Club386

Sapphire’s new X870EA Nitro+ motherboard does away with the need for GPU power cables

Sapphire releases its flagship X870EA Nitro+ PhantomLink motherboard series for AMD Ryzen CPUs, featuring a GC-HPWR graphics ...
Guru3D

MSI Introduces GPU Safeguard Real-Time 12V-2x6 Power Monitoring to Prevent Connector Failure

At CES 2026, MSI unveiled a new power-supply safety feature called GPU Safeguard, designed to address ongoing concerns around 12V-2x6 power connector reliability on modern high-end graphics cards.
PC Gamer

MSI has gone so heavy with 12V-2x6 power sockets in its latest high-end PSUs that many AMD and Intel graphics cards have no way of being powered

Nvidia's 12VHPWR power connector, later updated to the 12V-2x6 format, has been at the centre of controversy since it first appeared on certain GeForce RTX 30-series cards four years ago. Now there's ...
TechSpot

Nvidia's RTX 5090 might feature two 16-pin power connectors, requiring a new PSU

Rumor mill: Recent reports have sparked concern that Nvidia's upcoming series of graphics cards might consume significantly more power than the RTX 4000 series. A breakdown of MSI's latest power ...