> At this rate, why don't graphics cards just have external power supplies? Allow me to introduce you to the 2005 era "ASUS Extreme N7800GT Dual" [1] Power is

> At this rate, why don't graphics cards just have external power supplies? Allow me to introduce you to the 2005 era "ASUS Extreme N7800GT Dual" [1] Power is supplied to the board via an external PSU, rated to provide 80W of output power from 12V DC. You can power the board from your PSU, provided it's ATX2.0 and has a suitably meaty current ability [...] obviously the external PSU is the recommended method of keeping the board fed with the power it needs. (The product actually combined two GPUs, linked with SLI, on a single board. With the absurd price of over £600 the press considered it a very very expensive boutique piece of hardware. [1] https://www.hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/3654-asus-extreme-n7800gt-dual/ https://www.hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/3654-asus-extrem...