Nvidia is confident there will be no melting connectors thanks to the 12V-2x6 standard featured on its RTX 50-series GPUs.
When the RTX 4090 hit the market in October 2022, some users started reporting overheating and even melting power connectors.
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Nvidia is confident that changes made to the power connector will be enough to prevent similar problems this generation.
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.
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