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NVIDIA's connector story: EPS vs. 12VHPWR Connector - Unfortunately, the good doesn't always win (insights) (www.igorslab.de)
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Reminder, the 3090 FE used two 8-pins and was a 350W card. If they were going to use 8-pins on the 4090, they could have just used 3 at 450W.

It wouldn't hit 600W as the current 4090 does but it would still have more headroom than the 3090 did.