Monday, June 20th 2022
NVIDIA RTX 40 Series Could Reach 800 Watts on Desktop, 175 Watt for Mobile/Laptop
Rumors of NVIDIA's upcoming Ada Lovelace graphics cards keep appearing. With every new update, it seems like the total power consumption is getting bigger, and today we are getting information about different SKUs, including mobile and desktop variants. According to a well-known leaker, kopite7kimi, we have information about the power limits of the upcoming GPUs. The new RTX 40 series GPUs will feature a few initial SKUs: AD102, AD103, AD104, and AD106. Every SKU, except the top AD102, will be available as well. The first in line, AD102, is the most power-hungry SKU with a maximum power limit rating of 800 Watts. This will require multiple power connectors and a very beefy cooling solution to keep it running.
Going down the stack, we have an AD103 SKU limited to 450 Watts on desktop and 175 Watts on mobile. The AD104 chip is limited to 400 Watts on desktop, while the mobile version is still 175 Watts. Additionally, the AD106 SKU is limited to 260 Watts on desktop and 140 Watts on mobile.Making a difference between a power limit and a TGP is essential. While the Total Graphics Power is what NVIDIA rates its GPUs to run at, the power limit represents the amount of power that can be applied by board partners and overclocking attempts. It is not necessarily translated into TGP, meaning the final TGP values should be significantly lower.
Sources:
@kopite7kimi (Twitter), via VideoCardz
Going down the stack, we have an AD103 SKU limited to 450 Watts on desktop and 175 Watts on mobile. The AD104 chip is limited to 400 Watts on desktop, while the mobile version is still 175 Watts. Additionally, the AD106 SKU is limited to 260 Watts on desktop and 140 Watts on mobile.Making a difference between a power limit and a TGP is essential. While the Total Graphics Power is what NVIDIA rates its GPUs to run at, the power limit represents the amount of power that can be applied by board partners and overclocking attempts. It is not necessarily translated into TGP, meaning the final TGP values should be significantly lower.
133 Comments on NVIDIA RTX 40 Series Could Reach 800 Watts on Desktop, 175 Watt for Mobile/Laptop
Why does nvidia see the need to push the powers up through the roof? Maybe they know something about AMD that makes them scared?
We've read this how often now? 800W, 650W, who the f. cares what the slot and 12 pin is capable of? Come on, TPU.
Here's the real source Also, explain to us the madness of having an AD103 at 450W (which is already being close to ridiculous or way over it) and then nearly doubling the board power for an SKU one level up, that usually doesn't push more than 30% performance over the previous one? That is quite literally the shittiest power curve I've ever seen on silicon, and yes that is including Intel's latest.
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Maybe things have changed meanwhile, but definitely it wasn't like this before.
That means that nvidia and AMD push the TDPs in unjustified ways too high.Testing undervolting with my 5700XT | TechPowerUp Forums
Why did they need to push from 120-130-watts up to 180-185-watts for mere 5% higher performance?
Something doesn't add up.
I've spent probably 20 hours finding the best stable undervolt for my 3070ti. I'm at work so I can't remember the exact values but I run the card in the high 1800MHz range at @ 0.87v GPU Vcore max via MSI Afterburner's V/F offset graph. Benchmarking with Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Heaven, various benchmarks in the 3DMark suite .... I do lose 1-4% performance, but I also consume 60 - 90 watts less at the outlet (using a Kill-A-Watt meter, noting the max draw and relatively average draw per run). Card runs much cooler with much less noise because the fans don't have to ramp up like stock 1.081v.
I have to do this because the mini-ITX case is very small. Without the case cover on, I can run @ 2,000 MHz in the mid 0.9v range and actually get a few percentage points higher score in these benchmarks than the stock factory setting. I also check the MSI Afterburner graph after each run to make sure the GPU voltage stays consistent and doesn't dip or go higher (which it will if there's enough voltage to feed it).
Save your best profile in MSI afterburner in any of the 1 - 5 presets and every time you reboot your PC, check the graph. MSI Afterburner sometimes tweaks the curve a little causing it to rise a bit, so just reapply the profile while looking at the graph to make sure it's the exact V/F you initially saved.
I never have any crashes or issues in my games so it's 100% stable. WELL worth the few percentage point loss in performance.
Assasin creed oddysey i do also play at 60fps and noticed the same thing. I set the slider to about 60% power. I didn't notice any difference in graphics looks but i noticed a big drop in power consumption and noise.
SO, i'm very happy having this ability to alter power limits and having a card which can handle everything when i need it to.
Too
soonlate?so, it's confirmed then.
thanks