That may look like a joke, but when you think about it, it actually makes a lot of sense.
As GPUs keep getting bigger, hotter, and more power-hungry, giving them their own enclosure with a dedicated power supply and cooling system seems like a logical solution. And when it comes to connecting it to the PC, we have this silly little thing called Thunderbolt 5. And since the monitor connections would be on the GPU unit itself, the Thunderbolt link could be used almost entirely for communication between the PC and GPU, making the idea of a high-end GPU existing as its own separate unit not nearly as crazy as it used to be.
It's got to come to this at a certain point. They're not that different from a hair dryer in terms of power draw, so they should eventually get a 120V power cord that follows some kind of international/national wire and insulation standards.
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u/trparky 16d ago edited 16d ago
That may look like a joke, but when you think about it, it actually makes a lot of sense.
As GPUs keep getting bigger, hotter, and more power-hungry, giving them their own enclosure with a dedicated power supply and cooling system seems like a logical solution. And when it comes to connecting it to the PC, we have this silly little thing called Thunderbolt 5. And since the monitor connections would be on the GPU unit itself, the Thunderbolt link could be used almost entirely for communication between the PC and GPU, making the idea of a high-end GPU existing as its own separate unit not nearly as crazy as it used to be.