Next Gen NVidia and ATI GPU's to need 200 Watts

[SUBMAN1]

Why do we need 600 + PSU's? Is my power bill going to go out the window? Am I making a space heater in my room or something? I am starting to even see more 1K Watt PSU's showing up! This is just getting rediculous!


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-S

[goldorak]

Are you sure that the 200Watts are only for the graphics card and not for processor+graphics card under stress ?
I just can't see a graphics cards requiring 200Watts.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by goldorak

Are you sure that the 200Watts are only for the graphics card and not for processor+graphics card under stress ?
I just can't see a graphics cards requiring 200Watts.

You are already 2/3rds the way there with an ATI x1900 XTX:

[Perilscope]

I still prefer to see a video card consume 200watts than to see a person consume 16000watts for half an hour to blow dry hair.

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

You are already 2/3rds the way there with an ATI x1900 XTX:

Its depressing, after finally Intel saw the light with the conroe processor (low power consumption with respect to northwood/prescott cores) on the other hand we have nvidia/ati just increasing without bounds the power consumption.
It doesn't make sense.
I know that the next graphics card I'll buy will not be a top end card mostly because of this ridiculous power consumption.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by goldorak

Its depressing, after finally Intel saw the light with the conroe processor (low power consumption with respect to northwood/prescott cores) on the other hand we have nvidia/ati just increasing without bounds the power consumption.
It doesn't make sense.
I know that the next graphics card I'll buy will not be a top end card mostly because of this ridiculous power consumption.

Considering I already own an x1900 XTX, and my sys does heat up my room when I play a game, I'd hate to see what this new one will do. I'll have to install air conditioning!

-S

[scandium]

Originally Posted by goldorak

Its depressing, after finally Intel saw the light with the conroe processor (low power consumption with respect to northwood/prescott cores) on the other hand we have nvidia/ati just increasing without bounds the power consumption.
It doesn't make sense.
I know that the next graphics card I'll buy will not be a top end card mostly because of this ridiculous power consumption.

I agree. I'm getting very tired of the outrageous video card prices and their ridiculous power consumption - it is to the point now a single higher end video card can consume more raw power than everything else in the system combined, and I don't even want to get into SLI and just how sick the power required for two high end cards in SLI and corresponding heat produced is.

To provide more value-added to their vid cards both ATI and NVidia should offer one of those old fashioned toaster oven attachments, it is long past that point of absurdity.

I'm looking at doing a new scratch build within the next couple months and the video card is the component I least look forward to selecting.

[kiwi_2005]

They drip feed us, first it was those big square card looking floppies, then it was the 1.44 floppy which you could install a game off! - then cds,then dvds, cpus, ram, hdd and now its the PSU turn.

Why dont they just put out the 20gig cpu, 5000gig hdd nVidia FX15000, and 20gig ram sticks and be done with it!

You upgrade, 3 months later your upgrade is outdated :rotfl::rotfl:

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by scandium

I agree. I'm getting very tired of the outrageous video card prices and their ridiculous power consumption - it is to the point now a single higher end video card can consume more raw power than everything else in the system combined, and I don't even want to get into SLI and just how sick the power required for two high end cards in SLI and corresponding heat produced is.

To provide more value-added to their vid cards both ATI and NVidia should offer one of those old fashioned toaster oven attachments, it is long past that point of absurdity.

I'm looking at doing a new scratch build within the next couple months and the video card is the component I least look forward to selecting.

WHy do you tink I bought such a huge PSU? For Crossfire of 2x x1900 XTX's