Could someone explain.
I have heard there was a 1.1a PCI Express Spec that allow 150W power from the Slot. But it isn't widely used or implemented.
So will the proposed 225W/300W usage be available direct from the slot? ( It seems to me an awful amount of electricity going through my motherbroad. Is that even possible / feasible? )
Or will it be 150W from the slot and a PCIe 2.0 Extension Cable for the extra 150W power?
And the most important question is why so much as 300W?
If i remember correctly Anandtech did a test and a Core 2 Duo with 8800 GTX only uses 180W at idle and uses up to 280 when on load.
Theinquirer also tested a overclocked Quad Core CPU with Water Cooling and 8800 GTX SLI with a 500W Power Supply.
So 280W for the whole system with a 8800GTX and highest recorded usage for 8800GTX SLI was 430W.
280W and 430W are the figure for the WHOLE system.
Why all of a sudden we need / preparing 300W ONLY for Graphics Card just seems scary to me
Not to mention these graphics monster uses huge amount of power even @ idle. ( But that is another topic )
I have heard there was a 1.1a PCI Express Spec that allow 150W power from the Slot. But it isn't widely used or implemented.
So will the proposed 225W/300W usage be available direct from the slot? ( It seems to me an awful amount of electricity going through my motherbroad. Is that even possible / feasible? )
Or will it be 150W from the slot and a PCIe 2.0 Extension Cable for the extra 150W power?
And the most important question is why so much as 300W?
If i remember correctly Anandtech did a test and a Core 2 Duo with 8800 GTX only uses 180W at idle and uses up to 280 when on load.
Theinquirer also tested a overclocked Quad Core CPU with Water Cooling and 8800 GTX SLI with a 500W Power Supply.
So 280W for the whole system with a 8800GTX and highest recorded usage for 8800GTX SLI was 430W.
280W and 430W are the figure for the WHOLE system.
Why all of a sudden we need / preparing 300W ONLY for Graphics Card just seems scary to me
Not to mention these graphics monster uses huge amount of power even @ idle. ( But that is another topic )