Next gen cards to consume up to 500 watts

[JediFragger]

Yeah these cards aren't gonna be made for anything less than top-tier cooling, but I'm sure that mITX will be served well with the mid-range as normal

 

[Grim5]

That will teach those mini itx and sff wannabes haha

can't wait for optimum tech to show how he cools a 12900k and rtx4090 on a single 240mm and zero airflow

 

[Grim5]

Yeah these cards aren't gonna be made for anything less than top-tier cooling, but I'm sure that mITX will be served well with the mid-range as normal

You would think so and yet sff and mini itx market is dominated by people trying to stick enthusiasts parts into the cases smaller than a game console and then claiming victory with 60c coolant and a month later complaining on r/watercooling asking why their tubes are warped and leaking

 

[GloriousMess]

My next case will be made by Miele, and will fit entirely within the vacuum cleaner bag section. I think that should just about air cool a 500w card, and it's still mini-ITX.

 

[CuriousTomCat]

The only reason it consumes 500w is because it's clocked far too high. If AMD weren't a threat, then surely it would have a similar TDP to the 2080 Ti which was 250W? People still bought the 2080 Ti and we're happy with it.

It's your choice whether your future 4080 Ti consumes 500w. Feel free to downclock and undervolt it until it consumes 250w.

Yes it's stupid to do that if you paid money for it to fun at full speed, but if AMD weren't a threat, surely it would have operated at the much lower speed anyway.

 

[The Old School Gamer]

Not going to be buying/upgrading to Lovelace or RDNA3.
I'll definably be skipping a generation or two if prices are going to remain at crazy high levels.

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

What has happened here? I thought the new generation of GPUs were supposed to be more efficient but it feels like power requirements are going up. 2 more generations and we will be up to 1kw GPUs at stock speed.

 

[dave28]

And what are all these rumors of ridiculous performance gains, the figures being throw about like 2.7X just seem too good to be true

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The problem here is if the MCM AMD graphics card uses a pair of mainstream GPU chiplets,then at 400W~500W it doesn't look great for the mainstream. This is because mainstream graphics cards will get the worse binned GPU chiplets!

 

[potatolord]

And what are all these rumors of ridiculous performance gains, the figures being throw about like 2.7X just seem too good to be true

What's that saying about things that sound too good to be true?

 

[Grim5]

The problem here is if the MCM AMD graphics card uses a pair of mainstream GPU chiplets,then at 400W~500W it doesn't look great for the mainstream. This is because mainstream graphics cards will get the worse binned GPU chiplets!

Leaks say only the 7900xt is MCM with all other cards being monolithic. In that regard if the 7900xt is 450w, then the monolithic cards should be well under that tdp with just a single die.


MCM GPU is expensive to manufacture and eats a lot of power apparently - it wil be a beastly card, but at this point can only serve the ultra enthusiast market, will be priced accordingly as it's bleeding edge tech with a bleeding edge price

 

[Iron Man]

Glad I bought a 1200 psu now

 

[rumple9]

And what are all these rumors of ridiculous performance gains, the figures being throw about like 2.7X just seem too good to be true

The big performance gains are coming from extra power to the cards rather than any particular tech advancement

 

[AdyG]

With everyone looking to be more enviromentally friendly i'm not sure these guys are on the same page. Unless it's running a holodeck i'm not insterested in anything going higher power.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Leaks say only the 7900xt is MCM with all other cards being monolithic. In that regard if the 7900xt is 450w, then the monolithic cards should be well under that tdp with just a single die.


MCM GPU is expensive to manufacture and eats a lot of power apparently - it wil be a beastly card, but at this point can only serve the ultra enthusiast market, will be priced accordingly as it's bleeding edge tech with a bleeding edge price

Say if that 7900XT is dual GPU chiplet,the single chiplet will be used for midrange graphics cards. This way you can develop one GPU to target both highend and midrange.

So I can still see mainstream graphics cards being around 200W~250W.

 

[CuriousTomCat]

I'd be happier if GPU advancement slowed down a bit to be honest. I liked the idea of skipping a generation.

If these leaks are true then we'll all need to upgrade every gen because game developers will Keep pushing the hardware in upcoming games.

 

[Tommy_Here]

My EVGA G2 1000W PSU has done me since I bought it back in 2014 I believe it was.. I'm hoping it'll last me for next gen!

 

[james.miller]

What has happened here? I thought the new generation of GPUs were supposed to be more efficient but it feels like power requirements are going up. 2 more generations and we will be up to 1kw GPUs at stock speed.

And they will be I'm sure, but the additional complexity of the next generation of GPU will most likely still mean they require more power. Ie, doesn't matter if the arch is 30% more efficient if the new top end GPUs have 60% more transistors. The end result would be more power required.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

They'll cost £2000 and come bundled with a PSU

Probably an aircon unit as well, you'll need it in the summer the 3090's bad enough as it is and I'm not even joking mine is power limited to 85% at present or the room turns into a hothouse

You won't have to run heaters in winter = lower electric bills

How do you work that one out?! 500w is 500w whether it comes via the gfx card or the electric heater

 

[Grim5]

Probably an aircon unit as well, you'll need it in the summer the 3090's bad enough as it is and I'm not even joking mine is power limited to 85% at present or the room turns into a hothouse



How do you work that one out?! 500w is 500w whether it comes via the gfx card or the electric heater

lower loss from 1 device over 2