I wish there was more backlash about this.
Some of tech YouTubers like Linus Tech Tip mention the power usage, but meme about it.
I wish there was more backlash about this.
Some of tech YouTubers like Linus Tech Tip mention the power usage, but meme about it.
do you mean for the whole computer? Most video cards max out around 300 watts when gaming.
https://www.tomshardware.com/features/graphics-card-power-consumption-tested
The new 3090 Ti pushes 450-480w, so unless you're doing insane overclocking, you're not gonna gonna even hit half of a kilowatt.
They say the cards due to come out in 6-10 months or whatever are gonna be even hungrier
Yeah, but most estimates still put the high end silicon around 500w or so. We might see the top end card hit 600w for a factory overclocked unit. Ridiculous, but still not close to Kilowatt territory.
When you add in the rest of the computer its getting close
Sure, the whole computer can, but definitely not the GPU alone.
Dual GPU computers
(Or built-in dual GPU cards like R9-295x2)
The era of dual GPUs is likely over. A 3090 can comfortably game at 4K 144Hz, so even the old edge cases of squeezing 20-30% extra FPS out of an extra card is irrelevant.
Not that multiple GPU computers ever made up any meaningful chunk of the consumer machines out there anyway.
AMD is trying to do their chiplet thing for GPUs like they are doing for CPUs.
Most people are gaming with 100-200w cards still.
Don't need more than a NV 1060+ or higher for 1080p.
Can only stack CUs atm so bigger die = more wattage.
Clock rates are hitting a wall. ~2.5ghz is the horizon for 4nm unless you want to get real crazy with the cooling.