The card in question is the Gigabyte RTX 4090 Windforce V2 24G ... side shows the cutout in the V2 version allowing for the power cable to point towards the front of the case/rear of the GPU.

Two Reddit users have posted evidence of RTX 4090 power connectors burning or melting, weeks after warnings about thermal variance with the new 12VHPWR connectors. Two Reddit users have posted ...

Surprisingly, a look at Gigabyte's RTX 4090 Windforce V2 product page shows ... If you hate seeing ugly power cables sticking out the side of your graphics card, this Gigabyte model might be ...

It's recommended that their power cables employ 35mm of space ... it means the connection is solid. Gigabyte, meanwhile, "cut out" a piece of the RTX 4090 (above) to hide the 16-pin connection ...

The placement of this power connector will significantly reduce the amount of cable bending ... issues when the RTX 4090 first launched back in 2022. The new Gigabyte Windforce card, meanwhile ...

Cable management is useful ... this will affect burn rates. The RTX 4090 Stealth edition hid the power connector behind the cooler. Credit: Gigabyte/NNS.NGA.GN That's presumably what it's doing ...

For those looking at the GeForce RTX 4090 and rightfully concerned about having to bend cables ... and new placement for the power connector, you're looking at GIGABYTE's latest WINDFORCE cooling ...

So says Gigabyte of its new Aorus RTX 4090 ... Incidentally, the Thunderbolt 3 interface also provides 100W of power delivery enabling single-cable connectivity to a laptop. Normally, 100W wouldn ...

Gigabyte first released this clever design on its GeForce RTX 4090 ... the power connection is hidden away behind one of the three 100mm fans, meaning there's room to route a cable to the socket ...

So far, two Reddit users have reported issues with the RTX 4090 power cables. Reggie_gakil took to the social media site earlier this week to share photos of their Gigabyte RTX 4090 featuring burn ...