Asus gives us the PCIe finger — teases new concept that boosts motherboard GPU slot power to 250W

September 20, 2025

, By Tom’s Hardware

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Since PCIe’s inception in the early 2000s, the high-speed connectivity standard has been limited to 75 watts of peak power from the physical slot. This is enough to power some entry-level graphics cards from the physical slot alone, but most graphics cards require auxiliary power to get enough juice. However, Asus wants to change that — data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.ithome.com/0/884/319.htm” data-url=”https://www.ithome.com/0/884/319.htm” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>IT Home reports that the GPU maker has teased a new concept design allowing the PCIe slot to deliver a whopping 250 watts of power output through modifications to the…

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Asus gives us the PCIe finger — teases new concept that boosts motherboard GPU slot power to 250W

September 20, 2025

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Since PCIe’s inception in the early 2000s, the high-speed connectivity standard has been limited to 75 watts of peak power from the physical slot. This is enough to power some entry-level graphics cards from the physical slot alone, but most graphics cards require auxiliary power to get enough juice. However, Asus wants to change that — data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.ithome.com/0/884/319.htm” data-url=”https://www.ithome.com/0/884/319.htm” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>IT Home reports that the GPU maker has teased a new concept design allowing the PCIe slot to deliver a whopping 250 watts of power output through modifications to the…

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