A user of a social network Bilibili with the nickname Wing King published a photo prototype of the connector 12V-2×6, capable of reading the current on each pin. The video card still won’t be able to ...

Inno3D's new custom GeForce RTX 5090 Frostbite graphics card is a water-cooled new Blackwell beast, but the 12V-2x6 power cable is absolutely cooking at over 150C+ temperatures.

The cable was securely fastened and clicked on both sides (GPU and PSU). Read more: NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 has its 12V-2x6 power connector hitting an insane 150C temp ...

This latest issue appears to be at least partially user error, but the continued problems with Nvidia's 12V-2x6 power connector on a range of cards suggest that a redesign might be in order.

The 12VHPWR and 12V-2x6 connectors are both designed to solve a real problem: delivering hundreds of watts of power to high-end GPUs over a single cable rather than trying to fit multiple 8-pin ...

The 12V-2x6 connector plugs into the PCB right behind the heat fins, as you can see from a cut-out on the backplate. This would presumably be more cumbersome (if not impossible) if it were using a ...