Put away your pitchforks, the first report of an RTX 50-series graphics card melting a cable was actually down to an ol’ RTX 4090 under load
The RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 are power hungry beasts, but the first report of a melting power connector was actually caused by an RTX 4090, likely due to an improperly seated power cable. Hong Kong media outlet PCM initially reported that its testing of an RTX 5090D and RTX 5080 resulted in melted cables,…