As time goes on, the evidence that NVIDIA may have rushed the release of their 5000 series GPUs continues to mount. The latest example comes from Hardware Luxxs Andreas Schilling, who recently shared thermal camera images showing the 5090s 12V-26 cable reaching over 150C, more than 300F.With temperatures high enough to cause a third-degree burn in about a second, the hotspot was noticed at the Dark Power 13 PSU, while the GPU in question was a watercooled RTX 5090 Frostbite by Inno3D, with a power consumption of 600W. When asked about the cables mating cycles, Andreas mentioned that it had gone through a handful on the PSU side and several hundred on the GPU side far exceeding the 30-cycle lifespan of the 12V-26 connector.After shutting down and inspecting the setup, Andreas found that while the cable and plug were still intact, there was noticeable evidence of thermal stress, which wasnt surprising given that the 150 centigrade temperature was registered on the surface, suggesting that temperatures inside the cable could have been even higher.This has nothing to do with the graphics card and can happen with every RTX 5090 pushing the power delivery to the limit, the author noted. This is no joke and will forever remain a weak point of this generation. I have zero trust in that solution of any kind.Previously, Reddit user ivan6953 also reported their RTX 5090s power cable overheating, but they werent as lucky as Andreas, as their cable actually melted under stress. Further investigation revealed that user error and third-party cables werent the cause, with the issue likely being specific to the RTX 5090 Founders Edition models.Dont forget tojoin our80 Level Talent platformand ournew Discord server, follow us onInstagram,Twitter,LinkedIn,Telegram,TikTok, andThreads,where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.Source link The post Thermal Images Show NVIDIA RTX 5090s Power Cable Reaching 150C appeared first on CG SHARES.