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.

In a video interview with Intel Graphics Innovation Fellow Tom "TAP" Peterson and HotHardware, we get a tiny glimpse of the Intel Arc GPU with 3 x 8-pin PCIe power connectors. We don't know anything ...

Against all odds, and probably against NVIDIA's wishes. MAXSUN, an NVIDIA board partner focusing on China's domestic market, has recently introduced a custom GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER graphics card ...

A real power guzzler or just a prototype? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As the launch of Intel’s Arc Alchemist series of draws ...

NVIDIA has recently released their lineup of 40-series graphics cards, with a novel generation of power connectors called 12VHPWR. See, the previous-generation 8-pin connectors were no longer enough ...

Nvidia's new RTX 4090 and 4080 GPUs both use a new connector called 12VHPWR to deliver power as a way to satisfy ever-more power-hungry graphics cards without needing to set aside the physical space ...