Nvidia’s RTX 5090 isn’t melting power cables

Nvidia’s RTX 5090 isn’t melting power cables, but it sure looks that way
The infamous 12VHPWR connector continues to plague the Nvidia RTX 4090.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
Nvidia says RTX 5090 isn’t expected to suffer from power cable melting issues that blighted the RTX 4090, despite the GPU’s 575W power usage
Nvidia has assured us that the RTX 5090 GPU is “not expected” to have any issues with melting power connectors, as seen with the RTX 4090 (and we’ll come back to dive into the history, and current situation with the Lovelace flagship, later in this article).
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 won’t melt your power cable, claims gaming GPU maker
Your shiny new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card shouldn't melt due to a bad power cable connection, unlike some RTX 4090 cards.
New GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 graphics cards are not melting cables, reports confirm issue was with RTX 4090
The higher power limits in the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 were always going to raise concerns that the cards might experience the same melting power
Put away your pitchforks, the first report of an RTX 50-series graphics card melting a cable was actually down to an ol' RTX 4090 under load
As we found in our testing, the RTX 5090 is a particularly thirsty card, drawing up to 637 W peak power under a 4K native Metro Exodus torture test. Still, we've had no issues wit
RTX 50-Series GPUs Aren’t Melting Power Cables, But 4090s Still Are
Nvidia’s new RTX 50-series graphics cards are not melting power supply cables or causing fire hazards. Following early reports of flammable RTX 50s, Hong Kong's PCM lays the blame for its cable woes on a different card.
RTX 5090 cable melting claim debunked — Investigation points at prior RTX 4090 FE cabling usage
A Hong Kong media outlet was scared by two melted 16-pin cables; initially mistakenly attributed to RTX 5090 testing.
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The brackets that hold on the CPU cooler are placed right on top of those standoffs and then secured with four thumb screws.
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