Enthusiast says DLSS 5 pushed RTX 5090 past 600W and melted the 16-pin connector — Nvidia's neural rendering tech adds up to 50% more power

Another RTX 5090 has gone down but this time it has something else to blame other than its own 16-pin connector. The connector is still what melted but potentially because of DLSS 5 pulling way too much power at the back end.

Source: Tom's Hardware7 September 2026 at 3:30 pm ISTrss

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Original headline: Enthusiast says DLSS 5 pushed RTX 5090 past 600W and melted the 16-pin connector — Nvidia's neural rendering tech adds up to 50% more power draw in testing
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