Thursday, May 9th 2024
NVIDIA Testing GeForce RTX 50 Series "Blackwell" GPU Designs Ranging from 250 W to 600 W
According to Benchlife.info insiders, NVIDIA is supposedly in the phase of testing designs with various Total Graphics Power (TGP), running from 250 Watts to 600 Watts, for its upcoming GeForce RTX 50 series Blackwell graphics cards. The company is testing designs ranging from 250 W aimed at mainstream users and a more powerful 600 W configuration tailored for enthusiast-level performance. The 250 W cooling system is expected to prioritize compactness and power efficiency, making it an appealing choice for gamers seeking a balance between capability and energy conservation. This design could prove particularly attractive for those building small form-factor rigs or AIBs looking to offer smaller cooler sizes. On the other end of the spectrum, the 600 W cooling solution is the highest TGP of the stack, which is possibly only made for testing purposes. Other SKUs with different power configurations come in between.
We witnessed NVIDIA testing a 900-watt version of the Ada Lovelace AD102 GPU SKU, which never saw the light of day, so we should take this testing phase with a grain of salt. Often, the engineering silicon is the first batch made for the enablement of software and firmware, while the final silicon is much more efficient and more optimized to use less power and align with regular TGP structures. The current highest-end SKU, the GeForce RTX 4090, uses 450-watt TGP. So, take this phase with some reservations as we wait for more information to come out.
Source:
Bechlife.info
We witnessed NVIDIA testing a 900-watt version of the Ada Lovelace AD102 GPU SKU, which never saw the light of day, so we should take this testing phase with a grain of salt. Often, the engineering silicon is the first batch made for the enablement of software and firmware, while the final silicon is much more efficient and more optimized to use less power and align with regular TGP structures. The current highest-end SKU, the GeForce RTX 4090, uses 450-watt TGP. So, take this phase with some reservations as we wait for more information to come out.
84 Comments on NVIDIA Testing GeForce RTX 50 Series "Blackwell" GPU Designs Ranging from 250 W to 600 W
Does that gives power to Nvidia to cripple a game if they want ? ... oh yes. But the one to blame is GameEngines and GameDev's ...
If games didn't need a 9090 to run optimal, there wasn't the need to powerdraw a GPU just because of that.
And that IS really where games should seek to impress. It is the world you enter that matters, how it looks is secondary at best. RT and more realtime brute forcing is the only way to 'undo' the efficiency gains of raster technologies and keep selling fools the dream that graphics really do keep getting 'better', while the biggest advances are not RT, but all sorts of other engine advancements.
And while I don't quite agree with the last part, I do like your spirit. I sure hope Crysis 4 comes with a worthy campaign and the same graphics ambition, and doesn't water anything down. The idea of TAA ruining the vegetation like all modern games scares me though.
Have you played the Crysis 3 remaster with RT though? It's not a massive difference but it sure is more visually immersive.
15A 120V (1800W) circuits can't exceed 12A (1440W)
20A 120V (2400W) circuits can't exceed 16A (1920W)
A 80+ Titanium rated PSU is at worst 90% efficient at 100% load.
15A 120V is limited to a 1290W on a 80+ Titanium PSU (1440W * 0.9 = 1290W)
20A 120V is limited to a 1728W on a 80+ Titanium PSU (1920W * 0.9 = 1728W)
The max power a PSU can output goes lower as the efficiency goes lower. You also have to account for ignorance or neglect in the average home. Most people don't replace a loose outlet. Even some of my tight fitting receptacles get uncomfortably hot when drawing 12A consistently from a space heater.
I guess what I'm trying to say is I don't see top end GPU's getting much more power hungry. 600W is probably going to be the max they pull at stock, since they need to account for people using 2 GPUs. I don't mean 600W continuosly, just 600W spikes.