NokironFinally some interesting progress with PCI-E. I'm not so sure what would change with this though.

Where do you draw the limit where the motherboard might be the bottleneck with GPUs powered by the slot?

btarunrI imagine PCIe 4.0 motherboards with have PCIe power input connectors on the board.

btarunr300W. The boards should have safety trips beyond that point, because you're delivering that power through traces, and not thick metal plugs. I imagine PCIe 4.0 motherboards with have PCIe power input connectors on the board.

btarunr300W. The boards should have safety trips beyond that point, because you're delivering that power through traces, and not thick metal plugs. I imagine PCIe 4.0 motherboards with have PCIe power input connectors on the board.

Caring1I agree, they have already been doing similar with some boards by the addition of a Molex for extra power if needed.

AlienIsGODMy z77 ftw EVGA board has 4 pin molex on the board for that very reason

Mussels300W slot power will be interesting, it'll make cards incompatible with old slots - and really heavy power draw from mobos.

I guess they'll need some kind of physical key system to prevent those cards going into older slots.

RejZoROk, if 75W PCIe power delivery is such huge problem where people go batshit insane over RX480 issues, how are they planning to deliver PCB power traces to the PCIe slot without spontaneously combusting the board at 300W? Are they going to run external wires on the back of the boards? You can't make PCB traces that thick (well, you could, but it would be highly impractical), so, how?

TheLostSwedeWhy would it make older card incompatible? The Voltage won't change, so there's nothing here to make older stuff incompatible, it's an increase in Amperage. A card will never draw more power than it was designed for, so this is a non-issue.

Time to learn some basics before making statements like that me thinks...

TheLostSwedeWhy would it make older card incompatible? The Voltage won't change, so there's nothing here to make older stuff incompatible, it's an increase in Amperage. A card will never draw more power than it was designed for, so this is a non-issue.

Time to learn some basics before making statements like that me thinks...

Musselsnot sure if i worded it badly, i meant new cards incompatible with older boards.

Caring1I understood that when I read it, but if the cards still have the 6 and 8 pin sockets they will be compatible.

Mussels300W slot power will be interesting, it'll make cards incompatible with old slots - and really heavy power draw from mobos.

I guess they'll need some kind of physical key system to prevent those cards going into older slots.

AlienIsGODMy z77 ftw EVGA board has 4 pin molex on the board for that very reason