Quick Question About GPUs

[niesume]

I know there's probably an obvious answer for this, but why isn't there just another socket in the motherboard for a GPU, instead of even going through the PCI express slot in the first place? Then you would just have a graphics chip that would be installed similar to a CPU.

 

 

(Just asking bc I tried a google search and got nothing useful)

[aries757]

prob because their are too many motherboards and gpus that work the way they do now, would most likely be too big a jump that would change any other reason

[niesume]

So its not that it wouldnt be a viable solution, just one that would take too much time/money to switch to...

[RollinLower]

mostly because developing such a socket would make the motherboards more expensive, and the PCIe bus is a fast, relevant and versataile bus perfectly capable of running a GPU.

[Warlockben]

Just now, RollinLower said:

mostly because developing such a socket would make the motherboards more expensive, and the PCIe bus is a fast, relevant and versataile bus perfectly capable of running a GPU.

And it would most likely communicate with the CPU via PCI anyways making it kind of unnecessary.

[niesume]

Ok, that makes sense

 

[daimonie]

Also, GPUs can output 2-3x the heat a CPU can. The bulk of the card is largely radiators/cooling.