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I'm getting PS4 flashbacks - Nvidia's RTX 5090 FE reportedly uses 600W of power and "sounds like a jet engine" (www.techradar.com)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

600W is going require some serious cooling and is going to generate a lot of noise. I am not at all surprised by these requirements.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The CPU is maybe another couple hundred watts, too. I mean, it's not just your case that's going to need cooling. At some point, the room is going to start needing some kind of ventillation or something when the thing is spooled up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

With a rig like that, who needs heating during the winter?

[–] morbidcactus 4 points 2 weeks ago

Guess it's time to update those old Fermi George Foreman grill memes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'll just point a box fan at it, that should do it!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The site recommends a psu of at least 1000W. It's gonna be tons of fun when you turn on your computer and your fuses trip because of an overloaded network

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just don't game and microwave at the same time, should be fine lmao

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

So back when dial up meant you couldn't use the phone and internet at the same time, but this time with every appliance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Future living spaces will need to put each computer area on its own breaker 💀

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

It would have to sound like a jet engine. I have an induction burner and I cook most everything at 600 watts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

sounds like a jet engine

If you stick multiple of them in one case, I imagine that it can sound like a whole jet plane.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

We have lift off!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

GeForce FX 5800 all over again!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

nVidia pretty much makes cards like these for every generation, they just don't get released because the excess power and price required to get that last 5% of performance is just bonkers due to massive diminishing returns.
Guess they are betting on there being enough people with way more money that sense to actually sell these to this time around.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Let’s stack ten thousand of them together so some teen can cheat on their English homework.