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Der8auer shows GeForce RTX 5090 FE cables with uneven power distribution, finds 150°C hotspot (videocardz.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/pcgaming

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Article is a summary of der8auer's video. Measurements show 22A/260 watts – nearly half of the card's power draw – going through a single wire heating it up to 150 °C in an open-air test bench.

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[+] [email protected] -30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

If you’re not pushing the connecter in right or running it in a way that you pinch a cable, that’s user error. You’re creating hot spots by not connecting it correctly. That can only be described as a user error.

And yes the first was an off the shelf third party custom cable… Linky

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

- That's what they made sure to check multiple times. That's the points. It's exactly what not happened, everything was connected correctly
- Every cable is a thid party custom cable. The only exception may be a cable from NVidia themselves, which is only an adapter from 3*8Pin to 12VHPWR - there is literally no first or second party 12VHPWR cable. So what should they use instead - nothing? Wire it up themselves? That would be the only non-third party cable they could have. And in both cases, the cables where very high quality. So no Aliexpress crap.