TL;DR: NVIDIA's RTX 5090 graphics card requires 4 x 8-pin connectors for 600W power officially, but can operate with 3 x 8-pin connectors at 450W, seemingly running only 5% slower in 4K benchmarks.
AMD has officially unveiled its new Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Radeon RX 7900 XT graphics cards, and now AIB partners can unveil their custom Radeon RX 7900 series GPU designs. ASUS is here with its new ...
Why are GPUs still catching fire?
I have a 60mm case fan with a brown three-pin power connector for sale. It's generic, with no markings on it. It's a ball bearing fan, and it worked last time I tested it (a few months ago). I never ...
Why it matters: Modern GPUs have pushed the venerable 8-pin Molex connector to its limits. Nvidia denounced it with this generation's Founders Edition cards, which have a proprietary 12-pin connector; ...