Sunday, January 2nd 2022
EVGA RTX 3090 Ti KINGPIN to Require Dual 12-pin Connectors, 975W Capability
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is real, and coming to gamers miners within Q1 2022. The new SKU maxes out NVIDIA's largest silicon based on the GeForce "Ampere" graphics architecture, the GA102, and pairs it with even faster 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory; but these changes come at a significant impact on power, with the typical board power for a stock RTX 3090 Ti reportedly being rated at 450 W, compared to the 350 W value of the RTX 3090. For enthusiast-class custom-design boards such as the EVGA KINGPIN, this only means even more elaborate setups, as QuasarZone forums found out.
While the current RTX 3090 KINGPIN comes with three 8-pin PCIe power connectors, a configuration capable of delivering up to 525 W (including the PCIe slot), the new RTX 3090 Ti KINGPIN ropes in the small but mighty 12-pin Molex MicroFit 3.0 connector, and comes with not one, but two of them! NVIDIA debuted the 12-pin connector in the consumer space with its RTX 30-series Founders Edition graphics cards. The connector is capable of delivering 450 W of power. With two of these on the RTX 3090 Ti, you're looking at a maximum power input capability of 975 W! It's only now, that PSUs are shipping with 12-pin cables, and even the high-Wattage ones we've come across, only pack one such connector. The EVGA card could hence include several dual- or triple-8-pin to 12-pin adapter cables. Pictured below is the RTX 3090 KINGPIN.
There are other interesting bits of information from the QuasarZone leak. Apparently the PCB will be significantly different from that of the RTX 3090 KINGPIN, and current EVGA HydroCopper water-blocks won't be compatible with it. As of late-December, the card's development cycle had just completed PCB design, and the company is reportedly tuning its BIOS to find the right factory-overclock to ship the card with, which should undergo rigorous testing for stability. QuasarZone expects retail availability only after March 2022.
Sources:
QuasarZone Forums, HXL (Twitter), VideoCardz
While the current RTX 3090 KINGPIN comes with three 8-pin PCIe power connectors, a configuration capable of delivering up to 525 W (including the PCIe slot), the new RTX 3090 Ti KINGPIN ropes in the small but mighty 12-pin Molex MicroFit 3.0 connector, and comes with not one, but two of them! NVIDIA debuted the 12-pin connector in the consumer space with its RTX 30-series Founders Edition graphics cards. The connector is capable of delivering 450 W of power. With two of these on the RTX 3090 Ti, you're looking at a maximum power input capability of 975 W! It's only now, that PSUs are shipping with 12-pin cables, and even the high-Wattage ones we've come across, only pack one such connector. The EVGA card could hence include several dual- or triple-8-pin to 12-pin adapter cables. Pictured below is the RTX 3090 KINGPIN.
59 Comments on EVGA RTX 3090 Ti KINGPIN to Require Dual 12-pin Connectors, 975W Capability
More exploding power supplies to be discovered with the 3090 Kingpin !
That being said im worried about where we are headed in terms of power draw. Before there were years where 250W was the limit for high end cards. Now it seems every new card consumes more and more power. The new 12pin connector only makes this worse. It seems in order to keep the performance crown Nvidia seems to have thrown efficiency out the window.
They better be careful that 40 series does not reapeat the mess that was GTX 480 also known as Thermi or Jensen's Grill.
Can see this trend for ever increasing power requirements with high(ish) end gpus is not going away.
Does'nt mean it's capable of actually consuming 975 watts.
You can easily pass the 150W on a given 8 pin PCI-E cable as well. These wires (if proper) are designed up to 12A per yellow wire. So for a 8 pin your looking at 36Amps in total, which is around 430 W.
gamersminers" - @btarunr - Huge thumbs up for the honesty! :DThat's what we are moving towards. See the latest AMD workstation GPU with 500 watt TDP : www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-instinct-mi250.c3847
Though personally, I don't think the card will consume that much under any circumstance. It's more of a way to make sure the card is never power limited than anything else.
In hell.
Cause that's how hot the room is going to be at idle.