WYP
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MSI's new high-wattage MPG A1000GS and MPG A1250GS power supplies don't support all modern GPUs.
Read more about some of MSI's latest 8-pin PCIe connectors lacking an adequate number of 8-pin power connectors.
MSI shuns AMD GPUs with some of its newest power supplies
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Read more about some of MSI's latest 8-pin PCIe connectors lacking an adequate number of 8-pin power connectors.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
To be fair, they designed this probably within the last year. Before the new cards launched. They probably assumed AMD would adopt the new connectors.
ImprovizoR
Active member
Lol, they designed a PSU around a connector found only on GPUs that you can't even buy, and yet the GPUs that have flooded the market are using the good old 8-pins.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
It makes sense to me in a way. There are endless power supplies that support the 'old' (it shouldn't be called old; it's what we should be using). Product stack variety makes sense to me. How do you make your PSU stand out in a flood of similar designs? Make it work on only one range of GPUs. It's stupid but it's effective.
Dawelio
Active member
It sure stands out as being insufficient for modern setups, that's for sure... for such an high wattage PSU and how much space is still left on the connector side, they should have populated atleast 3 x 8pin ports on it.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
IMO all PSU's should have 4 x 8 pin PCI-e connectors and at least 1 x 12V-2x6 connector. I'd wager AMD and Intel going forward, Outside of Sapphire's AMD card, Will stick to 8 pins and what with some AIO's, Looking at you Corsair, Using 6/8 pin for solid power delivery, It only makes sense.
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