HPWR' power connector on the ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 handles 1000W of power at ease, with increased reliability.

According to the new rumors, NVIDIA's purported GeForce RTX 3090 Ti will have the new 12-pin PCIe 5.0-ready power connector and up to a huge 450W of power at the ready.

The PCIe 5.0 power connector is designed to solve one of the biggest, ... Nvidia introduced a new single 12-pin connector with its Founder Edition 30-series cards last year.

The leaks show Intel's new specification for a PCIe 5.0 power connector that's radically different from the current 8-pin connector, and strangely similar to Nvidia's "custom" 12-pin connector ...

But it’s also rated for more powah: The 28-pin connection is rated for up to 900 watts, presumably delivered by multiple rear-mounted power supply cables. Multiple competing standards are always ...