Probably Bound to Happen: Increased Power Draw for DLSS 5 Reportedly Claims Its First Victim After a User Finds an RTX 5090 with a Melted Power Ada...

[Grimlakin]

My hard hot E-Peen says I am holding it right... the problem is my connector is going soft in the heat and just can't stay solid. I'm thinking some kind of desensitizing (cooling) coating needs to be used so my connector can stay firm longer and really drive home the pleasure... of gaming.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Modders swap RTX 5090's 16-pin connector for 8-pins and run it at 900W without melting

The modified card ran at loads exceeding 120A and clocks around 3,400MHz for over an hour, while cable temperatures stayed below 35 degrees.

www.tweaktown.com

There's hope. Upto 900W without any melting concerns but say bye bye to warranty if you do this to your $5K GPU.

Posted on that one here.

Modders Retrofit a GeForce RTX 5090 with Three 8-Pin Connectors and Test with over 900W of Power to Reach 3.4 GHz

Those clever folks over at Teclab are at it again, and this time around they’ve not only ditched the infamous 16-pin connector but replaced it with 3x 8-pin connectors. The modders from Brazil took a Galax GeForce RTX 5090D HOF OC LAB XOC graphics card and retrofitted it with a setup commonly...

www.thefpsreview.com

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Just curious, has anyone heard of one melting on a card with a custom loop? I don't remember ever seeing pics of one.

 

[Skillz]

Just curious, has anyone heard of one melting on a card with a custom loop? I don't remember ever seeing pics of one.

Well seeing as how installing a water block almost surely voids a warranty. I'd be willing to bet any such cards were reverted to the stock cooling solution for pics.

 

[Grimlakin]

I did under volt to max 90% power just to be careful. No perceived impact yet.