Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
oh really? hmmm thx i didnt know that...
im confused though, what do cards use the slot power for then?
memory pwm? but 75W for memory, isnt that way too much?
Memory VRM is pretty much what slot power is used for, and not much else.
For example, 55nm G200 cards draw only 15-20W from the slot at full load.
HD4870X2 uses 45W of slot power. HD5870 ~25W.