The Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 BTF Edition graphics card features two types of power connectors designed to handle the substantial power needs of the GPU. The card supports the conventional ...

TL;DR: ASUS's new BTF 2.5 GC-HPWR power connector, tested on the ROG Strix GeForce RTX 5090 BTF, delivers up to 1900W with improved reliability and temperatures below 40°C. This advanced connector ...

Asus has officially launched the new BTF versions of its RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards, each sporting the specialized GC-HPWR stealthed power connector. This unique way of powering the ...

The 16-pin cable has been causing continuous problems. Despite improvements and changes made, some units have continued to burn out. While some of these incidents were due to user error, there are ...

If you're reading this site, chances are high that you're familiar with the saga of melting power connectors on modern high-end NVIDIA GPUs. We've already written very extensively about this problem, ...

Forward-looking: As cases of burning and melting RTX 5090 power cables continue to mount, Asus has demonstrated that its new Back to the Future (BTF) power connector design can maintain safe ...

ASUS has just announced that their new flagship RTX 5090 and 5080, are now available in ASUS TUF Gaming editions. The cards are built on the latest Nvidia Blackwell architecture, these cards deliver ...

The connector looks like this: The cable is made by MODDIY and was used for two years before upgrading to the RTX 5090. The other side is burnt. ivan6953 claims that he 'made sure to insert both the ...

In the slightly-bowdlerized words of GTA San Andreas protagonist Carl Johnson, "Aw, crap. Here we go again." Virtually anyone reading this site will well remember the unfortunate failures of 12VHPWR ...