NVIDIA, RTX 5090 and melting connectors

NVIDIA RTX 5090 graphics cards are melting power cables (again) — but who's to blame for this recurring GPU nightmare?
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 report unreasonably high temperatures radiating from its 600W connector.
3 things all Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 reviews are saying about the graphics card
The most powerful of Nvidia's newest Blackwell graphics cards is a " beast ." Review after review has brought up benchmarks showcasing that when it comes to gaming, the RTX 5090 blows its predecessors and other graphics cards away. However, it appears that for many consumers, the RTX 5090 is overkill.
GeForce RTX 5090 Power Connectors Are Melting Now: What You Should Know
Two RTX 5090 users have already suffered burned connectors, and if community analysis is right, more may be on the way.
An Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card power socket has already melted
The new flagship Nvidia gaming GPU has already melted under load, with the cable, power supply, and gaming GPU all damaged as a result.
Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn
A rising tide of speculators are arguing that Nvidia's 16-pin 12VHPWR standard is designed with no safety factor, causing melting cables.
More Nvidia RTX 50 Cards Are Melting—It’s Probably The Cables’ Fault
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. However,
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It's not just the GeForce RTX 5090... we've now got melting connectors on the RTX 5080
Redditor posts picture of his melted 16-pin power connector on his PSU, which had NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5080 Founders ...
An Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 with 96GB of GDDR7 memory? No, this is almost certainly the RTX 6000 Blackwell
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and 5090 prototypes exposed — development and testing cards had four 16-pin power connectors
A leaker managed to get ahold of some of Nvidia's latest-generation development/bring-up boards. The prototype hardware ...
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GIGABYTE's new GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 AORUS Master cards have an optional fourth fan
GIGABYTE's new custom GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 AORUS Master cards have a monster triple-fan cooler, but they have an ...
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 review: a new king of 4K is here
Naturally, the company’s latest top-of-the-line GPU, the GeForce RTX 5090, now has a lot of expectations riding on it when it arrives on January 30th. But at $1,999, the RTX 5090 is steep — ...
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How Fast Can a Liquid-Cooled GeForce RTX 5090 Card Run? We Tested to Find Out
With an early MSI Suprim Liquid RTX 5090 graphics card in hand, we ran some early benchmark tests and overclocked the most ...
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 ...
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Review: Just How Fast Is It In Games?
Nvidia has lifted the embargo on review benchmarks for its RTX 5090. Just how fast is it versus the RTX 4090 and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX?