HardwareTimes - [Rumor] NVIDIA RTX 4090/4090 Ti to Draw up to 600W of Power, 1200W PSU Recommended
 
“NVIDIA’s next-gen RTX 40 series lineup will be fabbed on TSMC’s 5nm node. This will, however, not prevent the GPUs from reaching a record power draw of up to 600W. As per a tweet from Greymon55, the top-end ‘Ada Lovelace’ offering will feature over 15,000 cores and require a 1200W power supply for optimum operation. The tipster wasn’t clear on which SKU would draw up to 600W of power, but it’ll likely be the RTX 4090 or the RTX 4090 Ti.
 
Speaking of the RTX 4090 Ti, its predecessor the 3090 Ti will have a TDP of nearly 500W for custom AIB models. The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X with its 10752 shaders is capable of pushing 1,900 MHz in Extreme Mode. This results in a TDP of 480W, 30W more than the GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X. MSI recommends a 1,000W PSU for the GPU.
 
The RTX 3090 Ti Suprim X will be powered by three 8-pin power connectors in contrast to the RTX 3090 Ti FE’s PCIe Gen 5 power connector. The ASUS ROG Thor 1000W PSU comes with 12-pin power connectors which are what you’ll likely need (ideally) for the RTX 4080, 4080 Ti, 4090, and the 4090 Ti. As per Kopite7kimi, 12-pin and 4-pin power connectors can together supply up to 600W of power which is exactly what the higher-end RTX 40 series SKUs will need.”
 
My thoughts:  Note that this is a RUMOR, but I think it might be close to actuality.  It is also a given that we will see an increase across the board in pricing from NVIDIA and AMD.

Why is this rumor already starting? I understand tech channels want clicks for revenue, but I don’t think the consumer market is going to be the first to get these dies, and once this architecture releases into the server market, then we will have a better idea of what to expect in the consumer side… but that isn’t right now.

Sounds like we are going to need it.  Where is Tony when you neeed him?

close to plausible ,.. but Nvidia will put out specs saying a 750 W should be ok....
... then wait for users to all wonder why their systems keep shutting off .

I dunno, while not entirely far fetched for the boutique models like the probable K|ngp|n, Strix or HoF cards, I can't see Nvidia releasing a 600w GPU to the home market anytime soon. I would bet on a references spec TDP around 400w at the most. I just can't see Nvidia trying to sell a GPU that will require 99% of the potential user base to upgrade their PSUs. It'll probably have a "recommended" 800w or 850w PSU if I had to guess. 

As I put in the article, this is a rumor and we will probably see a lot more in about three to four months. 
 
@atfrico had the best point, let's eat doughnuts.

This is getting ridiculous. New fangled PSU, 600W power draw, new connector, motherboard power assist. What’s next, no cooler with the card as you need a third party one like for the CPU. The water blocks for these will need to displace quite a bit of heat and they will require 2 360mm radiators. We are moving to a separate case and MORA for the GPU. Crazy.

gpu's are consuming more. cpu's are also starting to consuming more..
 
i really don't see this ending well..
 
its supposed to reduce consumption not raise it

If any of this is true concerning power specifications, then at some point consumers may put the brakes to this, or something/someone else will.  With the increased power requirements and escalating costs, component and energy, I think that the response of consumers could be to just pull back.
 
As for the article, I again reiterate that it is RUMOR and like many of these article there could be specks of real information.  These specks in other articles give you a hint of what may actually be true.

yaymz
I know it is prudent to notate that this is rumor, but we already have industry confirmation that future PSUs will be incorporating these 12-pin connectors to support next gen GPU power requirements (up to 600w for 12 pin), speaking specifically about info Asus posted about their upcoming PSUs on their website back in Oct:
https://rog.asus.com/arti...ium-platinum-ii-intro/
 
"The ROG Thor series isn’t just poised to provide clean, reliable power in large quantities today. They’ll prepare your PC for the future, too. The PCI Express 5.0 standard includes a new high-capacity auxiliary connector that packs 12 conductors into a single cable. For assured compatibility with components that use this future connector, we’re including one in the box with each ROG Thor PSU to make life easier for system builders that can take advantage of these durable PSUs for the long haul."
 
I know the term "components" is vague, but piece all the other info out there and this is more than plausible confirmation that we can run with.
 
It just puts anyone who is trying to put together a new z690 build that is future proof and ready for 40 series into a tail-spin..  

so bottom line
 
the rumors might be true because the hardware for it is being announced!