NVIDIA seems to have already started preparations for the next generation RTX 50 series graphics cards. According to the leaked information, the company is working on different cooler designs to cool cards with power consumption varying between 250W and 600W. performs tests. This means that the RTX 50 series can have similar power levels as the current RTX 40 series.
Last year, rumors emerged that he was working on a three-fan and four-slot cooler design with the RTX 40 series. Heard . The authenticity of this design was confirmed by photographs that emerged later. The interesting part is that in this cooler design, the PCB board was placed vertically and the third fan was hidden inside the cooler block. According to early rumors, this cooler was designed to cool graphics cards with power consumption up to 800W.
However Benchlife According to new information shared by NVIDIA, it is conducting cooler tests for graphics cards with power consumption up to 600W. This shows that the RTX 50 series with Blackwell architecture can have similar power consumption values as the RTX 40 series with Ada Lovelace architecture.
It’s no surprise that NVIDIA is constantly working on new cooler designs. The company has probably been preparing for the next generation of graphics cards for months or even years. For cooler engineers, the only thing that matters is the size and power consumption of the GPU. Design and marketing teams decide on the final GPU features.
The power consumption of current generation Ada Lovelace GPUs varies between 115W and 450W in desktop computers. Maximum power consumption is between 130W and 600W.
Conducting cooler tests up to 600W does not mean that all RTX 50 series graphics cards will have such high power consumption. It will probably have power consumption values similar to the current RTX 4090. Additionally, if NVIDIA adheres to the 12VHWPR power standard, these connectors will not be able to provide more than 600W of power.
