NVIDIA had multiple PCB prototypes for the GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 4090, and other GPUs: 4 x 16-pin power connectors for up to ...
A Hong Kong media outlet was scared by two melted 16-pin cables; initially mistakenly attributed to RTX 5090 testing.
Two RTX 5090 users have already suffered burned connectors, and if community analysis is right, more may be on the way.
TL;DR: NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series Founders Edition GPUs reveal a design evolution from a quad-slot, triple-fan RTX 4090 Ti prototype. The prototype, featuring a rotated PCB and dual 16-pin ...
(4090 on the left, 5090 on the right ... Most graphics cards impede airflow through the heatsink with the PCB itself, but NVIDIA's engineers realized that this was a major impediment to effective ...