Since the 16-pin connector was introduced and later revised, melting adapters and PSU/GPU-side connectors on some of Nvidia's mainstream GeForce gaming GPUs have been rampant. Two of MSI's recently ...

Forward-looking: As cases of burning and melting RTX 5090 power cables continue to mount, Asus has demonstrated that its new Back to the Future (BTF) power connector design can maintain safe ...

Nvidia's New Graphics Cards Will Use 12-Pin Connector Despite the change from an 8-pin to a 12-pin power connector in Nvidia’s upcoming line of graphics cards, codenamed Ampere, they will work with ...

High-performance connectors like 12V-2×6, sometimes called 12VHPWR, deliver significant current to advanced graphics cards such as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition. Each connector pin ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA's RTX 5090 graphics card requires 4 x 8-pin connectors for 600W power officially, but can operate with 3 x 8-pin connectors at 450W, seemingly running only 5% slower in 4K benchmarks.

In a video interview with Intel Graphics Innovation Fellow Tom "TAP" Peterson and HotHardware, we get a tiny glimpse of the Intel Arc GPU with 3 x 8-pin PCIe power connectors. We don't know anything ...

AMD and Intel are reportedly testing 16-pin power connectors on their next-gen gaming GPUs, meaning these new graphics cards could finally ditch the good old-fashioned 6-pin and 8-pin PCIe power ...

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Having already launched the GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3090, the GeForce RTX 3070 is up next to bat (it releases to retail on October 15). Sometime after that, presumably, Ampere will shift over ...

A real power guzzler or just a prototype? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As the launch of Intel’s Arc Alchemist series of draws ...

ASRock's thirsty Phantom Gaming D OC comes with 3x8-pin power connectors, and we suspect is prime overclocking material. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...