Article is a summary of der8auer’s video. Measurements show 22A/260 watts – nearly half of the card’s power draw – going through a single wire heating it up to 150 °C in an open-air test bench.

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    12 hours ago

    If they did that then they likely would end up with melted 8 pin connectors as that derating is a protection against one pin being overused due to small expected differences in resistance on each pin