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Uneven Resistance and Lack of Headroom: Why 12V-2x6s Fail

Analysis, Graphics | | Jan Olšan

No, the melting power connectors issue on GeForce cards is not solved as Nvidia claimed ahead of the new generation’s launch. There’s fresh GeForce RTX 4090 cases happening literally as we speak, and the risk seems even greater with Blackwell GPUs. The 12VHPWR (or 12V-2×6 now) connector has not just one but multiple flaws due to which it might never be truly reliable. Perhaps it would be best if it was discontinued in its current form. Read more “Uneven Resistance and Lack of Headroom: Why 12V-2x6s Fail” »