News Custom MSI RTX 5060 Ti models surface with 16-pin power connectors and PCIe 5.0 x8

[Admin]

VideoCardz leaks renders of MSI's upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards.

Custom MSI RTX 5060 Ti models surface with 16-pin power connectors and PCIe 5.0 x8 : Read more

 

[Notton]

For MSI, their 2-slot cards should be the VENTUS series, which they had for the 4070Ti Super.

But IDK how or why they manage to make these cards so huge when it uses less power than the above mentioned.

 

[King_V]

Why? Seriously, just, why? 180W card? Let's say it even hits 200W continuously.

A single 8-pin at 150W, PCIe at 75W, combined that gives you a 12.5% margin remaining. Why keep pushing this 16-pin connector?

Is it for the reasons that someone suggested in another thread, that MSI is going Nvidia-only, and, therefore has incentive to help them make the 16-pin a de-facto standard?

 

[TheyStoppedit]

Why a 2x6 connector on a 180W card? Because at least that connector can pull 180W safely. Multi-flame generation requires at least 350W to work in most cases.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Multi-flame generation

NIce! 😉

 

[Notton]

Why? Seriously, just, why? 180W card? Let's say it even hits 200W continuously.

A single 8-pin at 150W, PCIe at 75W, combined that gives you a 12.5% margin remaining. Why keep pushing this 16-pin connector?

Is it for the reasons that someone suggested in another thread, that MSI is going Nvidia-only, and, therefore has incentive to help them make the 16-pin a de-facto standard?

Yeah, it's because Nvidia has total control over what can and cannot be used and the 16-pin is mandated and strictly enforced.

 

[FunSurfer]

The RTX 5060 Ti is best for older PCs, upgrading from GTX 1070 or RTX 2060, as it will bottleneck any modern CPU in gaming. And what older PCs have? PCIe 3.0 or 4.0 interface and PSUs with only 8-pin power connectors, so the x8 connection on slower interface and 16-pin power connector will fit right in...

 

[thestryker]

PCB reuse is typically the reason for 16-pin connectors appearing on lower SKUs so that's not particularly a surprise.

I'm sure this card will be fine on PCIe 4.0, but I'm really curious about PCIe 3.0 performance. Going from 4.0 to 3.0 was enough to make the 4060 Ti about the same as the 3060 Ti.

 

[Amdlova]

For me 16pin is a big no
180W = no

Got one zotac 4060 with 13% over power limit will be my card for a long long time

 

[HardwiredWireless]

I think it's amazing that the 5060 TI is going to be able to compete with the 5090 which is the best graphics card on the market.

 

[HardwiredWireless]

Why? Seriously, just, why? 180W card? Let's say it even hits 200W continuously.

A single 8-pin at 150W, PCIe at 75W, combined that gives you a 12.5% margin remaining. Why keep pushing this 16-pin connector?

Is it for the reasons that someone suggested in another thread, that MSI is going Nvidia-only, and, therefore has incentive to help them make the 16-pin a de-facto standard.

Why? Seriously, just, why? 180W card? Let's say it even hits 200W continuously.

A single 8-pin at 150W, PCIe at 75W, combined that gives you a 12.5% margin remaining. Why keep pushing this 16-pin connector?

Is it for the reasons that someone suggested in another thread, that MSI is going Nvidia-only, and, therefore has incentive to help them make the 16-pin a de-facto standard?

Using the 16-pin connector will also help when it comes time to replace the card in the future.

 

[King_V]

Using the 16-pin connector will also help when it comes time to replace the card in the future.

That makes no sense whatsoever. A PSU that has the 16-pin connector will also have 8-pin connectors. The card itself has no need to use the 16-pin connector.

 

[Notton]

Using the 16-pin connector will also help when it comes time to replace the card in the future.

Judging from the reasons the connectors are melting... reusing them is ill advised.
They have maybe 2 cycles in them before they're unreliable.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Isn't the whole 16 pin thing moot now, with the release of the new 12V-2x6 connector?

I think it's amazing that the 5060 TI is going to be able to compete with the 5090 which is the best graphics card on the market.

Huh? What are you talking about?

 

[renz496]

Why? Seriously, just, why? 180W card? Let's say it even hits 200W continuously.

A single 8-pin at 150W, PCIe at 75W, combined that gives you a 12.5% margin remaining. Why keep pushing this 16-pin connector?

Is it for the reasons that someone suggested in another thread, that MSI is going Nvidia-only, and, therefore has incentive to help them make the 16-pin a de-facto standard?

To get rid 8 pin altogether from PSU unit? Even AMD AIB start using it (Asrock, Sapphire). Plus PSU maker want to make new sales as well haha. So new connector standard every a few years is good for business.

 

[renz496]

The RTX 5060 Ti is best for older PCs, upgrading from GTX 1070 or RTX 2060, as it will bottleneck any modern CPU in gaming. And what older PCs have? PCIe 3.0 or 4.0 interface and PSUs with only 8-pin power connectors, so the x8 connection on slower interface and 16-pin power connector will fit right in...

Time to get buy new PSU haha. But joke aside just choose a model that use 8 pin.

 

[spongiemaster]

The RTX 5060 Ti is best for older PCs, upgrading from GTX 1070 or RTX 2060, as it will bottleneck any modern CPU in gaming. And what older PCs have? PCIe 3.0 or 4.0 interface and PSUs with only 8-pin power connectors, so the x8 connection on slower interface and 16-pin power connector will fit right in...

A 5090 was tested to lose 1% at 1080p limited to PCIE-4 8x. It will make zero difference on a 5060Ti. A 3080 which will still probably be faster than the 5060ti lost 4% on PCIe3 8x. PCIe 3 is 15 years old now. A 10 year old CPU is going to be bigger bottleneck than the PCIe slot.

This card isn't going to pull enough power to damage a 16pin connector. How many people have fried their 70x cards with the 16pin connector? Card makers will likely include an 8 pin adapter. Both the 8x slot and power connector are total non-issues for a card this low in the stack.