Nvidia has expressed confidence that the infamous melting issues with the 12VHPWR power connectors, which plagued some RTX 40-series GPUs, will not recur with its next-generation RTX 50-series lineup.

Hong Kong-based tech outlet PCM raised alarms after testing Nvidia’s RTX 5090D and RTX 5080, where it encountered two melted 16-pin power cables and a failed 1,200W power supply unit (PSU). With GPU ...

More reports of new RTX 5090 and 5080 graphics cards failing due to overheating and melting power cables are emerging, suggesting that the problem may be more widespread than initially thought.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nvidia says its RTX 5090 graphics card ‘is the most powerful GeForce GPU ever made, bringing game-changing capabilities to gamers ...

Nvidia has been quick to wave away concerns that its RTX 5090 flagship graphics card, which consumes close to 600W of power, won’t melt power connectors like its predecessor had a habit of doing.

In the slightly-bowdlerized words of GTA San Andreas protagonist Carl Johnson, "Aw, crap. Here we go again." Virtually anyone reading this site will well remember the unfortunate failures of 12VHPWR ...

Nvidia's RTX 50-series GPUs are finally here, but their turbulent launch is resurrecting a glitch from the RTX 4090. Nvidia launched the GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 on January 30, 2025, after plenty ...

Less than two weeks after its release, the first report of a melting Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 has surfaced online. While a third-party power cable was used, it's unclear right now what caused the fault ...

Nvidia has had an awful start to its desktop RTX 50 series launch. The company recently shipped an RTX 5080 with a 5090 shroud from its official store indicating the quality control issues alongside ...

Conversations around the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 are not only exciting but also fairly positive for the most part. But there’s at least one major concern floating around: the fear of power connectors ...

The 5090 Astral provides an imbalance warning, but no automatic protection and no actual load balancing. It just pops a notification to the user that the load is uneven across the connector. And as ...