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Official RTX 4090 power cable found melted by reviewer 2 years later — card functioned fine despite hidden melted connector
The gaming/tech review site Dark Side of Gaming looked at its test rig RTX 4090 and 12VHPWR cable. Despite not removing the cable from the RTX 4090 over two years of use, the connector has become melted and exposed.
More Nvidia RTX 50 Cards Are Melting—It’s Probably The Cables’ Fault
Melting power cables was a persistent issue with Nvidia’s last-generation flagship, the RTX 4090. Its 450W power draw (with occasional spikes well above that) led to some power cables and GPUs overheating at the point the power connector plugs into the card.
First report of an Nvidia RTX 5080 power connector melting emerges
Redditor Ambitious_Ladder1320 posted images of a 16-pin power connector that had melted on the PSU side. The power supply unit in question was an Asus ROG
Despite assurances, Nvidia’s RTX 5090 is melting power plugs after all
Last week, RTX 5090 cards started dying after Nvidia’s driver update. More recently, one Reddit user named /u/ivan6953 reported in the Nvidia subreddit that the power connector on his RTX 5090 had melted while playing Battlefield V.
GeForce RTX 5090 Power Connectors Are Melting Now: What You Should Know
Two RTX 5090 users have already suffered burned connectors, and if community analysis is right, more may be on the way.
Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn
A rising tide of speculators are arguing that Nvidia's 16-pin 12VHPWR standard is designed with no safety factor, causing melting cables.
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Great, Now GeForce RTX 5080s Are Allegedly Melting Connectors Too
Our post on Tuesday about melting 12V-2X6 connectors on RTX 5090 GPUs concluded with a grim prediction that we could see more ...
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Nvidia delays the RTX 5070 till after AMD’s reveal
A s always, the most important Nvidia graphics card is the one you can actually buy, and Nvidia’s talked a big game for its RTX 5070, making the dubious but nuanced claim it can ...
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Nvidia’s RTX 5080 doesn’t dethrone the RTX 4090
The RTX 5080 is not the powerhouse we'd hoped it would be, but can it at least be a cheaper, more efficient alternative to ...
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and 5090 prototypes exposed — development and testing cards had four 16-pin power connectors
A leaker managed to get ahold of some of Nvidia's latest-generation development/bring-up boards. The prototype hardware ...
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NVIDIA RTX 4090 GPU flat-out stress-tested runs at 20°C with home aircon unit cooling setup
Innovative PC cooling solution is ready for the RTX 5090, the owner just needs to wait for the water block for the Blackwell ...
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Nvidia might never top the RTX 4090
Nvidia can’t deliver a generational uplift on the level of the RTX 4090 unless transistors get smaller, and that’s becoming ...
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RTX 4090 liquid cooled with 12,000 BTU air conditioner, RTX 5090 up next — GPU runs at 20C
A Chinese techtuber has designed a liquid-cooled PC system that hooks up to a household air conditioner unit instead of a ...
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