Subj : Nvidia could have big plans for powering up RTX 5000 GPUs (litera To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Mon Jul 15 2024 16:00:06 Nvidia could have big plans for powering up RTX 5000 GPUs (literally) but new rumor might have you worried your power supply isnt good enough Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:42:31 +0000 Description: New rumor suggests considerable jumps in TDP with next-gen cards, with RTX 5090 and 5060 getting the biggest increases. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Nvidias next-gen Blackwell graphics cards might use a good chunk more power than current Lovelace GPUs, if a leak is to be believed. This isnt a straightforward leak, mind one delivered by an anonymous source via a hardware leaker but it appears to be a mistake made by power supply manufacturer Seasonic. Seasonic, a trusted name in the PSU market, has a wattage calculator on its website that allows you to enter all the components in your PC in order to give a result for total power usage. (So you know the approximate wattage demands of your machine, and Seasonic can then recommend power supplies it sells that can cope with that). Whats interesting is that Seasonic listed Nvidias Blackwell GPUs as options in this wattage calculator though theyve now been removed and after a calculation is run, and then saved, Seasonic provides it as a text file download. Heres where it gets more interesting still in that text file, there were TDPs provided for those RTX 5000 graphics cards, from the RTX 5090 all the way down to the RTX 5050. So, this appears to be an accidental (rather thoughtless) leak of these power usage figures via the calculator (as noticed by VideoCardz , and Olrak29 on X). If the information is correct and it may not be the flagship RTX 5090 is specified at 500W, which is 50W more than the RTX 4090. The rest of the range witnesses smaller increases to the tune of 30W for the RTX 5080 (with an apparent TDP of 350W), then the RTX 5070 notches up by 20W compared to its predecessor (with a TDP of 220W). Theres the chunkiest uptick of all for the RTX 5060 with a 55W increase (to 170W). The RTX 5050, of which there isnt a desktop equivalent for Lovelace, is said to be 100W. All of these graphics cards are apparently set to use the 16-pin power connector. (Image credit: Future / John Loeffler) Analysis: A whole lot of rumors are pouring forth What does all this mean for Nvidias next-gen GPUs? Well, its time for a reality check for starters, as Seasonic could have stuck placeholder details in for these RTX 5000 graphics cards or it could have used info Nvidia provided a while back that isnt correct any longer. Just be keenly aware that the supplied wattages may be off the mark. Assuming these spilled power specs are right on the money, its no real surprise that the RTX 5090 could use 50W more power than its predecessor. After all, weve heard speculation about the next-gen flagship being a 50%, or even up to 70% , increase in performance compared to the RTX 4090 with clock speeds possibly pushed a lot faster (and we mean a lot ) so obviously all that would be reflected in increased power demands, surely? Theres only so much Nvidia can do with generational efficiency gains, after all isnt there? Indeed, if some of those above rumors are true, keeping it down to just a 50W increase for the Blackwell flagship would actually be pretty good going. Whats a bit odd here, though, is another thread recently aired via the rumor mill that the RTX 5090 will be much slimmer miraculously trim , in fact, and this is very much at odds will all the above. Some sources have got the wrong end of the stick, somewhere unless Nvidia really has worked some miracles behind the scenes and it remains to be seen where the mistakes lie. If you recall, the RTX 5090 and 5080 are the Blackwell GPUs rumored to be arriving this year , with the RTX 5070 and lower not due until 2025 and maybe not early next year, either, if some other chatter proves to be true. Given that theyre still some way off, wed take the power usage figures for the RTX 5070 and 5060 graphics cards with even more seasoning the truth is that Nvidia itself may not have figured out how much juice to supply those GPUs with just yet. If the RTX 5060 does ramp things up as suggested, though, thats pretty eye-opening and it could be a big upgrade on the 4060 in that case. A final point about the 16-pin power connector: this being used throughout the entire RTX 5000 range is a rumor weve heard before. Why would Nvidia do this? Essentially, because this is set to become the new industry standard going forward (the safer incarnation of it, that is, namely the 12V-2x6 connector as opposed to the initial 12VHPWR). So it makes sense for Team Green to adopt 16-pin connectors throughout in terms of standardizing board designs and saving on supply chain costs ( as we discuss in more detail here ). The kicker for consumers, though, is that with older power supplies, theyll need an adapter for the new 16-pin connector to work, which will add to the price of buying one of the best new GPUs not ideal when it comes to a more affordable model like the RTX 5060, or indeed the budget RTX 5050 if its real. Additional power consumption will, of course, also add a little to running costs over time (electricity usage), and higher TDPs for the likes of the RTX 5060 may also push folks into a PSU upgrade , potentially (yet more cost and hassle). Lets not get carried away with this speculation yet, though, because as noted, particularly lower down the Blackwell line-up, were far from convinced about these numbers. You might also like Nvidia's RTX 5000 GPUs are a confusing proposition for gamers Top gaming PCs: great rigs for serious PC gaming Best PC games: must-play titles you don't want to miss ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/nvidia-could-have-big-plans-for-poweri ng-up-rtx-5000-gpus-literally-but-new-rumor-might-have-you-worried-your-power- supply-isnt-good-enough --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .