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NVIDIA: 8-pin PCIE connector on contest photo was a concept render
Funny this one, if you look at the photo below the fold, you're going to notice a standard PCIe PEG 8-pin power header on a founder edition GeForce RTX 3070. Read it again, 8-pin power header.
Of course, the product comes with the new 12-pin header. But this render created some confusion when it got posted with an NVIDIA contest on Twitter.
Apparently, in the social campaign, a concept art render of the RTX 3070 card got used, and that one is showing an 8-pin power header. So people started wondering if the RTX 3070 would be updated to the old power connector design again. Well, no. It was simply an older concept image used. NVIDIA will be using the new 12-pin header for a long time where needed.
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#5860561 Posted on: 11/30/2020 06:59 PM
Didn’t somebody show during a tear down video that the 3070’s 12-pin connector only had 8 of its pins wired up anyway?
This would make sense since the 12-pin adapter that comes with the 3070 only has a single 8-pin plug on the other end. Not like the 3080’s 12-pin adapter which splits off to dual 8-pin connectors.
Dude you are the one who seems to know, how about looking it up and posting a link???
Didn’t somebody show during a tear down video that the 3070’s 12-pin connector only had 8 of its pins wired up anyway?
This would make sense since the 12-pin adapter that comes with the 3070 only has a single 8-pin plug on the other end. Not like the 3080’s 12-pin adapter which splits off to dual 8-pin connectors.
Dude you are the one who seems to know, how about looking it up and posting a link???
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#5860628 Posted on: 12/01/2020 12:04 AM
Seems Nvidia used a 12-pin on the RTX3070 for aesthetic reasons and design consistency. If you think about it logically, if there's only an 8-pin power supply going into it, even if the 12-pins on the card are all hooked up to the PCB, there's still only 8-pins worth of power being fed to the card. They could have just used a regular 8-pin socket if they wanted.
Dude you are the one who seems to know, how about looking it up and posting a link???
Seems Nvidia used a 12-pin on the RTX3070 for aesthetic reasons and design consistency. If you think about it logically, if there's only an 8-pin power supply going into it, even if the 12-pins on the card are all hooked up to the PCB, there's still only 8-pins worth of power being fed to the card. They could have just used a regular 8-pin socket if they wanted.
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#5860678 Posted on: 12/01/2020 03:40 AM
thats incorrect.
3 of the 6 12pin wires are still up to 320w of power on the insulation grade and awg used for the adapter, so long as the power from the psu and its cabling isn't limited to less by design capabilities.
the 8pin socket on the card is where the 150w limit comes in, and 150+60w (the typical peak slot output) does not make 220w
also several 8+6 pin 3070's have swapped for the 12pin on the production model (pny uprising dual for instance).
even if the 12-pins on the card are all hooked up to the PCB, there's still only 8-pins worth of power being fed to the card. They could have just used a regular 8-pin socket if they wanted.
thats incorrect.
3 of the 6 12pin wires are still up to 320w of power on the insulation grade and awg used for the adapter, so long as the power from the psu and its cabling isn't limited to less by design capabilities.
the 8pin socket on the card is where the 150w limit comes in, and 150+60w (the typical peak slot output) does not make 220w
also several 8+6 pin 3070's have swapped for the 12pin on the production model (pny uprising dual for instance).
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Didn’t somebody show during a tear down video that the 3070’s 12-pin connector only had 8 of its pins wired up anyway?
This would make sense since the 12-pin adapter that comes with the 3070 only has a single 8-pin plug on the other end. Not like the 3080’s 12-pin adapter which splits off to dual 8-pin connectors.