Nvidia seems to have designed RTX 3090 Ti already thinking about the future. PCB layouts for this graphics card have been revealed online, showing that they could be set to house an even more powerful GPU on their circuitry.
RTX 3090 Ti: Its PCB would also be designed for RTX 40 ‘Ada’
Pictures of some custom graphics cards from the RTX 3090 Ti they seem to have been created to be reused in more powerful models. This means that these PCBs would be ready to be used with the RTX 40 series.
It has been rumored that the cards RTX 3090 Ti they are a test vehicle for GPUs RTX 40 ‘There’s Lovelace’ next generation.
Nvidia would have been encouraging the various manufacturers to design a PCB that was not only used for RTX 3090 Tialso for the future generation of RTX 40 processors. The reuse of PCB designs would lower costs and save time for manufacturers in their custom designs.
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Nvidia would have made the pins compatible between the GA102 GPU and also the future AD102. The green company sent a personalized BIOS to the different manufacturers so that they will design the PCBs with a maximum consumption of 600W. This would confirm the rumors that the series RTX 40 it was going to consume much more energy than in previous generations.
In the circuitry, you can see that some important components are missing in the power supplies stage. We are talking about MOSFETs, VRMs and full 16-pin power connectors, which shows that these PCBs are ready to supply more power.
The fountain Igor’sLAB confirmed that the power connector, which is now set to a 450W specification, can be modified with a PJP1 jumper to enable 600W capability. An RTX 4090 could have a default TDP of 600W, while an RTX 4090 Ti could require even more power, requiring two 16-pin connectors on the most powerful graphics cards. We will keep you informed.