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92 ‘Never in your life buy a 5090 Founders Edition’: repair tech slams Nvidia’s flagship card design for train wreck melting 16-pin power connector

Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware · 10/26/2025 09:09 EDT

‘Never in your life buy a 5090 Founders Edition’: repair tech slams Nvidia’s flagship card design for train wreck melting 16-pin power connector

The GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is Nvidia’s flagship GPU, but one repair technician says it comes with a hidden flaw that makes it one of the worst designs he’s seen.

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