We recently saw AMD unveiling two brand new desktop GPUs from its Radeon 7000 series. The new RX 7800 XT and the RX 7700 XT are based on the RDNA 3 architecture and are claimed to be optimized for the ...
The controversial 16-pin power connector is once again under scrutiny after a new incident involving the Sapphire RX 9070 XT graphics card. A user reported that the 16-pin connector melted while using ...
Graphics card manufacturer Nvidia now faces legal action over the allegedly defective power connector for its RTX 4090 GPUs. This comes after multiple users have had their 16-pin connectors melt after ...
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 40-series graphics cards were the first mainstream products to feature the 16-pin power connector. However, Nvidia might not stick to this format for the upcoming GeForce RTX 4070 ...
Nvidia’s next-gen graphics cards could get a bit pricier at the budget end of the market – well, indeed it’ll be across the board for Blackwell GPUs, but affordable cards will see the greatest impact ...
In a recent incident reported on the Korean Quasar Zone forums, an owner of an MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim X 24G graphics card experienced a simultaneous meltdown of the 16-pin power connector on both ...
NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition will have a PCIe Gen5 16-pin power connector, replacing the 12-pin Molex MicroFit 3.0 plug that was on the RTX 30 series Founders Edition GPUs.
The 16-pin (12VHPWR) power connector has experienced meltdowns on some of the best graphics cards. Nevertheless, these unfortunate incidents have predominantly been reported on Nvidia's graphics cards ...
Segotep, a small Chinese power supply manufacturer, confirmed in a conversation that the NVIDIA RTX 5090 will not have the rumored two 16-pin connectors. The brand has little presence on the market, ...
TL;DR: NVIDIA's 16-pin 12VHPWR power connector for RTX 40 and 50 Series GPUs has faced recurring issues of melting cables and overheating. AMD's Radeon RX 9000 Series also reports similar failures, ...
Nvidia is reportedly going bonkers with its next-gen Ada Lovelace graphics cards. The RTX 4090, which is going to be one of the top-end models of the series, is rumored to consume 600W, more than 70% ...
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Prototype RTX 50-series power connector designed to prevent melting with current overload alarm, per-pin sensing
With the resurgence of the connector meltdown scare, users who were lucky enough to snag an RTX 50 GPU at launch have been ...
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