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The final answer is nvidia fucked up and should of used 4 8 pins for the 4090 and there’s no other answer
Just adding more and more 8-pin connectors is not a sustainable solution.
The real fix is probably to go back in time and have PCI-e 3.0 revamp the power delivery to allow more than 75W to come from the slot.
And where would that pcie slot pull its power from? That's right, another connector somewhere on the motherboard. You'd just be moving the issue elsewhere.
Motherboard has way more room for connectors and power circuits than a GPU.