The other issue facing AMD and Intel is not all power supplies have a 12V-2x6 connector, which means they will have to ship their GPUs with adapters. That adds expense and complexity to the ...

Seasonic's new 12V-2x6 power cables (source: Seasonic) If you've got a Seasonic ATX2 PSU, the company has 2 x 8-pin to 12V-2x6 adapter cables, which support most -- but not all -- Seasonic ATX 2.0 ...

It's no secret that the move to the ATX 3.0 12VHPWR standard for the GeForce RTX 40 Series resulted in some serious issues for a small group of customers - cables melting and GPUs needing to be ...

But here's the really impressive bit. That applies both with the cable fully seated and barely in contact. In other words, you can have the new 12V-2x6 only partially inserted and it won't overheat.

HardwareBusters and power cable manufacturer Linwell recently posted positive safety test results for the new 12V-2x6 headers that are now standard in Nvidia RTX 4000 graphics cards.

Comparatively, the predecessor, the 12VHPWR connector, had a history of overheating issues, particularly when there was undue stress on the power cable or if it wasn't correctly inserted.

Igor's Lab has spotted that the new 12V-2x6 power connector that we reported on just two days ago is already being fitted by Nvidia to its RTX 4070 Founders Edition cards. Well, probably.

The fact that the updated cable— which is now called 12V-2x6 —seems to have remedied the issue with cables melting could be giving both companies pause as they weigh their options for next-gen ...