Thursday, August 27th 2020
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NVIDIA "Ampere" 12-pin Power Connector Pictured Some More
Korean tech publication QuasarZone posted three high-res pictures of the new Molex Micro-Fit 3.0 12-pin connector that NVIDIA adapted for its GeForce "Ampere" graphics cards, at least the reference-design Founders Edition ones. As we detailed extensively in an older article, the 12-pin connector has significantly smaller pins than the standard PCIe power connectors, and is only slightly longer than an 8-pin PCIe power connector. Placed side by side, you can tell how the PCIe connector is taller, if not wider. Despite its relatively compact dimensions, the 12-pin connector is rumored to be rated for a significantly higher power delivery than the 8-pin connector, with some of the oldest reports even suggesting 600 W. The cables going into the 12-pin connector appear to be of a higher gauge than the ones making up the 8-pin. NVIDIA in a video presentation released on Wednesday explained how it plans its upcoming GeForce graphics cards to address many fundamental engineering problems with modern graphics cards, in the areas of efficiency heat dissipation, board durability, and power delivery.
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The industry has been using it for years, and will continue to do so.
If you want to know anything about it, just go to its datasheet and read about it.
Page 8 (CURRENT DERATING REFERENCE INFORMATION ) , with 18 AWG wire , for 12 circuit = 5.5 amp per pin.
If so it might be a good transition to the next PSU standard being purely 12v output.
EDIT: Also +75W from the PCIe connection. So I guess 435W. IIRC, rumors are that this is a ~400W board, so I guess 5A per pin + 75W PCIe connection is within specifications. 2x8 pin is 300W (150W per 8-pin connector).
How innovative.
Bonjour!
All this is just space saving nonsense.
It's already been posted this is all about builders complaints
It's too tough to run 2x 8 cables for one gpu and looks bad x2 for sli...
It's a lane reason.
Hopefuly evga will ignore this new plug.
No I'm saying this new plug is more about cable management than new break through power delivery lol
I'll take this 12pin anyday