RTX 4090: what you should know about its energy consumption, according to NVIDIA itself

We are just weeks away from NVIDIA releasing the world’s most powerful graphics card. The RTX 4090 is still a mystery in terms of performance, but not in terms of consumption. This is what we know about an issue that concerns many.

Since NVIDIA introduced its Graphic card top of the range, RTX 4090, the media have speculated a lot about it. Emphasizing two key issues: power and consumption. An issue in which amd has managed to surpass them in this generation.

And while the world holds its breath for the first tests of the RTX 4090 to come out: performance tests in video games, professional programs and benchmarks. NVIDIA has decided to clarify how the power issue is going, the power supply and the watts that we need.

And the answer is that it is not necessary to have one ATX 3.0 power supply with PCIe 5.0 power connectors (known as 12VHPWR) to power the green company’s graphics card.

Current ATX 2.0 power supplies will continue to work flawlessly with any model of NVIDIA RTX 4000Although, with that said, the PSU needs to be powerful enough to handle the GPU, just like with any other graphics card whether it’s from AMD or Intel.

All this information is offered in the form of a new FAQ in which NVIDIA reminds us that next-generation Lovelace GPUs come with a power adapter that allows you to connect ATX 2.0 power supplieswhich comes in the same box as the graph.

Current sources will be able to with the RTX 4090

NVIDIA has stipulated that owners of the RTX 4090 should have a power supply of 850 W or more. For the RTX 4080 16GB, requirement is 750Wand is slightly lower for the variant 12 GB RTX 4080, which only asks for a 700 W.

As NVIDIA points out, andThese power demands of the new generation GPUs are not very different from those of the current generation RTX 3000 models.i.e. 750W for the RTX 3090 and 3080, although obviously the flagship RTX 4090 needs a bit more power.

At this point, it is best that you read the reasons why it is important not to skimp on the budget when buying our power supply. This gives life to very expensive components, and the graphics NVIDIA nothing else, but they are expensive for a while.