Wasn't it the same with the 4090?yeah i remember there was a lot of users reporting their power cable burning seriously with that huge power draw it's expected to happen and let's not forget how hot those card will get during summer heatwave that is why i don't go for high end cards last thing i need is my pc becoming a space heater that burns down my apartment
Nvidia should have just gone with a bunch of the old 8-pin pcie connectors instead of the 12v one.No. I have a card with three PCIe connectors on it and its a pain in the ass. Plus, the third one died and I had to RMA the card. One cable is infinitely preferable to 3. But Id advise an ATX 3.1 / PCIe 5.1 PSU with at least one actual 12V2x6 connector as opposed to the old one from ATX 3.0 PSUs or worse, an adapter with an ATX 2.0 PSU.
Or do this.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6ef590f3.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3389f7e8.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3389f7e8.jpglol
Fires in games are producing real heat.pc gaming upping the bar for immersive gaming to a new godly level
Once again, hoping I don't need to repeat myself, technology needs to play catchup before we start to aim for 120fps/4k. We need to find a way to have these higher cards draw less power. Keep in mind that US plugs only go up to half what European outlets supply.and old house/apartment aren't safe to draw huge power like space heaters from what my brother told me it's very dangerous for any system to draw over 1000 watts cuz the breaker can't handle them safely and won't trip in most cases cuz some cheap skated only put a higher amp breaker on a lower amp power cable
Honestly, I think graphics should just stop.
No. I have a card with three PCIe connectors on it and its a pain in the ass. Plus, the third one died and I had to RMA the card. One cable is infinitely preferable to 3.
Shouldn't be a problem with the right cooling set up:https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/30c1f637.jpg
I'd rather have more cables that might need to be RMA'd than one that can melt and then need to be RMA'd anyway.At least with the one you immediately know what the problem is. The third PCIe connector dying was a ball ache to troubleshoot. I tested with a friends power supply (which only had two connectors) and things spun up but it wouldnt post, so I RMAed my power supply first, then the replacement I bought did the same thing. Thats when I finally figured it out, and returned the replacement to Amazon, let EVGA know the PSU wasnt the problem, and RMAd the card.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb5YzMoVQywyeah this seems bad
so nvidia intentionally fucked their power connector on 5090 cards? by design the cards dont current balance, so in best case you're never going to see even draw on any of the wires. and in worse case, say if one of the pins doesn't perfectly seat or theres some corrosion, it's just going to pull from one or two wires and melt them.
So much power
Nvidia and their partners need less pristine labs for this kind of testing. This is disturbing.What Im curious about is whether this is possible to replicate with a ATX 3.1 / PCIe 5.1 PSU and an AIB card. The FE seems riddled with problems because of the 3 board ribbon cable design, plus its much louder than AIB cards like the Suprim.
I would really like to see atx12vo and connectors enhanced by an industry consortium to end this madness. If you can't power a card through the PCIe slot itself, we need an idiot proof and fault tolerant single cable solution that can.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB75fEt7tH0yeah the flaw is the card design itself
video really emphasizes the design flaw here. nvidia designed their power solution without any safety buffer. it cant tell how much power is being drawn down the 6 power lines, hell it cant even tell if all but one of the power lines is cut. if there's anything messed up with the power line or plug, maybe a manufacturing defect or a badly kinked wire, then the card will just pull more power from one of the other lines regardless.
it really just looks like nvidia has shit engineers designing their card layout. they went with something that looks nice, a unified 12 pin plug without any load balancing capability, over just sticking with the multiple plugs that previous generations used.
i think the best take away from this is that if you've got a 50xx card you should ignore whatever 12pin cable might have come with your psu and just use the nvidia dongle that converts 3/4 8pin plugs into the 12pin plug. the 8pin plugs from your psu are very likely bulletproof, just hope that you didn't get a defective dongle with a slightly sunken pin connector that doesn't perfectly seat the pin. also a good idea to make sure your case has good air flow.