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Those old cards were way under 50 Watts. Even a "low-end" card now like an Intel B580 (list price $250, inflation adjusted equivalent to about $125 in the late
by phonon 2y ago
Those old cards were way under 50 Watts. Even a "low-end" card now like an Intel B580 (list price $250, inflation adjusted equivalent to about $125 in the late 90s.) is 225 W. Cooling and power circuitry are much more critical now.
- tracker1 2y agoEven then... There's no way an RTX 5070 needs the same cooler as a 5080/5090 by any stretch, but many of these cards on the lower-mid range are using the same coolers as on the high end. I doubt they're really needed in terms of that big. I could understand a slightly heavier 2-fan model, which would fit in more cases. Even for overclocking, they don't add much. Then again, I also have a solid case without windows. But there are plenty of SFF builders that would like a more reasonably sized upper mid-range card. I'm not suggesting that single slot is enough... but a 2-slot dual fan design should be suitable/sufficient for a stock-clocked 5070 Ti.