RTX 3000 series

[Wavguy]

do we have to upgrade our current psu's when the 3000 series launches due to the 12 pin PCie power connector?

[Haro]

Well we don't know if it's a thing yet. But if it ends up being a thing. 

I would assume there would be an adapter for it or something similar. 

[Wavguy]

36 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Well we don't know if it's a thing yet. But if it ends up being a thing. 

I would assume there would be an adapter for it or something similar. 

do we know if they are consuming more power than the 2080 TI's?

[Haro]

1 minute ago, Wavguy said:

do we know if they are consuming more power than the 2080 TI's?

We don't and can't know. But I would assume they will have similar power consumption to Turing or slightly more power consumption. 

[stewtrain]

2 minutes ago, Wavguy said:

do we know if they are consuming more power than the 2080 TI's?

absolutely, but also, maybe not.  Although probably, but not necessarily.  We should know more after the announcement September 1st at 0900 pacific.

[WereCat]

There will be adapters. 

Also I'm sure there will be non-reference cards will stick to 8pins.

[Iszack]

Im sure there will be adapters, I can remember when PCIE 4pins came out there was Molex to PCIE adapter packaged with ever vid card for a few years. Im sure there will be a 8+4 to 12pin adapter. 

[Mateyyy]

The proprietary 12-pin connector is most likely being mainly targeted towards being used on OEM cards and maybe reference Founder's Edition cards, not custom models from board partners (EVGA, Galax, MSI, Gigabyte, etc.). 

 

Even if custom cards did have the 12-pin connector on them, a simple adapter should do the trick - it's not inherently different from current 6 or 8-pin PCIe connectors.

You won't need a new PSU (assuming what you currently have has enough wattage and is high enough quality for whatever GPU you plan on upgrading to, of course).

 

2 hours ago, Wavguy said:

do we know if they are consuming more power than the 2080 TI's?

No.

[Turbof1]

If you are asking if most 3000 series cards will be consuming more than the 2080Ti specifically, the answer would highly likely be no.