Lol, almost funny.

http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/cont...37881-135.html

Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT and ATI Radeon 4870 get a 225 watt TDP

With PCI Express slot providing 75 watts of juice and the motherboard another 75 watts, there is a theoretical supply of up to 225 watts. That is quite a jump in the sub-$300 segment and it makes you wonder what the reasons may be, but we are certain that overclockers won't mind. One of key limitations for the extreme overclocking of the previous generation parts was the fact that the cards (3850, 3870, 8800GT, 8800GTS512) had only one power connector.

And the reason why ATI was so popular with overclockers was the fact that you could tell the motherboard to supply 150 watts, and ATI's 3870 would eat 150 watts from the motherboard (total: 75 watts + 150 watts = 225W). With two power connectors in place for the 4850 and 4870, overclockers do not need any hacks to get access to 225 watts. In fact, the 4870 will top out at 300 watts (150 watts from the motherboard, 75+75W from connectors). The 9800GT will be restricted to 225 watts (75 watts from the motherboard)