Seasonic's new 12V-2x6 power cables (source: Seasonic) If you've got a Seasonic ATX2 PSU, the company has 2 x 8-pin to 12V-2x6 adapter cables, which support most -- but not all -- Seasonic ATX 2.0 ...

Users with legacy models who can't afford to exchange their cards should switch to ATX 3.0 power supplies instead of using adapters to connect 16-pin 12VHPWR plugs into ATX 2.0 PSUs.

However, with GPU power requirements likely to increase over time, AMD will likely have to switch to a 12+4 connection for its 8000-series GPUs. That's assuming it even comes out with a card that ...

At the Computex trade fair in Taiwan this week, Seasonic showed the prototype of a power supply unit in which the currents on the individual 12-volt lines of the controversial 12V-2x6 connector ...