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4090's TDP is 450W, and it demonstrably runs on 850W PSUs.

If the cables are rated high enough and the PSU is large enough, there is no wattage that is "less valid" than any other. The 3090 TI from the previous generation runs at 450W too, it just uses 3x6+2 cables rather than nvidia's fancy adapter.

It's ok, I'm sure your comment won't be sarcasm in a generation or two.

I'm looking forward to the day my PC uses more electricity than my air conditioning. With the power of GeForce I might see that day.

That's an interesting estimate ;)

The 12VHPWR connector is actually rated for up to 600W.

> Perhaps this wouldn’t be a problem if the cards didn’t need 1700W (estimated).

[citation needed]

That was supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, thus the “(estimated)” part.

Hooray for the clarity of sarcasm in text. Sigh.

I know it’s not that bad. A standard wall circuit can’t supply that much power. But I find the power levels graphics cards have gotten to crazy and think that’s what we should be solving, not how to supply them more power without things melting.