You'll need a special BTF motherboard to use it, but after this week's reliability demonstration, it might well be worth ...

Asus has given the special stealth power connector on its RTX 5090 BTF edition graphics cards a little upgrade. To show just how capable it is, Asus China's general manager, Tony Yu, released a video ...

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RTX 5090's power cable heating past boiling point raises concern. Thermal imaging reveals GPU's power connector reaching dangerous temperatures. Despite reports of gaming without issues, it's ...

When PCI-SIG introduced the 12VHPWR power connector as a replacement for the 6- and 8-pin PCIe power connectors, it created a wave of controversy. There were enough cases of melting GPUs, PSUs, and… ...

There’s a hot new power connector in the desktop PC world… and by hot, we mean “literally melting.” Issues with the new 12VHPWR power connector design for the latest PCIe 5.0-compliant ...

MSI wants to help you not set your gaming PC on fire Thanks to its new yellow-tipped graphics card power cables, MSI is helping users of high-end GPUs ensure their cables are properly connected.

Hopefully this new connector renders melting GPU power plugs a thing of the past.

Power supplies meeting new standards have made an appearance over at CES 2024, which hope to finally put an end to concerns over melted power connectors.

The 16-pin power connector, also known as the 12VHPWR connector, has been a focal point for issues since the RTX 4090's release in October 2022.