Honestly it's crazy how much power flagship GPUs consume. Aside from it never being even envisioned in the ATX spec it's just a giant waste of electricity.
GPUs should be made more power efficient not more power hungry.
Technically, the RX 9700 XT is AMDs Flagship, and with only 2 8-Pins, consumes max. 300W.
They probably should've used something more like ccs connectors 😅
This is what happens when the marketing department runs the engineering department
When you run 21+ amps over a single wire
Honestly it's crazy how much power flagship GPUs consume. Aside from it never being even envisioned in the ATX spec it's just a giant waste of electricity.
GPUs should be made more power efficient not more power hungry.
Technically, the RX 9700 XT is AMDs Flagship, and with only 2 8-Pins, consumes max. 300W.
They probably should've used something more like ccs connectors 😅