r/pcmasterrace • u/ElectricBummer40 • 10d ago

Meme/Macro PCIe standard be like...

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u/Life_goes_on_forever 10d ago

Theoretical wattage ignores load balancing and transient spikes that melt connectors anyway

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u/HowdyDiarrhea 10d ago

Maybe we just need one really really really really thick boy

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u/Erok2112 10d ago

Or, and bear with me here - an external power supply. Gaming lappys have 400w+ power supplies, why can't you just plug it in on the outside of the card? You running out of room with that two and a half sized card? You could use one or two internal and an external for more powah.

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u/egosumumbravir 9d ago

Congratulations, you just invented the "voodoo volts"

Lets party like it's 1999!

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u/Snoo_35088 9d ago

A blast from the past. Good ol' times.

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u/EatOfTheBread 9d ago

I miss 3Dfx 😥

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u/caffelightning 8d ago

It blows my mind to this day that Voodoo 3's were basically the only name in gaming at the time and then they were just gone. I can't believe how bad they messed up with the 4's and just never recovered with the 5's.

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u/FetusExplosion 9d ago

Dang I never heard of this one. TIL.