The official GT300/Fermi Thread

[Calmatory]

untrue, otherwise the mars wouldn't be on sale.

What's exactly special about MARS?

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d...522115634.html

There you go. PCI-E 1.1 was standardized to be capable of up to 300W per slot(75 W from the PCI-E slot, rest from the power connectors), and PCI-E 2.0 did not change anything in regards of power draw.

And more here, PCI-E 2.0 standard: http://www.10stripe.com/featured/qui...xpress-2-0.php

A single x16 card may now draw up to 300 W of power (75 W from the slot itself, 150 W from an 8-pin PEG connector, 75 W from a second PEG connector), up from 225 W (75 W from the slot, 75 W each from 2 6-pin PEG connectors) or originally 150 W (75 W from the slot, 75 W from a 6-pin PEG connector).

I am very sure that MARS did not exceed 300 W power consumption in PCI SIG's tests. I have no clue about their testing methods, and I wouldn't be surprised if they just ran 3DMark06 and took the average consumption. Or then used their very own testing software and testbed.