Handful of users claim new Nvidia GPUs are melting power cables again
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Well...I mean...that's kind of bound to happen when you draw 600W into a device that size I suppose. I feel like they've had this issue with every *090 card, whether it be cables or otherwise.
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Strange, a second nickel just appeared in my hand.
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I got a dime. Also, the monkey's paw just curled another finger, but that's not important.
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God damn... 600w?!
Is this thing supposed to double as space heater?
What do people do in the summer. That's got to cost monthly cash to run it and cool it. 20 bucks.?
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Yup. Pretty dumb.
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That's bad, but that aside - It might be time to consider alternate power delivery to these cards. The power they need should warrant having a standard c13 plug directly on em or something.
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A mini fusion drive, perhaps?
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Running 600W for 12 hours a day at $0.10 per kWh costs $0.72 a day or $21.60 a month. Heat pumps can move 3 times as much heat as the electricity they consume, so roughly another $7.20 for cooling.
All electronics double as space heaters, there’s only a minuscule amount of electricity that’s not converted to heat.
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Four of the standard 8 pin PCIe power connectors would work well.
The new connector really should have used some large blade contacts to handle 50 amps. -
All that cost and this is what you get…
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My +20 year old GTX780 would pull 300W at full tilt, and it has only a ridiculous fraction of the compute power. high end GPUs have been fairly power hungry for literally decades.
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GTX 780 released in 2013?
RTX 3090 was 350W?
RTX 4090 was 450W?
So if by decades you mean this generation... then sure.
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Haha yeah I mistyped the years, it was supposed to be +10 and not +20...nevertheless these cards have been pulling at least 3-400W for the past 15 years.
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Power the house with it when not using the PC, but expect brown outs when gaming.
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I got lucky and picked up a 7900 XTX for a reasonable price last gen and it's been a really great card. I've got a couple systems coming up on needing a refresh (1080 Ti and a 2080 Ti) and I'm planning on upgrading both of them to a 9070 XT. I'm staying away from Nvidia until they start pricing their GPUs at prices actual consumers can afford instead of corporations looking to build AI farms.
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Strolls nervously through room with RX 580...
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c13 plug
Who would've thought.... 3DFX was apparently ahead of its time...
