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Power Supply Maker Talks Power Supply for Graphics Cards.

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by Anton Shilov

[ 02/28/2006 | 11:13 PM ]

Power consumption of modern graphics processing units (GPUs) have been rising consistently in the recent decade and has now reached about 120W per graphics card. In a bid to provide overclockers and owners of low-performance power supplies with opportunity to use high-end latest graphics cards, power supply manufacturer FSP is planning to unveil a special power supply designed to feed only graphics cards.

The VGA power supply from FSP fits into any spare 5.25” slot and can provide a graphics card up to 300W of power (25A current on +12V rail). Given that maximum power consumption of a modern high-end graphics card, such as ATI Radeon X1900 XTX or Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX 512, is 120W and 95W respectively, a 300W power supply will work even for those demanding a multi-GPU system.

The product from FSP will activate automatically once the personal computer (PCs) is turned on and will be able to work with 100V – 240V volts power outlets. The power supply will have two 40mm cooling fans that will act depending on the temperature.

Given the positioning of the product, the part is equipped with blue LEDs to fit into computers of enthusiasts who usually mod their PCs.

FSP will officially announce its VGA power supply at CeBIT show in Hannover, Germany, in March, 2006. The company has yet to disclose pricing of the part, something which may crucially affect popularity of the product.