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Thread ID: 44265 2004-04-13 22:17:00 Must... tell... someone... Growly (6) Press F1
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229096 2004-04-14 04:59:00 > Perhaps the card is a little more power hungry than
> most and they wanted to limit voltage drop in a
> single lead, or perhaps they wanted to provide
> low-impedance feeds into two separate high-current
> sections of the card to limit common-mode coupling .
>
> Or it could simply be a marketing gimmick . :|


There is nothing so special about that card that would draw twice as much current . The main drain is the CPU which takes the bulk of the power .

As I said above, either they want to feed the CPU and the rest separately to avoid common coupling effects, or it is simply a marketing gimmick .

The answer doesn't have to be complicated or hi tech . Maybe they just didn't want to run high currents too far across the board because of voltage drop in thin printed circuit tracks .

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
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229097 2004-04-14 05:22:00 Sorry... Growly (6)
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