 40w. Well theres 140w for the 6800U. But did you know the 6800U uses less than 80w of power? So why did Nvidia use 2 molex connections, when the card clearly would work with one?

The inq might have some docs, but do they have some special press release from nvidia stating for a fact this card will use 225w of power? No? Then i call BS on that idea.
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stable power is the reason why they want the extra power consumption, I would guess the power consumption be around 100-150W tops.
 
Just keep a lid on the rumors until Nvidia say something official and then we will know if we got anything to worry about :)
 
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