Geforce 1080 ti TDP discrepancy

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On about 50% of websites reporting on the event last night, the TDP of the 1080 ti is listed as 250w.

On the other half, it's listed as 220w.

For example, anandtech shows a table listing it as 250w while pcworld lists it as 220w. There are multiple websites listing both numbers, all of them dated after the reveal event.

Normally I wouldn't care, but when comparing a 230w GPU (gtx 770) to a 250w GPU (titan x pascal), the PSU calculator I am using is telling me that this would mean the difference between keeping my existing power supply and having to upgrade.

Does anyone know what the true figure is??

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It's 250.

@Zibob said so in a post on the forum.

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It's 250. The 220 came from some stupid marketing slide comparing the cooler at the same tdp to the 1080 cooler.

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Well they did remove the DVI port to add more vent holes for airflow. So i'm pretty sure it's gonna run hot as balls with that 250w TDP

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It's a slightly cut down titan so i am guessing 250W. Interesting to see them remove the DVI port but i guess 17 years is enough time.

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Yup. Barely cut down. Same number of CUDA cores just less ROPs. Not to mention higher clocks. So yeah guessing 250W.

Prob is gonna run hot as hell despite the cooler having "double the surface area" or some nonsense.

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Nvidia's stock cooler has always been hot so nothing new there.

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And I heard it on a YouTube video covering the launch from some one there at the event. Kyle, jay or Paul in this case.

And the 220w came for this nugget of marketing bullshit hot off the alternative facts press at nVidia.

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its 250W indeed.

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I was 'okay, I'm convinced'.... then I literally just saw the announcement article on the verge that reads

"The GTX 1080 Ti also isn’t as much of a power hog as the $1,200 Titan X, pulling 220 watts, compared to the older card’s 250."

I dont know who to beliiiiiieeeeve

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Do you believe Nvidia themselves?

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Because DVI is useless as balls and it's time to move on. Just like clinging to 32-bit and wanting support/development for it.

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DVI provides the best connection for monitor overclocking and also bypasses any safety's set in the monitor on a lot of models. Plus a lot of 1440 Korean monitors use DVI-D only. Sure it's meh for the daily user but it does useful stuff.

Sorry for slight derail.