The same as the NV40 it appears. Both cards will have dual molex plugs and possibly require the use of separate power rails... What does this mean? Well, not much to most of us who have beefy power supplies already. I'm wondering when nVidia and ATI will put an external power connector on the cards and provide a dedicated power supply for it. Anyone remember the 3DFX Voodoo5 6000 ?????
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Especially if it's true that each connector will require a separate rail with nothing else on it. They almost need to include an external power supply with the cards. Either that or offer an Antec 450watt+ power supply with the cards LOL.....Originally posted by althes
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I'm also wondering how this will affect overclocking. If I'm not mistaken, don't most power supplies only have two rails on the +12v side? If that's the case, then how is the rest of your system going to be affected?
oh this is going to put alot of people off. ati would be smart to only require one molex connector, then alot of guys will flock to ati. a new psu is quite a hassle and a high end psu isnt cheap too. Video cards cant keep going on that way, whats next? its own power supply? water cooling? I will tolerate none of this and neither will many others, especially seeing the midrange cards offer ample power without the burden
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9700(8 pipe softmod, 128m) at 410/325 23821 at 325/310 21287 at 275/270 19159
9500(4 pipes, 128m) at 420/330 18454 at 275/270 13319
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Originally posted by Geforce4ti4200
I will tolerate none of this and neither will many others, especially seeing the midrange cards offer ample power without the burden
for the first time i agree with u. Im not a 3d01 addict and will take the card that can run games with everything up whether it be the best or not. If 2 molex connectors are required i will not be getting. shame shame on these corps.
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The new cores will need it. Here is a link http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=2018
3 new models running with 16,12 and 8 pipelines
Originally posted by LAy3r_III
The new cores will need it. Here is a link http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=2018
3 new models running with 16,12 and 8 pipelines
maybe the 8 pipe one might only require 1 molex, since half of the cores been disabled, it should suck quite a bit less power. dont count on modding, ati is gonna prevent this on a hardware level and dont be supprised if they are clock locked too. no ocing
3000+ Venice 240x9=2.16GHz(ondie controller limit) 2x512mb patriot tccd ram
9700pro at 325/310 runs all games buttery smooth!
9700(8 pipe softmod, 128m) at 410/325 23821 at 325/310 21287 at 275/270 19159
9500(4 pipes, 128m) at 420/330 18454 at 275/270 13319
9500(8 pipe softmod, 64m) at 390/310 19201 at 275/270 16052
9500(4 pipes, 64m) at 400/310 16215 at 275/270 12560
3dmark scores with Ti4200 and Ti4800se
Ti4200 at 340/730 19558 at 300/650 18032 at 275/550 16494 at 250/500 15295
3dmark scores with older gpus
Ti500 at 275/620 14588 Ti200 at 260/540 13557 MX440 at 380/680 11551
I doubt they will need it, and the only PSU's I know of that have dual rails for the +12v rail are FSP PSU's.
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doesn't phase me all i have are 520W/550W psus
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What about the PCI-Express Edition.
Isn't the PCI-Express gonna be able to give more jucie to the 3d cards?
Yea, but AGP is not going away anytime soon.
MORE power.....
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For Intel it is, considering Intel has already done away with AGP 8X for LGA775 (Socket T) except in value boards that use the i865PE/ICH5 Chipset - and I'm sure relatively few people here would buy one of them. The only option left for those with LGA775 (Socket T) would be to purchase a dual (AGP/PCI-e) motherboard with a Via or possibly SiS chipset.Originally posted by LAy3r_III
Yea, but AGP is not going away anytime soon.
Depends how many people buy LGA775 boards AT ALL.
The socket is so flimsy (the "pin" contact points) its rediculous.
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PCI Express is supposed to incorporate something like 25 Amps on its connector. This is why video card manf are pushing for it to come out so they can remove the silly molex connectors.
I dont think anyone anticipated AGP to be around this long.
I highly doubt ATI will lock the speeds considering one of the big features of their Catalyst drivers is the Overdrive feature.
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