Last September, there was a rumor that the GeForce RTX 5090 could use two 16-pin power connectors. I didn’t post that information directly because it didn’t make any senseand just today a very popular power supply manufacturer in China denied it.

Segotep noted that we shouldn’t worry about this rumor. It made it clear that they already have all the official information about the GeForce RTX 5090 from NVIDIA, which you will not need two 16-pin power connectors and also added something very important that “see you in January.”

This confirms two important things. For one thing, the GeForce RTX 5090 will only use a 16-pin power connector, and for another, this graphics card will introduce itself in January 2025. This release date matches the latest rumors and comes from a trusted source, a major power supply manufacturer.

Manufacturers of power supplies get in advance technical specifications and all the information they need about the next generations of graphics cards, because otherwise they would not be able to design and adapt their new power supplies to the requirements of these new graphics cards. That is why this information is so reliable.

I know someone will tell me that it wasn’t necessary to deny it because the rumor that pointed to two 16-pin connectors didn’t make sense, but trust me, it was necessary. Many people believed this information thinking it was something official and confirmed, in fact a few acquaintances came to ask me about the subject.

The consumption of the GeForce RTX 5090 will be high, but not so high that it requires more of a 16-pin connector. This can deliver up to 600 watts of power and is expected to keep this graphics card moving between 450 and 600 watts.

The specifications of the GeForce RTX 5090 are pretty clear thanks to the latest leaks, although we have to keep in mind that these are not confirmed and therefore there could be changes in the final characteristics of the mentioned graphics card. In any case, we can assume that said graphics card will be 30% to 40% faster in rasterization than the GeForce RTX 4090.

I think in ray tracing we will see a much more important leap in terms of performance, not only thanks to the changes that NVIDIA will introduce in the fourth generation of RT cores, but also thanks to the use of GDDR7 memory, which will offer more bandwidth.

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