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This was one of the first things I was looking for when watching the reveal, and I'm very excited that they kept it down to a single 8-pin.

I've been telling myself to live with my laptop another year and stay frugal, but man, a 180W card that bests 980 SLI for only ~$50 higher MSRP? Very tempting... And we don't even know what AMD's got up their sleeve, which we should find out soon.

Just consider that, if the 1080 bests SLI 980s at 180W, it's not inconceivable that NVIDIA could deliver a 75W part that performs as well as the 980 on just 75W - which would mean no power connectors at all.

Now that would be something...

[QUOTE="PlayfulPhoenix, post: 11763, member: 7"] This was one of the first things I was looking for when watching the reveal, and I'm very excited that they kept it down to a single 8-pin. I've been telling myself to live with my laptop another year and stay frugal, but man, a 180W card that bests 980 SLI for only ~$50 higher MSRP? Very tempting... And we don't even know what AMD's got up their sleeve, which we should find out soon. Just consider that, if the 1080 bests SLI 980s at 180W, it's not inconceivable that NVIDIA could deliver a 75W part that performs as well as the 980 on just 75W - which would mean no power connectors at all. Now [I]that[/I] would be something... [/QUOTE]

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