DLSS 5 Testing Ends in a Melted RTX 5090 Connector, Power Shoots Past 600 W
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RTX 5090 power connector reportedly melts after user puts DLSS 5 to the test in NBA 2K27
Last Updated on September 7, 2026 A HardOCP forum user (erek) reports that their MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC stopped working while testing DLSS 5 in NBA 2K27. The incident is particularly interesting because DLSS 5 appears to push the RTX 5090’s power consumption much higher than normal. As you may expect, the ...
Testing DLSS 5 causes power connector to melt on GeForce RTX 5090
The DLSS 5 neural filter created an unprecedented computational load on the graphics card, resulting in the first documented hardware incident. A reader of the VideoCardz portal who goes by the nickname erek reported that the 16-pin power connector on the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC graphics card melted while testing DLSS 5 […]
Enthusiast says DLSS 5 pushed RTX 5090 past 600W and melted the 16-pin connector — Nvidia's neural rendering tech adds up to 50% more power draw in testing
Another RTX 5090 has gone down but this time it has something else to blame other than its own 16-pin connector. The connector is still what melted but potentially because of DLSS 5 pulling way too much power at the back end.
An RTX 5090 Reportedly Had Its Connector Melt While Testing DLSS 5
A user has reported that their RTX 5090's connector melted while testing DLSS 5, which caused power draw beyond the recommended limits. An RTX 5090 Reportedly Had Its Connector Melt While Testing DLSS 5 is a post from Tech4Gamers - All About Technology And Gaming News
This is a new story that will clearly not improve the reputation of the 12V-2x6 connector on the GeForce RTX 5090. And this new case comes only a few hours after the one we mentioned this morning in our columns, where Hardware Unboxed had found a cable reaching the hallucinating temperature of 175 °C with an ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090. This time, it is an MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC that is affected, after testing the DLSS 5 in NBA 2K27, w…
Controversy over power consumption and connection safety in NVIDIA's new generation flagship GeForce RTX 5090 models is reigniting. According to recent user reports, an MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC graphics card suffered physical damage to its power connector due to overheating during DLSS 5 Neural Rendering tests. GPU-Z logs show that the card experienced continuous overheating during the test, beyond just momentary fluctuations.
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