Hi all 
I am from Croatia so i apologize for any possibles mistakes written. I want to buy this EVGA graphics card: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6276-KR
I am just interested in does it use all the time at full load all of the 215w?
I found here on the EVGA forum that the FTW 1070 has two 8 pin connectors and i will qoute the post for better understanding.
"An is a 215 watt card (~ 17.9 Amps @ +12V)..Of which it can get 75 watts (~ 6.25 Amps @ +12V) from the PCIe slot itself, leaving the remainder of 140 watts (~ 11.6 Amps @ +12V) to be supplied by the Supplemental Power Connectors (6+2-pin or 8-pin).
An 8-pin (or 6+2-pin) connector is for 150 watts (~ 12.5 Amps @ +12V) and is programmed into the card's VBIOS not to exceed that current draw as specified by the industry standard PCI-SIG specifications.
EVGA and other vendors can and often do exceed the minimum power requirements of their cards by adding extra 6-pin/8-pin connectors to promote overclocking/stability, for example a 225W card (75W from the PCIe slot and 150W from one 8-pin connector) might come with two 8-pin connectors (75W from the PCIe slot and 300W from two 8-pin connectors, or a combination of 6-pin/8-pin Supplemental Power Connectors, aka PEG Connectors) to feed the card extra wattage/amperage."
From that qoute, does it means that the card doesn use all of the possible 215w? It uses standard 150-180 wattage and the rest is "reserved" if the card would be overclocked?
I hope you understand my question
P.S. Is the EVGA superclocked 2 with icx cooling a better buy? It costs just 20$ more.
Thank you

I am from Croatia so i apologize for any possibles mistakes written. I want to buy this EVGA graphics card: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6276-KR
I am just interested in does it use all the time at full load all of the 215w?
I found here on the EVGA forum that the FTW 1070 has two 8 pin connectors and i will qoute the post for better understanding.
"An is a 215 watt card (~ 17.9 Amps @ +12V)..Of which it can get 75 watts (~ 6.25 Amps @ +12V) from the PCIe slot itself, leaving the remainder of 140 watts (~ 11.6 Amps @ +12V) to be supplied by the Supplemental Power Connectors (6+2-pin or 8-pin).
An 8-pin (or 6+2-pin) connector is for 150 watts (~ 12.5 Amps @ +12V) and is programmed into the card's VBIOS not to exceed that current draw as specified by the industry standard PCI-SIG specifications.
EVGA and other vendors can and often do exceed the minimum power requirements of their cards by adding extra 6-pin/8-pin connectors to promote overclocking/stability, for example a 225W card (75W from the PCIe slot and 150W from one 8-pin connector) might come with two 8-pin connectors (75W from the PCIe slot and 300W from two 8-pin connectors, or a combination of 6-pin/8-pin Supplemental Power Connectors, aka PEG Connectors) to feed the card extra wattage/amperage."
From that qoute, does it means that the card doesn use all of the possible 215w? It uses standard 150-180 wattage and the rest is "reserved" if the card would be overclocked?
I hope you understand my question

P.S. Is the EVGA superclocked 2 with icx cooling a better buy? It costs just 20$ more.
Thank you