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New Nvidia 4080 Spec Leak Suggest a (Thankfully) Lower Power Consumption
Somewhat bizarrely, leading up to the release (well… launch) of Nvidia’s 40XX series of graphics cards, the biggest talking points haven’t been what level of performance we can expect from them. Or exactly how much VRAM they’re going to come with. – Instead, it has pretty much been encompassed by…
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China Reportedly Shuts Down Factories Amid Power Crisis!
Although certainly not well publicised outside of the country (leading you to almost believe that the media was pathologically state-controlled there) information has been continually appearing online over the last couple of years that China is facing huge problems when it comes to power. – Put simply, for all the…
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Nvidia 40XX Leak Suggests Much Lower Than Previously Feared Power Consumption!
Unlike the lead-up to the release of the 30XX graphics cards back in 2020, the key focus of attention for the upcoming Nvidia 40XX series has not been about how much VRAM they might be coming with. It has, instead, almost exclusively been focused on power consumption with many sources…
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Microsoft Speeds Up Xbox Series X/S Boot Time With Very Simple Solution!
Do you have any particular issue with the cold boot-up start time of the Xbox Series X or S? As an owner of the latter, I can’t honestly say that I did, but it seems that Microsoft has decided, nonetheless to find a way to make the console start up…
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AMD Confirms Radeon 7000 GPUs Will Require More Power!
Immediately prior to the release of current-gen graphics cards, one of the most consistent debated subjects was exactly how much VRAM they were going to come with. This time around though, with the AMD Radeon 7000 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 series just a few months away, it seems that…
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Japan to Test 330-Tonne Ocean Turbine Offering Potentially Limitless Energy!
It seems pretty clear that if the human race is going to have any chance of surviving the next few hundred years, we’re simply going to have to find a way of producing energy in a more efficient and renewable manner. Our reliance on fossil fuels is, after all, one…
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Nvidia 4080 Rumoured to Have a TGP of 420W with ‘99%’ Certainty!
It feels like something of a total contrast leading up to the launch of the next generation of AMD and Nvidia graphics cards that the prominent subject of conversation has not been about how much VRAM they’re going to come with. – It has, instead, almost exclusively revolved around how…
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Nvidia 4XXX Series is (Again) Rumoured to Be Exceptionally Power Hungry!
Ever since the start of the year, there have been consistent rumours suggesting that the upcoming release of Nvidia’s 4000-series of graphics cards was likely bringing with them an ‘issue’ that could potentially create a problem for many gaming PC owners. – Namely, when compared to prior GPU generations, this…
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Energy Provider Advises Consumers to Save Money By Switching Off “Vampire” Tech
I think many consumers are aware that even when a technology product is turned off, it is still entirely capable of consuming energy/power. Well, presuming that it hasn’t been physically switched off or had its power cable pulled out of the wall socket. – Out of general convenience, however, and…
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Nvidia 3090 Ti to Be Bundled With a Triple PCIe Power Adaptor!
Set for release on March 29th, which is just under a week away for those of you not paying attention, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card is certainly looking set to be a very potent proposition indeed. With such power, however, it has long been speculated that this…
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More Rumours Point Towards Nvidia 4090 Having a Whopping 600W TGP!
With the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4XXX series of graphics cards set (or at least very likely) for release later this year, there is clearly a lot of anticipation surrounding these new upcoming models. Albeit, probably most of which from a consumer level is currently on the question as to whether,…
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Top Nvidia 40XX GPUs Rumoured to Require 450-850 Watts of Power!
With graphics cards getting more and more potent, it’s not exactly surprising to see that in order to achieve their impressive levels of performance it, generally, requires a pretty hefty amount of power. – Following a report via Videocardz, however, leak sources are claiming that the upcoming top-spec Nvidia 40XX…
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EVGA 3090 Ti Kingpin May Require 2 x 12 Pin Power Connectors!
The EVGA Kingpin has for a number of years now represented one of the peak GPU models available from the Nvidia range of graphics cards (and admittedly, often with a price tag to match). With the upcoming (or at least widely suspected) release of the new 3090 Ti, therefore, it…
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Intel Raptor Lake’s New DLVR Tech – Better Laptop Performance For Less Power?
While laptops are certainly getting more and more potent in their configurations, this does often come with a notable problem for users. In its simplest terms, the stronger the components get, the more power they require. And the more power they require, the less time they’ll run off their batteries.…
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PCIe Gen5 Graphics Card Power Connector Revealed!
While the 6/8-pin power connector has become pretty the standard for graphics cards over the last 8 years, the system has definitely started to run into some limitations. Largely, the fact that each cable can only provide a maximum of around 150 watts of power. With the (rumoured) upcoming release…
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