The incredibly powerful flagship Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU melts the 16-pin power connectors, crashing at maximum graphics settings in the most demanding games. A social media incident has been documented in which an RTX 4090 power supply melted, causing online mockery of both Nvidia and third-party graphics card maker Gigabyte.
This isn’t the first time Nvidia’s powerful new GPU has found itself in an unfortunate situation. Last year, after the release of the 3080 Ti series of cards, gamers started reporting black screens and howling fans of graphics cards. Initially blamed by Amazon Games’ New World for GPU flaws, the build quality of the Gigabyte 3080 Ti cards was later found to be the cause, causing more confusion in the community when Nvidia discontinued its controversial 12GB 4080 GPU. Gamers have voiced concerns about the power requirements and highly demanding design of the RTX 4090 series cards, and it seems these concerns are justified.
Reddit user reggie_gakil posted a photo charred RTX 4090 patch cable, stating that the card started smoking while playing Red Dead Redemption 2. As a result, the GPU failed, causing the user’s screen to black out. He was shocked when he opened the case and found a charred graphics card power cable inside. It was recently reported that the RTX 4090 Ti was canceled due to similar issues, but the RTX 4090 series GPUs were believed to perform as expected.
Ironically, behind the fused power connector was a Gigabyte-branded GPU, the same brand that caused the 3080 Ti’s numerous failures last year.
Players have criticized both the size of the card and its power requirements, and most players are shocked by the card’s $ 1,600 price tag. Owners of the new RTX 4090s cheered when it was announced that Cyberpunk 2077 would support the new DLSS 3.0 exclusive to 40 series cards. Now that joy has been replaced by anxiety.
