Last September a rumor surfaced that the GeForce RTX 5090 could use two 16-pin power connectors. I didn’t directly publish that information because it didn’t make any senseand just today a very popular power supply manufacturer in China has denied it.
Segotep has commented that we shouldn’t worry about that rumor. It has made it clear that they already have all the official information about the GeForce RTX 5090 from NVIDIA, which you won’t need two 16-pin power connectors and he has also added something very important, that “we will see each other in January.”
This confirms two important things. On the one hand, the GeForce RTX 5090 will only use a 16-pin power connector, and on the other hand, this graphics card will be presented in January 2025. That release date matches the most recent rumors, and comes from a trusted source, a major power supply manufacturer.
Power supply manufacturers receive in advance the technical specifications and all the information they need about the next generations of graphics cards, since otherwise they would not be able to design and adapt their new power supplies to the requirements of those new graphics cards. That is why this information is so reliable.
I know that someone will tell me that it was not necessary to deny this because that rumor that pointed to two 16-pin connectors made no sense, but believe me, it was necessary. Many people had believed that information to the point of thinking that it was something official and confirmed, in fact a couple of acquaintances came to ask me about the subject.
The consumption of the GeForce RTX 5090 is going to be high, but not so high as to require a 16-pin connector more. This can supply up to 600 watts of power, and this graphics card is expected to move between 450 and 600 watts.
The specifications of the GeForce RTX 5090 are quite clear thanks to the latest leaks, although we must keep in mind that these are not confirmed, and therefore changes could occur in the final characteristics of said graphics card. In any case, we can assume that said graphics card will be between 30% and 40% faster than the GeForce RTX 4090 in rasterization.
In ray tracing I think we will see a much more important jump in terms of performance, not only due to the changes that NVIDIA will introduce in the fourth generation RT cores, but also due to the use of GDDR7 memory, which will offer greater bandwidth.
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Source: www.muycomputer.com
