How much power supply will i need in 2007?

[ikjadoon]

What happened with Intel will/should happen with nVidia and ATI. I say we will hit a peak of 1500W before we go back down to like 700-800W....They just have to lower the power usage of these parts..

~Ibrahim~

[stev]

I'm currently at a 550W PSU. I find this to be a minimum at best since I also do liquid cooling.

850W may hold a few people over for a period of a few more years. I remember when people thought 330W was a high ended PSU for power over the 75W, 150W and 240W PSUs of long ago.

Going higher will make the electric meter buzz a little faster. However, the newer LCD flat screens require less power over the CRT types. So, there could be a balance of power usage there.

If making a gaming machine with high priced graphics cards and high priced PSU's, people might switch to XBOX's, PS2/3 or something else do to overall cost.

[jtleon]

Just as Intel's Core Duo consumes 40% less power than its nearest ancestor, so also must the latest "state of the art" gaming systems by end of '07. The latest NVidia and ATI graphics powerhouses are dinosaurs already, and will soon be replaced with much more power conserving solutions. Hell, the G80 took 4+ years to design (from Anandtech,Architecting such a massive GPU has taken NVIDIA a great deal of time and money, four years and $475M to be exact.), and there is no doubt that its power friendly replacement is quickly reaching design completion and will meet the mainstream marketplace by end of '07. Consider that with the INTEL/ATI partnership, that NVidia only has a few months of performance reign before they will be BLOWN out of the water again by an ATI product (just as with the X1900) that will use much, much less power than the gigantic G80 design.

Regards,
jtleon

[Apoptosis]

http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopi ... 2250#52250

2000W PSU's are coming!

[Illuminati]

Just saw that PR myself... holy crap!!

[T-Shirt]

http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopi ... 2250#52250

2000W PSU's are coming!

I have to wonder how much this is really needed, processor (CPU and GPU) designs have already reached a peak in power consumption, the next couple generations will probably aim for power efficiency (through die shrinks and material changes)

[zparker]

I agree with that too, The chips before the c2d (pentium D) were power hoggs and could be used as an oven If i remember what i read correctly. Then came the pentD EE which used less power at the same speed? and now the low power low heat c2d's that can be cranked up to speeds that should be able to find super pi to 32m in 15 seconds lol.

anyways so why not the GPU market next? I think that they will streamline the processors to run faster cooler and at lower power levels.

Maybe the new generation of video cards will make the current quad sli technology look like a geforce 2 gts does now.

[dicecca112]

I agree with that too, The chips before the c2d (pentium D) were power hoggs and could be used as an oven If i remember what i read correctly. Then came the pentD EE which used less power at the same speed? and now the low power low heat c2d's that can be cranked up to speeds that should be able to find super pi to 32m in 15 seconds lol.

anyways so why not the GPU market next? I think that they will streamline the processors to run faster cooler and at lower power levels.

Maybe the new generation of video cards will make the current quad sli technology look like a geforce 2 gts does now.

Haha you have no idea. the 8X0 series was a joke, I ran at load in the upper seventies. the 9x0 series i ran in the upper 60s. All on air mind you. I'm looking at AMDs and going wtf they are running at 30-40s and kicking my butt. I was happy C2D came out. Hey I fold, so there is no such thing as idle temps for me

[zparker]

I ran at load in the upper seventies

damn you coulda started a bakery and wrote it off as a business deduction on your taxes as part of the baking equipment...