Nvidia launched its Ampere line of GPUs with a novel design for power that ditched 8-pin PCIe cables in favor of a single, high-powered cable called 12VHPWR. Despite Nvidia introducing this ...
With widespread reports of cables 'melting,' it led to a redesign ... The reasoning comes down to the reliability of traditional 8-pin and 6-pin PCIe power connectors, which have no real issues ...