Nvidia’s RTX 5090 graphics card experienced interface burnout during the testing of DLSS 5 technology. When user Erek ran “NBA 2K27” with this feature enabled, he observed GPU power consumption exceeding 600W, which exceeded MSI’s recommended rated power and normal range, indicating that DLSS 5 put significant pressure on the system. Previously, Nvidia introduced the 12V-2X6 interface to address the problem of interface burnout with 12VHPWR, but similar issues still occur. In response to this situation, Brazil-based hardware team TecLab presented the world’s first RTX 5090 modified card using the traditional 8pin power interface. This card operates by removing the native dual 16pin interface and shorting the Sense pins to deceive the hardware logic. Measurements showed that the graphics card’s peak current exceeded 60A, with a frequency of 3400MHz. The temperatures of the cables and solder joints remained controllable during continuous testing, proving that returning to the traditional interface technology is feasible. However, due to the large research and development costs already incurred by the manufacturer, the possibility of widespread adoption is low.
Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card experienced interface burnout during the testing of DLSS 5 technology. When user Erek enabled this feature in NBA 2K27, he observed GPU power consumption exceeding 600W, far exceeding MSI’s recommended rated power of 575W and the normal range of 450W to 600W. Although the actual values included total motherboard power consumption rather than power consumption of the individual card, the overall超出 expectations indicates that DLSS 5 places significant strain on the system. Nvidia previously introduced the 12V-2X6 interface to address the issue of interface burnout with 12VHPWR interfaces, but similar problems still occur. DLSS 5 has been controversial due to its change in rendering style and resulting performance losses; this incident further highlights its high system requirements.