As the RTX 50-series rollout continues, users are experiencing what seems to be a shockingly high rate of failure. The proprietary 12VHPWR/12V-2x6 cables providing power to the graphics cards have ...

Melting cables are, once again, affecting high-end NVIDIA graphics cards, as a small selection of disgruntled GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition buyers and content creators take to social media to ...

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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 ...

The 12VHPWR power cable issues strike again. The 12VHPWR power cable issues strike again. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

In brief: Despite some initial controversy, Nvidia has forged ahead with new 12V GPU power connectors while AMD and Intel have stuck with reliable traditional designs. Although Nvidia's competitors ...