Remember when Nvidia’s graphics card connectors and cables kept melting, leading to destroyed GPUs — and potential fire risks — all over the world? Well, Asus reckons it has the solution, but it raises some major questions of its own.
So how does the card power up in the first place? Instead of cables that plug into the card, it uses a proprietary connector that slots directly into the motherboard, much like the PCIe tabs that come with all the best GPUs. The difference here is that instead of transferring data, these connectors transfer 600W of power.
Recommended Videos That all means you’re going to need a lot of proprietary kit. Not only the special graphics card, but a custom Asus motherboard, as well as a case that supports a motherboard that has all its connectors on the back. That said, the motherboard will also work with regular graphics cards that use the 12VHPWR connector.
At the show, Asus demonstrated its new idea on an RTX 4070 graphics card dubbed the GeForce RTX 4070 Megalodon, although Asus says that’s only a temporary name. This card was paired with an Asus TUF Gaming Z790 BTF motherboard. There’s no word yet on whether Asus will open up its cableless GPU system to other companies.
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