• @BetaDoggo_
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    4610 days ago

    It’s insane that they’re still trying to blame user error for this basic issue. The design shouldn’t allow double the rated amperage to go through a single wire/pin without causing the whole thing to shutdown.

    • MudMan
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      2510 days ago

      Yeah, my concern at the moment isn’t on whether it’s user error or not, it’s that it seems that ANY damage or subpar connectivity on some of the cables may cause this. Potentially any wear and tear at any point, from the PSU to the cable to the connector. It’s one thing when you designed a finicky connection, it’s another when your default failure mode is a fire hazard.

  • @Evotech
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    1510 days ago

    Pay 3k to be a tester

  • @[email protected]
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    1010 days ago

    Thx Gamers Nexus for spreading the user error narrative. I guess the whole pro consumer schtick only applies to companies that don’t send engineers your way for exclusive (VERY profitable) content or pay substandard ad placements.

    • @Paddzr
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      29 days ago

      Is this from 5000 series comment or one from 4 years ago?

  • @inclementimmigrant
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    69 days ago

    I’ve said this when the original spec was released, it’s a bad design and a bad spec. 600W of total power on tiny, fragile, endpoints is not a good idea.

    • @[email protected]
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      39 days ago

      That’s what annoys me.

      I do like the idea of getting rid of the double 8 pin connector, but the new one could have had 30%< 50% more area, been way more secure, and STILL more compact than the old one

    • @[email protected]
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      39 days ago

      NVIDIA enjoys apple like religious fervor from its users. Anyone with two neurons to rub together could see this connector was a bad idea… Nobody from the consortium has implemented it other than NVIDIA.

  • MudMan
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    510 days ago

    Man, all the secondary coverage for these things is consistently bad. People get stuck into one or two talking points and even when they aren’t saying anything outright incorrect they keep oversimplifying in ways that make normie audiences often get taken for a ride or to take the wrong mitigations.