News Some RTX 4070 GPUs Will Use 16-Pin Power Connector

[Admin]

Igor's Lab sources claim that there will be two classes of GeForce RTX 4070 graphics cards.

Some RTX 4070 GPUs Will Use 16-Pin Power Connector : Read more

 

[edzieba]

However, there's no need for it with the lower-clocked GeForce RTX 4070 and inferior models.

Standardisation.

Anyone who remembers early GPUs will remember cards with 'Molex'* connectors for external power input. Those vanished as soon as mini-fit Jr was adopted for GPU power. Even for cards there were only a few watts over the 75W card-edge power budget, they were saddled with a "no need" 6-pin 75W power connector, even if they could have worked just fine with a Molex connector. Similarly, standardising on the new 16-pin connector means the old 6-pin and 8-pin connectors can eventually be phased out. Personally I'd have loved to see a move to Micro-fit across the board with ATX12VO to further compact board area for cabling, but I'd have even more rather seen a move to 48V internal power rather than sticking with legacy 12V.


* Ironically, unlike almost all the other internal ATX power connectors, the Peripheral Power Connector was actually a Mate-n-Lok connector designed by Amphenol.

 

[kal326]

Standardisation.

Anyone who remembers early GPUs will remember cards with 'Molex'* connectors for external power input.

The only worse than a Molex connector was a cheap Molex connector. The extension/Y cables provided to reach those and others with so much slop in the pins it was near impossible to line up.

 

[atomicWAR]

The only worse than a Molex connector was a cheap Molex connector... with so much slop in the pins it was near impossible to line up.

I miss those days and the full head of hair that came with them! Jiggling the wires at the base of the plastic housing to line up the pins as you finalized your connection...only to have one pin jam, bend or kink the connection forcing you to start all over. The memories....

 

[Mpablo87]

Standardization Not the worst thing ! ! ! ! ! !

 

[Winterson]

A greater problem is that many computer cases will only accommodate boards that are 4.4 inches in height or shorter. Then the only option is one of the Nvidia A series boards that are 3-4 times the cost of the full height boards in the RTX lineup. The RTX 4090 sells for $2,000 whereas the A6000 that provides half the performance of the 4090, sells for at least $4,800.

Going to a gaming computer nearly always means having no PCIe slots for adding boards for more functionality. With the HP Omen there are zero slots available and with the Lenovo Legion there is only a 16-lane and one 4-lane slot available. Want to have 10GB Ethernet or USB 4 with your computer you will need to buy a whole new computer.

 

[cyrusfox]

A greater problem is that many computer cases will only accommodate boards that are 4.4 inches in height or shorter. Then the only option is one of the Nvidia A series boards that are 3-4 times the cost of the full height boards in the RTX lineup. The RTX 4090 sells for $2,000 whereas the A6000 that provides half the performance of the 4090, sells for at least $4,800.

Going to a gaming computer nearly always means having no PCIe slots for adding boards for more functionality. With the HP Omen there are zero slots available and with the Lenovo Legion there is only a 16-lane and one 4-lane slot available. Want to have 10GB Ethernet or USB 4 with your computer you will need to buy a whole new computer.

There are plenty of m.2 adapters if you have a spare slot and 2to4x lanes usually suffices. As well as riser cables enabling custom placement. Its easier than ever to Frankenstein components together thanks to the SFFPC movement.