New rumor about ATI Southern Islands

[Calmatory]

ATX standard says that each 6 pin power connector can deliver power up to 75 W(as with the PCI-Express 16-lane slot, 25 W for 1, 4, 8 lane slots), after a threshold overcurrent protection should kick in to prevent possible damage due to a fault(in case the product's resistance rises too high demanding more current).

However, I believe some manufacturers do not play by the standards and their cards actually draw more than the slot + connectors should be able to feed the card with.

Edit: Strange that I haven't ever heard of a situation where the overcurrent protection would actually kick in with highly overclocked & overvolted cards like 5970 etc.