A cable-free RTX 4070 and a motherboard with a 12VHPWR connection
Revealed: twenty ninth Could 2023 | Supply: WccfTech |
A GPU that’s powered by your motherboard? ASUS reveals their RTX 4070 Megalodon prototype
At Computex 2023, ASUS has revealed a novel RTX 4070 graphics card known as the RTX 4070 Megalodon, a GPU that does not require exterior energy cables however as a substitute attracts energy from a appropriate motherboard although a customized PCIe model connector.
With their RTX 4070 Megalodon prototype, ASUS are pushing the idea of a “cable-free” PC, a PC the place all energy connectors are hidden on the rear of motherboards. This design permits ASUS to create ultra-clean wanting computer systems by hiding cable muddle solely behind a system’s motherboard tray, and makes the set up of GPUs and different add-on playing cards simpler by pushing energy solely although motherboards.
Beneath we are able to see that commonplace PCIe 4.0 slot on ASUS’ RTX 4070 Megalodon and the GPU’s specialised energy connector. Whereas this energy design was created by ASUS, it might be the beginnings of an open commonplace that might be adopted by different GPU producers and motherboard makers.
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Beneath we are able to see how the RTX 40780 Megalodon matches onto a appropriate motherboard, with the motherboard beneath being a customized 790 TUF Gaming collection design. This particular motherboard has all of its connection factors hidden on the rear of the board, making them seen solely from behind your PC.s motherboard tray. This requires this motherboard for use with appropriate PC circumstances, that are designed for use with the sort of motherboard.
At the moment it’s unknown if ASUS plans to formally launch any of those merchandise, both as a part of pre-built gaming PCs or as standalone elements. Whereas there are whispers of plans to create higher-end graphics playing cards that utilise this energy configuration, it stays unclear if ASUS intends to make these merchandise accessible to customers, no less than of their present type.
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A motherboard with a 12VHPWR connector?
Whereas ASUS’ RTX 4070 Megalodon GPU is powered although the consumer’s motherboard, that energy wants to come back from someplace. That is why ASUS’ customized hidden cable TUF Gaming motherboard contains a 12VHPWR connector on its rear, a connector that may ship greater than sufficient energy to gasoline ASUS’s RTX hidden cable 4070.
With a 12VHPWR connector being essential to energy this tradition RTX 4070, it turns into clear that ASUS’ hidden cable idea is an concept that solely serves to make motherboards extra complicated and costly. Absolutely powering a graphics card instantly is extra environment friendly and cost-effective? This, in our eyes, is the place the hidden energy cable idea falls flat, as whereas cable muddle can look ugly, this workaround seems to be an costly one. Maybe PC builders can be higher served with a 12VHPWR connector on the backside of graphics playing cards and motherboard designs that function cable pass-through holes. Absolutely that’s easier than making an attempt to push as much as 600 extra watts of energy via a motherboard?
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