Nvidia promises that RTX 50 connectors will not melt

Nvidia believes the power connectors in its RTX 50 series of video cards are safe and will not melt even with the RTX 5090 pulling 575W to work. The information came from a question and answers session that the company organized at an event in South Korea.

To refresh the memory, the RTX 40 series faced serious problems with its 12V-2 × 6 connectors in the first releases. Overheating in the connection could cause short plastic melting and resulting at risk of fire. Now they return to the RTX 50 series, but with the problems corrected, according to the company.

Nvidia representatives were directly asked if the problem of overheating of the connectors has been resolved. The answer, in free translation, was as follows:

“It is expected that these problems will not happen in the RTX 50 series. In response to the problem of the time, some changes were made in the connectors, and after about two years, we believe these problems have been solved.”

NVIDIA partners present security solutions for the RTX 50 series

Problems with the 12V-2 × 6 connector were largely attributed to the user badly fitting the tip of the cable into the inlet of the plate. Nvidia does not come into detail what the changes made to prevent this from happening in the RTX 50 series, but some of its partners have already revealed their solutions.

Zotac, for example, includes a security light in some of its models, which lights up and prevents the plate from turning on if the connector is not properly fitted. The MSI, in turn, presented something simpler, just offering an adapter with the yellow -painted tip. The idea is that the user will get a better sense if the plug has fully fitted, because the yellow part has to be completely hidden.

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The revised version of the connectors for the RTX 50 series will have considerable energy demands to face, especially considering that we have at least one confirmed model of the RTX 5090 pulling 600W.

Fonte: VideoCardz