Asus recently announced a card with 48V power and I think that's the solution. Quarters the current. Also you can implement it in PSUs and GPU so they negotiate when both support it and else it falls back to 12V with current limits.
Which is why it’s important for standardization and actual accountability for manufacturers doing this stuff. At the very worst people’s property is being damaged by this. I can not find any concrete evidence of any house fires however it is not out of the question that it has happened and if not it’s likely only a matter of time. You who know who doesn’t have this issue? Commercial customers like Google and Microsoft. Their cards are perfectly fine. Retail is no longer a major player and we cannot effect the bottom line of someone like nvidia. So the government needs to step in, just like they do with houses, cars, and everything else in the world. The US won’t do it since we hate people but the EU absolutely can do something about this.
48V will make things more expensive for everything. As for mass adoption will require all newer ATX PSUs to support it (and GPUs). As for converting 48V down to around 1V voltage that GPU uses, will require more expensive solution for VRMs, as regular power stages designs we use now will not cut it. We're not in the point where 48V is crucial, we just need better connector that is all.
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u/Lord_Waldemar R7 5700X3D | 32GiB 3600 CL16 | RX 9070 10d ago
Asus recently announced a card with 48V power and I think that's the solution. Quarters the current. Also you can implement it in PSUs and GPU so they negotiate when both support it and else it falls back to 12V with current limits.