TL;DR: The GeForce RTX 5090, with a 600W TGP, is the most power-intensive gaming GPU, leading to reports of melted power cables. A recent case involves the RTX 5070, where a damaged pin on the 12V-2x6 ...

Hold fire, everyone. Nvidia’s new RTX 50-series graphics cards are not melting power supply cables or causing fire hazards. Following early reports of flammable RTX 50s, Hong Kong's PCM lays the blame ...

Less than two weeks after its release, the first report of a melting Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 has surfaced online. While a third-party power cable was used, it's unclear right now what caused the fault ...

TL;DR: Inno3D's GeForce RTX 5090 Frostbite graphics card, featuring water cooling, faces issues with its 12V-2x6 power cable reaching over 150°C. Reviewer Andreas Schilling highlighted the thermal ...

Why it matters: Burning and melting power connectors have plagued Nvidia's enthusiast-class graphics cards for years – even switching to the new, safer cable standard hasn't resolved the issue.

After the issues with NVIDIA RTX 4090 GPUs ending up with melting power connectors, the last thing anyone likely expected to happen was to see the same problem pop up with NVIDIA’s RTX 50-series GPUs.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5000 series of graphics cards was one of the most anticipated tech launches of 2025, but only a few months later, the ...