Quote Originally Posted by Helloworld_98 View Post
PCIe connectors, it means it'll be able to take 375w reliably.

You guys arent the only ones looking into 8+8pin configs.

On the other hand, we had the potential to fill a 400W power budget with performance, so we were considering using two 8-pin connectors and pushing this thing to its limits.
Ultimately, we went with a hybrid approach. We decided to appeal to the broader market and use a 6-pin + 8-pin power connector, but use the components from the 400W board design. We squeezed as much performance as we could out of the 300W, and left all the rest of the headroom as overclocking potential for you guys. It’s kind of like our Black Edition CPUs, where the premium chips are picked and shipped with unlocked multipliers so that you guys can overclock the @#$* out of them.
MOAR HERE: http://blogs.amd.com/play/2009/11/19...hics-card-amd/