Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 won’t melt your power cable, claims gaming GPU maker

Nvidia has confirmed that it believes the melting power cable problem that beset its RTX 4090 cards won't reoccur with the RTX 5090 cable. That's despite the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 consuming 125W more power than the RTX 4090.

Nvidia made the claim in a recent Q&A session at an editor's day in South Korea. With users set to fork out $2,000 for the new best graphics card in its class, one journalist asked the company directly if the melting cable issue should be a concern for potential buyers.