• Nvidia RTX 5090 has been rumored to guzzle 600W prior to now
• A leaker on X has prompt it would use ‘barely’ much less energy
• This comes alongside assurances that RTX 5070 Ti gained’t be an influence hog

Nvidia’s RTX 5090 may not be fairly as a lot of an influence hog as some PC players concern primarily based on the newest nugget from the GPU grapevine.

As you might recall, the rumor mill has beforehand insisted that the Blackwell flagship graphics card would possibly tip the scales at a weighty 600W of energy use.

In line with some contemporary information from common leaker on X, Kopite7kimi, we are able to no less than be considerably hopeful that the RTX 5090 could not make fairly so heavy a requirement in your PC’s energy provide.

This information popped up in a thread on X which was discussing the purported RTX 5070 Ti – a GPU that could possibly be launched third by Nvidia, after the RTX 5090 and 5080 – and particularly that graphics card’s energy necessities of 350W.

Kopite7kimi famous that whereas 350W is a attainable configuration Nvidia is exploring, the newest the leaker has heard is that it’ll be 285W, so significantly much less – which prompted an X consumer to query whether or not the RTX 5090 would possibly’ve had its energy use revised downwards (from 600W), too.

The leaker replied to point that sure, this “could” be the case, though it would solely be a “slight lower” within the energy chugged by the next-gen flagship.

Evaluation: You’ll nonetheless want a mighty energy provide

Clearly, take all this with loads of seasoning, however probably PC lovers this mighty next-gen flagship will take something that feels like remotely excellent news for the ability consumption of the RTX 5090.

The catch is that the leaker sounds unsure, and if there’s some downward motion, it’s not prone to be an amazing deal. So, are we 570W or 580W possibly? Or one thing extra in the direction of 550W if we’re fortunate, maybe? Clearly it’s guesswork at this level, and Nvidia could not have finalized the precise spec itself (or extra seemingly has simply carried out so, possibly – and the rumor mill is but to catch up).

With the RTX 5090 about to launch, in concept, inside a number of weeks at CES 2025, every part concerning the board is probably going nailed down proper about now, and we may hear some extra definitive sounding leaks within the subsequent week or so. Whereas the flagship is anticipated to be a severely highly effective graphics card, apart from the ability utilization worries, the opposite predominant concern is pricing – and the way far Nvidia would possibly push that.