My source added: "It's in the PCIe 5.0 CEM spec. Not sure how many people got it wrong and why it's suddenly "news" because of ASUS. The 12-pin portion is actually the same as the FE connector". "And ...

When rumors of an Nvidia-specific power connector for the rumored GeForce RTX 3090 surfaced last month, it sent hardware nerds into a tizzy that the cable would be a major turn off. If you need a ...

The new photo is thanks to Andreas Schilling, who tweeted it out earlier today with a comparison against 2 x 8-pin PCIe power connectors. You can see that the new 12-pin PCIe power connector isn't ...

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New connector being used on the RTX 30-series cards, but will come with an adapter for 8-pin cables. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Nvidia's New Graphics Cards Will Use 12-Pin Connector Despite the change from an 8-pin to a 12-pin power connector in Nvidia’s upcoming line of graphics cards, codenamed Ampere, they will work with ...

Nvidia is holding a GeForce Special Event on September 1 where it is expected to launch its RTX 30 series graphics cards. Details of the Ampere-based cards have leaked previously, including images, ...

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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; ...