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Originally Posted by Obsideon
I thought with newer GPUs being more powerful they would need more pins to draw more power?
Why does my old AMD 7950 requires 14 (8+6) pins but the new 3060 and 3070 only requires 8 pins total?
So if I was to get a RTX3060, I would ONLY plug in the 8pin and tuck away the 6pin?
This is all so confusing.
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7950 is ancient compared to modern cards. Newer tech is faster and way more power efficient. There's also a lot of other things that offer performance improvements over old tech. I was on dual 7950s up until last year before moving to a RX590. Performance is better, and I also get variable sync and lower power consumption.