ASUS's Cableless GPU Power Connector Delivers Up To 600W But Proprietary In Nature
ASUS's Cableless GPU Power Connector Delivers Up To 600W But Proprietary In Nature
ASUS has detailed the working mechanism of its GC-HPWR "cableless" connector, demonstrating its immense potential.
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ASUS's Revolutionary Yet Proprietary "GC-HPWR" Connector Comes With A Cableless Design But Needs Adoption To Really Kick Off
Hope it dies. Cables aren't frustrating enough for the upcharge this would give. And the last thing we need is more hardware tech that one company controls.
5 0 ReplyIt's not even cableless tho lmao. It just moves them from the gpu to the motherboard itself. Awful.
4 0 ReplyI see Asus needs to learn the same harsh lesson that IBM learned with MicroChannel: standardize or GTFO.
4 0 ReplyI guess I'm in the minority but this is exactly what I think should happen with the power connector issue, proprietary nature aside.
3 0 ReplyStandardize or bust.
3 0 ReplyI wonder what kind of royalties third party manufacturers have to pay to use this standard.
2 0 ReplyHope they just take this design (or a variant) and just make it the standard
2 0 ReplyI'm all for this especially as someone that likes SFF the fewer cables the better but like many others are saying this should defs be an open standard
1 0 Reply