igors post was not based on the fcpowerup story
they did a independent review .seeing that igor knew about the new power plug in may already
furthermore both techpowerup(not FCpowerup which was the first story) and igors got additional tech papers
and techpowerup decided to also review the original story
from Videocardz A new power connector The most bizarre rumor so far is the claim about a new power connector exclusively for the Founders Edition. The leak with RTX 3080 Founders Edition has revealed that the sample had no regular power connectors attached directly to the board. There was simply no trace of it. NVIDIA could simply add the power connectors to the back of the card, as they did with RTX 2070FE (
pictures here), or they could make a new connector that takes less space but requires an adapter. This rumor has not yet been confirmed, but it is a fact that
the leaked picture did not show any regular PCIe power connectors.
250W TGP and 220W TGP for GeForce RTX 3070S and RTX 3070 non-S
from toms hardware A rumor has been spreading around the hardware circles that Nvidia's upcoming
Ampere graphics cards might use a 12-pin PCIe power connector. Some news outlets are reporting the rumor as fact, while others are treating it as a sham.
Our own insider source has confirmed that the connector is indeed real and has been submitted to the PCI-SIG standards body. However, it remains to be seen whether it will pass approval.
from techpowerup TechPowerUp has some new information on this from a well placed industry source. The connector is real from igorslab It was probably already at the end of May 2020, when some power supply companies showed real panic attacks and I came into contact with this ominous 12-pin connector for the first time. Interesting, however, are the specifications, which differ considerably from the current AWG20 and allow considerably more air to escape. In contrast to the data from FCPOWERUP, the data here even refers to 9.5 amperes per pin. Also for this I have already received suitable data in May, which can also prove the whole thing:
Secondly I am for one liking the new plug
lets simplify the dang PSU - put large connectors on the PSU side for the GPU power - all the manufacturer has to do is change the bloody plugs on the PSU side pull the power from a single rail(with enough juice) for each cable
and provide different cables for the different plugs on the GPUs - so you will have 12pin cables and (6+2) pin cables for older GPU's
PSU manufacturers - any good one make modular PSU's that have no cables that come out but have plugs at the PSU and have plugg in cables - you only plug in what u need and have less Wiring to deal with
it's the ones that are the cheaper versions or lower end PSU that have the mess of wires that come out that are balking
i for one believe ALL PSU should use plugs and as unison help get rid of the cable mess from the PSU
or you one to like plugging in MULTIPLE 8 pins like here...LOL
three 8 Pins
I for one like the idea of
ONE SINGLE PLUG - one with enough juice to OVERCLOCK like KINGPIN WOULD or would you rather plug in extra cables and have the extra wire mess above - imagine if it was four 8 pins..lol its possible now with the the power draw cards are getting into
it not the GPU chip thats drawing all the power its the RAM and the high speed of it...the faster the ram the more power you need - the more ram = more power
you want faster and bigger cards expect more power- just like CPUs you want to overclock - you need more power
most upper end cards require 2 plugs so simplifying and just have one plug for all would be better
lower end cards can almost all be powered from the PCIe slot itself now
secondly a better plug also reduces power Loss+noise and offers less corrosion or as we say arcing and carboning - loss of connection - less surface over time - due to heat and expansion on the pins
more pins is always better - more surface area is always better
i take it you never repaired Power connectors on major electronic machines like i did - like arc burn - due to cold solder- arcing, carboning - and i wind up replacing the connector - that means replacing the burned out pins and putting all the wires in a new molex plug usually
from IGORSLAB In summary, if it’s really more than just a mind game, NVIDIA can only be congratulated, because you could throw all the current and often dangerous wiring of various cheap power supplies on the garbage heap of history at once. This would not only make sense, but as a new standard it would certainly contribute a lot to the operational reliability of powerful graphics cards. ----------------------------------------------------------last note: a new plug Does not mean more power use from the card - just that they want to replace the plug now so that future cards may have better connection and more power available
case in point more ram equates to more power use - we may see 24GB or even HIGHER amounts - hopper could have 96GB HBM3 - so think 48GB GDDR6 or GDDR7
and overclocked card uses more power - or are we forgetting the three 8 pin kingpin or lightning 2080ti
with this plug you clean up the power plug mess
post edited by Xavier Zepherious - 2020/07/19 13:19:25