TL;DR: NVIDIA's RTX 5090 graphics card requires 4 x 8-pin connectors for 600W power officially, but can operate with 3 x 8-pin connectors at 450W, seemingly running only 5% slower in 4K benchmarks.

In a video interview with Intel Graphics Innovation Fellow Tom "TAP" Peterson and HotHardware, we get a tiny glimpse of the Intel Arc GPU with 3 x 8-pin PCIe power connectors. We don't know anything ...

Nvidia's New Graphics Cards Will Use 12-Pin Connector Despite the change from an 8-pin to a 12-pin power connector in Nvidia’s upcoming line of graphics cards, codenamed Ampere, they will work with ...

AMD and Intel are reportedly testing 16-pin power connectors on their next-gen gaming GPUs, meaning these new graphics cards could finally ditch the good old-fashioned 6-pin and 8-pin PCIe power ...

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One of my favourite trends in gaming hardware of late is new ways of tucking away all those cables for a sleeker build. Now it looks like Gigabyte's joining the party with its own method for ...

Nvidia’s upcoming line of graphics cards, codenamed Ampere, will indeed use a 12-pin power connector over the standard 8-pin, the company reveals in a new video. The new 12-pin connector is more ...