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If you were wondering if the recent reports about some RTX 4070 graphics featuring 8-pin power connectors were accurate, we appear to now have confirmation. A picture of a low-end RTX 4070 package has emerged online. In it, you can see the card's specifications, including that it will feature a single 8-pin power connector.
The photo posted on Chiphell (via HXL) shows the back of the Inno3D RTX 4070 box, where it describes the cooling solution employed on the graphics card and its specifications. Reading the specs, you see the graphics card uses a 2-slot design and that the manufacturer recommends a 600W PSU to power it. However, the most interesting part is that it's written that the card needs an 8-pin PCIe power cable. That should be enough to confirm the recent rumour about RTX 4070 GPUs coming with 8-pin PCIe power connectors instead of 12VHPWR, although ‘high-end' RTX 4070s may still use the connector.
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The image also reveals some details about this specific graphics card, including the 2-slot design with an open metal backplate and a cooling solution featuring two detachable fans and five nickel-plated composite heat pipes traversing the heatsink. There's a copper base to cover the GPU, while the memory has a dedicated aluminium base.
The technical specs are not listed on the box, but rumours claim the RTX 4070 cards will pack an AD104-25X GPU with 5888 CUDA cores, 12GB of GDDR6X memory at 21Gbps across a 192-bit memory and a 225W or 200W TDP. Rumours say we should see these cards release on April 13th.
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KitGuru says: Older systems had to be upgraded with new power supplies if you wanted an RTX 40 series GPU. However, seeing that there will be at least one RTX 4070 using an 8-pin power connector, users can grab a new RTX 4070 card without needing to spend more on a PCIe 5.0-ready PSU.
