‘Where is Nvidia? Call Nvidia, guys’: Meltgate be damned, modders discover RTX 5090 can use 8-pin connectors after all

Ah yes, melty cables. We’ve been dealing with them ever since the RTX 4090 pushed the 16-pin 12VHPWR connector (now the 12V-2×6 connector) to its limits. Since then, we’ve heard of numerous cases of melting GPU connectors—check out Uniko’s Hardware on X for many examples—and plenty of attempts at dealing with them. Now, some modders…

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Turns out, a lot of Sega’s biggest fans don’t play its videogames: ‘In some cases, their engagement is even higher than that of fans who actually play’

There once was a time in which, if you were a fan of a videogame, you might get asked which of said games in the series you had played. Now, I’m not saying we need to bring this era back—it was an obnoxious period full of gatekeepers—but Sega president and COO Shuji Utsumi’s recent words…

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