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PCI-SIG Tells 12VHPWR Manufacturers to NOT Deviate From the Specs!
The transition to the new 12VHPWR power adaptor standard certainly hasn’t gotten off to the best of starts with various reports from users that the connectors and graphics card ports have been melting. It is, infact, an issue that has significantly plagued the reputation of the Nvidia 4090 ever since…
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Nvidia Issues Statement Saying 12VHPWR Melting Issue is (Basically) User Error!
Given that it’s basically been a month since Nvidia launched the 4090, the lack of any formal statement from the company regarding the numerous reported instances of 12VHPWR adaptors melting has clearly been more than a little worrying for owners. – Earlier this week, however, a video post by Gamers…
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Nvidia 4090 Founders Edition Pictured With Melted 12VHPWR Adaptor & Port!
Given the amount of evidence seen over the last month, it is clearly no longer merely a rumour, theory, or isolated issue. There is, categorically, a problem with the new 12VHPWR adaptor (or port) utilised with the Nvidia 4090 and 4080 graphics card. – If you do, in fact, want…
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Nvidia Says There Are 2 12VHPWR Adapter Manufacturers (1 Good and 1 Bad?)
The saga (and controversy) surrounding Nvidia’s 12VHPWR adaptor is showing no signs of slowing down as more and more users continue to post reports online of them melting. – While Nvidia is still formally investigating the matter, however, so far they have yet to provide the community with any kind…
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Nvidia Controversy Returns as 4090 Owner Says Fully-Connected 12VHPWR Still Melted!
Not long after the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 was officially released to the public, alarming posts began to appear online showing the 12VHPWR power adaptor melting. – And this wasn’t an isolated incident either as the user reports continued to grow to the point that no other conclusion could be…
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PCI-SIG Leak Confirms Revised 12VHPWR Connector is Being Considered
Putting the price tag to one side (which I suspect has been the biggest stumbling block for most of us), it’s hard to deny that the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 has gotten off to a bit of a shaky start with consumers. – And for those of you blissfully unaware,…
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Nvidia Might be Imminently Set to Release Newly Revised 12VHPWR Adaptor
The matter of the 12VHPWR power adaptor saga seen with the 4090 graphics card continues to seemingly progress without any recent updates. At least at the time of writing, Nvidia has still not provided the community with any formal announcement regarding the growing reports of adaptors melting, and, specifically, whether…
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GALAX’s 4090 HOF to Feature 2 16-Pin 12VHPWR Inputs (1200W of Power Required?)
While we’ve seen a pretty solid range of custom Nvidia 4090 graphics cards hit the market, we’ve (arguably) yet to see some of the most potent specifications (or configurations) arrive yet. In this regard, we’re specifically referring to 4090 GPUs designed for the overclocking community to, basically, look to set…
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Reddit User Creates 3D-Printed 12VHPWR Cable Protector for the Nvidia 4090!
Although I daresay more than a few of you are aware of this matter, there is currently quite a fair bit of concern (and in some places outright controversy) over the 12VHPWR cable adaptor which is supplied with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card. It has now, in fact,…
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Leaked AMD 7900 XT/7900 XTX Images Confirm GPUs Will Retain the VGA Power Port!
With AMD officially set to announce the launch of their Radeon 7000 graphics cards on November 3rd (less than a week away now) while a lot of interest has undoubtedly been placed on what kind of level of performance we might expect to see from them (and particularly so against…
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AMD Confirms Radeon 7000 Will NOT Be Using 12VHPWR (Standard VGA Lives On!)
With Nvidia seemingly fully embracing the 12VHPWR power connection standard on what may end up being their entire 40XX series of graphics cards, this did clearly raise the question as to whether AMD would choose to follow suit. – While rumours over the last few months had suggested that they…
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Nvidia Formally Investigating Reports of 4090 Power Adaptor Cables Melting
With the release of the new Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, consumers have clearly been keen to check out the latest graphics card and particularly so in regards to flexing its incredibly potent muscles. For more than a few months now, however, concerns have been raised surrounding the 12-pin cable adaptors…
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be quiet! Launch its 12VHPWR Adapter Cable for Nvidia 4090/4080 Graphics Cards
be quiet! has announced the general release of its 12VHPWR 12+4-pin adapter cable for their ATX 2.X-compliant power supplies. This cable offers an alternative to bulky and short standard adapters that come with next-generation graphics cards like NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4090 and 4080 models. It features an elegant black sleeve…
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Nvidia 40XX 12VHPWR Adapters WILL NOT Blow Up Your PSU! – Video
Earlier this month, information appeared online from the PCI-SIG (effectively the I/O hardware cabling regulator) expressing concerns over the use of the 12VHPWR adaptor. – For those of you unaware, these are convertors designed to adapt original 8-pin (6+2) PCIe cables (traditionally used in graphics cards for nearly the last…
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