Hello, On Sat, 08 Dec 2018, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >On 08/12/2018 03:01, Dale wrote: >> I just noticed the video card that is coming requires a power cable. I >> never had one that powerful before. O_O > >You've been out of the loop it seems. GPUs have required power cables for >over a decade now. The GPU I use actually needs *two* power cables and places >a minimum wattage requirement on the power supply... :-P
*Meh* I miss my Matrox Mystique (first model w/170MHz RAMDAC!) with a whopping 4 MB SGRAM, and not even a heatsink, just the plain naked chip, much less a fan, and it ran in a PCI slot, at about ~4.5W (or was it 5W?) theoretical max usage... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrox_Mystique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MatroxMystique2MBcard.jpg I only replaced that ~10yearish ago because my new screen had a whopping 1280x1024 on 17", which those 4MB just won't do at decent bit-depth... *sigh* For 1152x864 on the CRT it was still good, but that screen just got too dark to see anything at all, so I had to replace it. Got a nice (expensiveish) PVA-TFT. Still very nice after ~10 years, even with CCFL it has darkend only minimally[1] :) And yes, I'm still fine with 1280x1024 on 17", TYVM :) I could even set up the spare monitor (same size/res) alongside, but I just don't need it. Now, I've got (again) a passive GPU for PCIe (max. 75W) w/o extra power. Main reason: the latest had a fan, which started to scream. As in almost not running. Cleaning did not help. So... No fan, no sound, and cleaning a heatsink is easy, as opposed to cleaning a fan + heatsink combo. And besides, a downward-facing heatsink does not tend to clog up as one that has a fan blowing onto it... -dnh, *darn* Time to clean-out the CPU-heatsink once again too :( CPU-temp and fan-speed are still ok though. [1] I started with IIRC ~30-40% "brightness" as preferred setting, and am now at ~40-50%... Which is good for a 10yr+ old CCFL, eh? :) -- "Waking up this morning was a pointless act of masochism" -- Girl
