News This RTX 50-series GPU design hides its custom L-shaped 16-pin power cable behind a magnetic shroud

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AX Gaming has introduced its X3W Max lineup of GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards, which feature a custom L-shaped 16-pin power cable and hidden connector design.

This RTX 50-series GPU design hides its custom L-shaped 16-pin power cable behind a magnetic shroud : Read more

 

[txfeinbergs]

It hides the fire.

 

[John Nemesh]

This is a cursed standard...the sooner it's gone, the better. Personally, if I were building TODAY, I would opt for the Sapphire 9070XT that pulls power directly from the motherboard (I THINK it's called BTR or something like that). Yes, it's not 100% standardized, and yes, you have to make sure you get a compatible video card AND motherboard, but I haven't heard of a single card catching fire, either.

I would argue that the "best" graphics cards are Nvidia too...they are overpriced, chronically unavailable, have mission ROPs in many cases, have unstable and unpolished drivers, and have a habit of catching fire. None of that says "best" to me". Yes, if you pay $3k for your card, you have bragging rights for the next year (or less), but for us mere mortals that balk at $1000 cards, there is nothing "best" about Nvidia and their greed!

 

[TJ Hooker]

This is a cursed standard...the sooner it's gone, the better. Personally, if I were building TODAY, I would opt for the Sapphire 9070XT that pulls power directly from the motherboard (I THINK it's called BTR or something like that). Yes, it's not 100% standardized, and yes, you have to make sure you get a compatible video card AND motherboard, but I haven't heard of a single card catching fire, either.

Are you think of Asus "BTF"? Not aware of anything similar from Sapphire. The issue there is that you still need to get the power from the PSU to the mobo. Which is done via 12V-2x6. So if your motivation is to avoid that connector I don't think BTF helps you at all.

 

[ezst036]

This is a cursed standard...the sooner it's gone, the better.

It worked fine with the 3090s. RTX 30x0 had shunts.

 

[John Nemesh]

It worked fine with the 3090s. RTX 30x0 had shunts.

Yup, and the 3090 didn't try to draw 450-600 watts, either.

 

[dwd999]

Sounds good as a concept. I've been considering a Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9070 XT because it also hides the power (and argb) cable behind a magnetized rear panel. So I'll be looking for these when they become readily available (e.g. Newegg) to see what the pricing is and how they are reviewed. (Plus I already have a good 16-pin power cable that came with my new Lian Li Gold 1200W psu.) THANKS!!

 

[ezst036]

Yup, and the 3090 didn't try to draw 450-600 watts, either.

Between the power draw and the shunts, I agree the power draw doesn't help. But even then it's the lack of shunts or some superior(similar) power handling solution that does the big damage.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidias-rtx-5090-power-cables-may-be-doomed-to-burn

The problem is clear to understand in diagram form.

 

[John Nemesh]

Between the power draw and the shunts, I agree the power draw doesn't help. But even then it's the lack of shunts or some superior(similar) power handling solution that does the big damage.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidias-rtx-5090-power-cables-may-be-doomed-to-burn

The problem is clear to understand in diagram form.

Excellent post! Thanks for the info and the graphic!