EVGA "Power types"

[AlexS]

Hello. Looking at the EVGA 1070 graphics cards I see two "power types":
10+2 and 4+1.

What does this mean? Any advantages/disadvantages?

Thanks!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

10+2 is good for overclocking , great power phase design.

 

[Math Geek]

it's the way the power is allocated to the various parts of the board. the more phases the better since this narrows down what a single power phase has to give it's power to.

all the same parts with their power needs are on both boards. but the 4+1 design has 4 phases to spread that power out. (the +1 is for the memory's power). while the 10+2 has 10 phases to spread the power around. makes overclocking easier and more efficient as each phases only has to provide power to fewer pieces. (here the +2 is also memory power. so there are 2 phases to supply the same memory modules as the reference design which only uses 1 phases to do it)

 

[AlexS]

Thanks. I wonder if there is any advantage if you aren't overclocking?

 

[Math Geek]

out of the box, the higher end cards with the 10+2 design use more power. they are clocked higher so this is normal but performance is almost the same. little fps to gain at stock clocks to justify the more expensive model. however, they also have dual bios on them if you may wish to play with custom bios settings. otherwise, stick to the sc card as it is a great performer for the money