TL;DR: NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card is extremely power-hungry, featuring prototypes with 4 x 16-pin power connectors and up to 2400W power delivery. These prototypes, including the AD102 ...

TL;DR: A leaked NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 prototype features an unprecedented 4 x 16-pin power connectors, enabling up to 2400W power consumption and doubled VRM sections. This engineering sample hints ...

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 remains a fascinating GPU, and continues to interest us as we learn more about it. Case in point, a prototype design that is packing four power connectors recently came into ...

Daniel's been gaming since he was old enough to reach the keyboard and has a Bachelor's Degree in Writing from the University of Tampa. Graphics card manufacturer Nvidia now faces legal action over ...

A few months ago, we covered the first reported case of a 16-pin power connector meltdown for AMD's RX 9070 XT. Usually, it's Nvidia's RTX 4090 and 5090s that face the fire, but Sapphire has adopted ...

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% ...

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 ...

When Nvidia launched its 40-series Ada Lovelace GPUs, it conspicuously revealed the 4090 does not use the full-fat AD102 silicon. Instead, it's a cut-down version, meaning Nvidia left some horsepower ...

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 ...

The 16-pin (12VHPWR) power connector has been one of the most talked-about parts of modern graphics cards—and not for good reasons. Since Nvidia’s RTX 40-series launched, there have been multiple ...

Update 11/18: In a new post on the Nvidia support page, the company confirmed that it is still "actively investigating" reports about the 12VHPWR 16-pin connector cable. Nvidia notes that "about 50 ...