- Nvidia RTX 5090 has been rumored to guzzle 600W prior to now
- A leaker on X has steered it would use ‘barely’ much less energy
- This comes alongside assurances that RTX 5070 Ti received’t be an influence hog
Nvidia’s RTX 5090 won’t be fairly as a lot of an influence hog as some PC avid gamers concern primarily based on the newest nugget from the GPU grapevine.
As you might recall, the rumor mill has beforehand insisted that the Blackwell flagship graphics card may tip the scales at a weighty 600W of power use.
In accordance with some contemporary information from common leaker on X, Kopite7kimi, we will a minimum of be considerably hopeful that the RTX 5090 might not make fairly so heavy a requirement in your PC’s energy provide.
This information popped up in a thread on X which was discussing the purported RTX 5070 Ti – a GPU that might be launched third by Nvidia, after the RTX 5090 and 5080 – and particularly that graphics card’s energy necessities of 350W.
Kopite7kimi famous that whereas 350W is a attainable configuration Nvidia is exploring, the newest the leaker has heard is that it’ll be 285W, so significantly much less – which prompted an X person to query whether or not the RTX 5090 may’ve had its energy use revised downwards (from 600W), too.
The leaker replied to point that sure, this “might” be the case, though it would solely be a “slight lower” within the energy chugged by the next-gen flagship.
Evaluation: You’ll nonetheless want a mighty energy provide
Clearly, take all this with loads of seasoning, however probably PC fanatics taking a look at this mighty next-gen flagship will take something that seems like remotely excellent news for the ability consumption of the RTX 5090.
The catch is that the leaker sounds unsure, and if there’s some downward motion, it’s not more likely to be a terrific deal. So, are we taking a look at 570W or 580W perhaps? Or one thing extra in direction of 550W if we’re fortunate, maybe? Clearly it’s guesswork at this level, and Nvidia might not have finalized the precise spec itself (or extra seemingly has simply performed so, perhaps – and the rumor mill is but to catch up).
With the RTX 5090 about to launch, in theory, inside just a few weeks at CES 2025, all the pieces concerning the board is probably going nailed down proper about now, and we might hear some extra definitive sounding leaks within the subsequent week or so. Whereas the flagship is anticipated to be a seriously powerful graphics card, apart from the ability utilization worries, the opposite predominant concern is pricing – and how far Nvidia might push that.
We will consider a 550W energy utilization much more readily than Nvidia sticking with the identical MSRP because the RTX 4090, and never mountaineering it in any respect, put it this manner.
