John Papadopoulos of DSO Gaming writes that he was playing new Soulslike Wuchang: Fallen Feathers yesterday when he noticed ...

In comparison, some 12VHPWR connectors were reaching temperatures of 150 degrees, causing them to melt and inflict serious damage on users’ graphics cards. The difference here appears to be immense.

Common wisdom on the internet proclaims you must use two separate power cables when attaching two 6- or 8-pin power connectors to a graphics card. According to some, using just one cable is a danger.

The new BTF standard, though, introduces a new connector, called GC-HPWR, that not only delivers even more power than before, but also has a retractable design that allows graphics cards equipped ...

The 12VHPWR graphics card connector has made a name for itself for all the wrong reasons, with the component frequently melting and causing the death of many a GPU.

Perhaps the over-sized, power-hungry, and highly-priced 4000-series graphics cards from Nvidia are a bit too hot of a product right now. After one user posted photos of their charred 12-volt, high ...