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I have a feeling this will make the DC-DC converters more bulky and hot on the card itself. Not entirely sure though as I've never built those. However in the
by GekkePrutser 4y ago
I have a feeling this will make the DC-DC converters more bulky and hot on the card itself.
Not entirely sure though as I've never built those.
However in the longer term it's probably time to start optimizing for power efficiency just like Intel did after the pentium 4. Cards can't keep increasing requirements in this day of energy crisis. And the climate problem insures it'll be like that for a long time.
- postalrat 4y agoIs a 12v to whatever voltages the chips on the card use smaller than a 48v to whatever voltages the chips use?
- eyegor 4y agoGenerally the final stage is in the 1v ballpark. Giant buck converters are already the standard and we're still below 1kW for the foreseeable future so you don't even need something novel. Examples: https://www.powerelectronictips.com/powering-graphics-processors-from-a-48-v-bus/ https://www.powerelectronictips.com/powering-graphics-proces...