Four-Connector RTX 5090 Mod Targets Lower Current per Wire

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A modder has modified an RTX 5090 to use four 8-pin connectors, reportedly halving current per wire compared with the original setup.

Quick Report

A modder has modified an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 to use four 8-pin power connectors, with the stated aim of halving current per wire. It is a custom hardware experiment, not a standard retail configuration or an NVIDIA-supported modification.

This differs from an earlier RTX 5090 connector experiment covered here, which used two 8-pin inputs on a custom board. Neither modification establishes that similar changes are broadly compatible or safe; the new report describes an individual project, and no installation instructions are provided here.

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