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IMHO, they will "double down" on the 12VHPWR connector.... pride.....
Roman did suggest using two of the new connector as a way of upping safety/reliability. We'll see.Didn't the 12V-2x6 connector resolve a lot of the problem? Honest question, I really don't know.
In any case, I've yet to work with this connector, fortunately. In my opinion, we do need a connector solution that can drive this wattage given how power hungry GPUs are getting, if for no other reason than better cable management. Simply going back to three 8-pin connectors is not a great solution. On the other hand, this connector is garbage and needs a fundamental redesign. If there are this many problems with it, it no longer falls under "user error" and falls under "engineering failure". I'd rather not buy a card with it until I know the problem is actually fixed, not just a band-aid solution while ignoring the fundamental problems with the design.
Didn't the 12V-2x6 connector resolve a lot of the problem? Honest question, I really don't know.
In any case, I've yet to work with this connector, fortunately. In my opinion, we do need a connector solution that can drive this wattage given how power hungry GPUs are getting, if for no other reason than better cable management. Simply going back to three 8-pin connectors is not a great solution. On the other hand, this connector is garbage and needs a fundamental redesign. If there are this many problems with it, it no longer falls under "user error" and falls under "engineering failure". I'd rather not buy a card with it until I know the problem is actually fixed, not just a band-aid solution while ignoring the fundamental problems with the design.
B-b-b-but, GamersNexus swears it's user error!
As Roman showed, with the connector fully seated, just moving it side to side created a "red light" scenario on the RoG board. It's fully seated, yet minor wiggling causes problems.I mean I'm sure Nvidia does as well. The bottom line is if your product has that many "user errors" resulting in catastrophic failure, then you have a fundamental problem with the design. It should not be that difficult to securely seat a connector.
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IMHO, they will "double down" on the 12VHPWR connector.... pride.....
... I did think of nvidia at the time.My bet is on the insurance companies to change that standard.
As history has shown the first refusal of payment for a burned down house because of that connector beeing used, will usually do the trick.
PCI-SIG had a ton of companies sign off on the 12VHPWR connector. AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and a lot more that I can't recall. It is (was?) supposed to be the standard, after all. It just happens that Nvidia used it first with the 3090 Ti, and the top end 40 series....
Nvida tried to make a more 'elegant' solution with this 12v cable but the problem is a lot of failures and cables and/or adapters burning.
From day 1, this has sounded to me like a "buy it, fry it, deny it" situation, with everyone involved being responsible for the clusterf*ck that resulted, and they all should be fined at least $25 million each, and the GPU mfgr's paying $100M each, as well as having to replace any & all damaged cards, cables, psu's. mobo's etc....PCI-SIG had a ton of companies sign off on the 12VHPWR connector. AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and a lot more that I can't recall. It is (was?) supposed to be the standard, after all. It just happens that Nvidia used it first with the 3090 Ti, and the top end 40 series.