The main issue I see there is the power still has to come from somewhere. All this would likely do is move the pci-e power plugs to the motherboard and cause lots of confusion related to: “this GPU only requires two plugs of power, but the motherboard has three plugs, do I need to plug in all three? My PSU only has two pci-plugs.”
ASUS has been going outside the spec to implement their BTF thing, where cards have an extra connector in line with the PCIe bits that slots into the board for power (which is fed from standard ATX power plugs on the back of the board). …asus.com/…/introducing-btf-an-easy-clean-approac…
It’s a step forward. ATX, though convenient and easy to work with for human fingers, could really be simplified for modern purposes. We’ve just been tacking stuff on for decades.
Zonetrooper@lemmy.world
on 18 Jan 00:00
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Now this is the good stuff I look for in a Tech community.
I’m running a PCIe 4.0 GPU in a 3.0 socket… and I swear I just bought the thing!
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world
on 18 Jan 15:29
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I recently built a computer with only one PCIE 5 slot.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
on 18 Jan 13:57
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Wait, they sell PCIe 5.0 now, does that mean 6.0 has already been fully specked out?
wetsoggybread@lemmy.world
on 18 Jan 14:20
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Its been speced out for a couple a years but the spec always comes out years before we see any motherboards capable of them and years before we have devices capable of them. Are there any x16 pcie 5 gpus out yet?
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
on 18 Jan 14:25
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The new 5000 series have them and they come out end of the month. Hence why it’s surprising to hear about 2 generations ahead.
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I know it’s super challenging to isolate power on a board. But I would love for them to add the ability to run any card entirely from the board.
I read something recently about progress on that. Google is only finding this older article for me right now though : tomshardware.com/…/new-gpu-power-connector-elimin…
The main issue I see there is the power still has to come from somewhere. All this would likely do is move the pci-e power plugs to the motherboard and cause lots of confusion related to: “this GPU only requires two plugs of power, but the motherboard has three plugs, do I need to plug in all three? My PSU only has two pci-plugs.”
ASUS has been going outside the spec to implement their BTF thing, where cards have an extra connector in line with the PCIe bits that slots into the board for power (which is fed from standard ATX power plugs on the back of the board). …asus.com/…/introducing-btf-an-easy-clean-approac…
It’s a step forward. ATX, though convenient and easy to work with for human fingers, could really be simplified for modern purposes. We’ve just been tacking stuff on for decades.
Now this is the good stuff I look for in a Tech community.
you mean you're not here for the unions and memes?
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Brother I barely have pcie 4
I was thinking the same :(
I’m running a PCIe 4.0 GPU in a 3.0 socket… and I swear I just bought the thing!
I recently built a computer with only one PCIE 5 slot.
Wait, they sell PCIe 5.0 now, does that mean 6.0 has already been fully specked out?
Its been speced out for a couple a years but the spec always comes out years before we see any motherboards capable of them and years before we have devices capable of them. Are there any x16 pcie 5 gpus out yet?
The new 5000 series have them and they come out end of the month. Hence why it’s surprising to hear about 2 generations ahead.
Datacenters are often ahead on this, I believe.
It’s still hard to find PCIe 4 stuff lol