Just a few hours ago, the authoritative resource Videocardz published photographs of an unreferenced Radeon RX 5500 video card from XFX. Meet the XFX Radeon RX 5500 THICC II:

The design of the video card is made in the style of the previously released Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT, but in this case we are not interested in the appearance of the video card.

In general, the 8-pin connector for additional power supply for the video card is no surprise now. It is even installed on-budget solutions. However, according to AMD itself, the Radeon RX 5500 and RX 5500 XT graphics cards consume up to 110 watts.

Based on the latter, and the experience gained when launching the RX 400 series, only two options can be assumed:

First and foremost, these are banal improvements to non-reference cards from manufacturing partners. The same XFX installed an 8-pin connector, for example, to achieve higher frequencies when overclocking a video card.

The second option is not so rosy, but still quite realistic. It is quite possible that the RX 5500, just like the RX 400 before last, simply does not fit into the established TDP of 110 watts and their power consumption can jump to 150 watts. In this case, the installation of an 8-pin connector is simply necessary, otherwise, the video card can damage the motherboard (these are extremely rare cases, and in fact, refer only to ultra-budget motherboards).

It is obvious that it is too early to draw definitive conclusions based on a non-reference sample. But an unpleasant experience by itself prompts such thoughts.

Source: WccfTech

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