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Surely not again: Worrying analysis shows Nvidia's RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card may be prone to melting power connectors
High performance PC builder Falcon Northwest has taken to X to say that it has tested "many" RTX 5090 FE cards, but has been unable to repeat der8auer's findings. Falcon Northwest's thermal images show much more balanced loading on the power cables wires,
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition: first melted power connector, third-party cable blamed
NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card experiences melted 12V-2x6 power connector, third-party cable is to blame.
Nvidia’s RTX 5090 power connectors are melting
Two owners of Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 Founders Edition GPUs have reported melted power connectors and damage to their PSUs. The images look identical to reports of RTX 4090 power cables burning or melting from two years ago.
GeForce RTX 5090: Nvidia has apparently messed up the power supply
Form over function was apparently the motto for the design of the GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition and its predecessor, the GeForce RTX 4090. Starting with the 4000 series, Nvidia has simplified the power supply to such an extent that the design favors melting connectors. References to user fault seem too short-sighted.
Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card connector melts, but unofficial cable may be the cause
A Reddit user going by the name ivan6953 shared images of an RTX 5090 FE with a badly melted connector. Given that this was a prevalent
Despite assurances, Nvidia’s RTX 5090 is melting power plugs after all
Last week, RTX 5090 cards started dying after Nvidia’s driver update. More recently, one Reddit user named /u/ivan6953 reported in the Nvidia subreddit that the power connector on his RTX 5090 had melted while playing Battlefield V.
Forget the GPU temp, even the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 power cable can hit 150°C
Thermal images of the new graphics card show one wire of the 16-pin 12VHPWR cable drawing over 20A and running at a high temperature.
"I Guess It Was a Matter of Time": NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Power Connector Melted While Playing Battlefield V, User Says
The power connector for the GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition, a reference version of NVIDIA's new flagship GPU for gamers, creators, and developers based on the "Blackwell" architecture that is said to start at $1,
Water-cooled Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 FE drops running temp by 25°C, boosts clock
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition gaming GPU is a beast to disassemble, but water-cooling it comes with some ...
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition arrives with surprise RTX 5090 branding
A GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition order turned strange once the buyer opened the box only to find an RTX 5090... sort of.
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Redditor Purchases NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition With RTX 5090 Label
A Redditor who goes by the byline EssDee3D recently posted a picture of their NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition on the ...
Nvidia RTX Blackwell release day live: where to buy the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 for the picosecond they're in stock
Today is the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 launch day, with both Nvidia's first RTX Blackwell graphics cards going on sale today at ...