AMD has confirmed that its next-gen Radeon RX 7000 series "RDNA 3" graphics card will NOT be using the new PCIe Gen5 "12VHPWR" power connector... which is something we kinda knew already, but now 100% ...

NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card has been in the headlines for many reasons over the last few months, but one of the more controversial reasons is it uses the new 12VHPWR power connector ...

It could prevent the bend. Akasa has introduced two new products as of December 11, 2023. These include a unique L-shaped adapter and a cable type, both designed to convert a 12VHPWR connector to ...

NVIDIA's recent high-end graphics cards from the GeForce RTX 3000 and 4000 series use a new 12 or 16-pin connector that is known as 12VHPWR. The implementation of the connector on the RTX 3000 cards ...

One cable to rule them all? Admittedly, it's a bit of a mess with the many combinations of 12V 6- and 8-pin power connecter headers for graphics cards. "2VHPWR" is the forthcoming PCIe Gen5 graphics ...

Recap: The Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) is the standards body that writes the specifications for the major system interconnects, including PCIe. Last year it ...

The 12VHPWR graphics card connector has made a name for itself for all the wrong reasons, with the component frequently melting and causing the death of many a GPU. Now, graphics card manufacturers ...

Nvidia's new RTX 4090 and 4080 GPUs both use a new connector called 12VHPWR to deliver power as a way to satisfy ever-more power-hungry graphics cards without needing to set aside the physical space ...

A new high density power connector designed as part of the PCIe 5.0 standard, and rumoured to be present on the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, has come to light. Called 12VHPWR, the new connector can ...

Why it matters: Modern GPUs have pushed the venerable 8-pin Molex connector to its limits. Nvidia denounced it with this generation's Founders Edition cards, which have a proprietary 12-pin connector; ...