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Nvidia confident that RTX 50 series power connectors unlikely to melt despite higher TDP
Nvidia says that its flagship RTX 5090 GPUs will not experience the melting 16-pin connectors that plagued RTX 4090 graphics cards. Company representatives made this announcement during Nvidia RTX AI Day 2025 in South Korea,
The TDP of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 have been leaked, suggesting it's a little less power-hungry than we thought, though still massive
Graphics cards are apparently just getting bigger and bigger, and the Nvidia RTX 5090 might just be the most power-hungry mainstream graphics card of the last decade, at a reported 575 W TDP. Over on X,
Nvidia confident RTX 50 series power connectors unlikely to melt
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Nvidia says melting power connectors are a thing of the past
Nvidia is confident there will be no melting connectors thanks to the 12V-2x6 standard featured on its RTX 50-series GPUs. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
Nvidia says its new RTX 50 cards won’t melt power plugs this time
If you recall a couple of years and several centuries ago when the RTX 4090 launched, a bunch of them melted. Okay, that’s hyperbolic, but a small but notable number of 40-series cards had issues with the new 12VHPWR connector setup that caused cards to short out and fail.
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This impressive Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4090 Gaming PC just dropped below $3,000
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Nvidia's RTX 5090 FE Goes Eco-Friendly As Unboxing Video Surfaces
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 beats 4090 by up to 53% in shock 3DMark benchmark leak
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This obscure vendor is challenging mighty HP to the title of most powerful mini PC ever with a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 product
GMK, an emerging Chinese brand in the mini PC market, has announced (originally in Chinese) the upcoming launch of a new ...
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 FE Is Here And It's Getting Benchmarked Next
The highly anticipated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs are finally being freed from their boxes. This time, it's our very own ...
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DF Weekly: can the new RTX 5070 really match RTX 4090 performance?
Is the upcoming RTX 5070 really offering RTX 4090 series 'performance'? Based on established parlance, the answer is - of course - no, but the reasons behind the claim are straightforward enough ...