Modern graphics cards are intimidating, hulking beasts in a world of increasingly tiny PC components. Most of them are double-wide, occupying two expansion-slot spaces, even though they use only a ...

One interesting outcome from these rumours is that they appear to have unearthed a new kind of graphics card power connector (via Igor's Lab).The PCIe 5.0 power connector is designed to solve one ...

This new Asus graphics card connector can supply 1,000W of power with no cable. Asus GC-HPWR connector draws power through a motherboard slot for cableless power, but still makes gaming GPUs ...

Graphics Card High-Power (GC-HPWR), a finger connector that ASUS introduced as part of its BTF (Back-to-The-Future) ecosystem to power GPUs without the need for traditional cabling (e.g., 6/8-pin ...

Power connectors: You would not want to buy a graphics card that asks for power connectors that your PSU doesn't have. These connectors vary among card tiers, but they often come in 6-pin or 8-pin ...

The troublesome 12VHPWR GPU connector that killed so many graphics cards could finally be consigned to history, as a new, safer component may soon replace it. Skip to main content.

Graphics cards have become increasingly hungry for power, to the point where a single 8-pin Molex power connector doesn't cut it anymore, and in some cases three are required. But it looks like we ...