Custom models MSI RTX 5060 TI Surface with 16-pin power connectors and PCIe 5.0 x8

NVIDIA is preparing to launch the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti to compete with AMD and the best graphics cards on the market. Meanwhile, VideoCardz Various non-standard MSI models leaked, displaying the apply of 16-pin (12VHPWR) power connector.

GeForce RTX 5060 TI is the upcoming grave graphic processor of NVIDIA games, which is to have 180 in TDP. Single 8-pin PCIe power connector, capable of providing up to 150 W, is more than sufficient for the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, because it can pull out an additional 75 W from the PCIe socket, which causes a total of 225 W. second.

The apply of a 16-pin power connector on the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti seems unnecessary, because the Blackwell powered graphics card does not apply even one-third of the power supply capacity. While some may suggest that MSI has decided on a 16-seized connector for a better cable organization, a visual distinction between the standard 8-pin PCIe and 16-sequence power connector is minimal, because both configurations ultimately require a single power cable.

In any case, consumers should not worry about the likelihood of melting a 16-pin power connector, because the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti does not attract the same power as GeForce RTX 5090 or GeForce RTX 4090.

MSI GeForce RTX 5060 TI graphics cards

We can only speculate why the MSI used a 16-ice power connector on the graphics card by 180 W. It is likely that the company processes the previous PCB project for the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, which would explain the presence of a 16-pin power connector. Alternatively, MSI custom model can have extremely high factory overclock, which justifies the 16-pin power connector.

It seems that MSI has four non -standard GeForce RTX 5060 TI graphics cards ready for the market. The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti game trio, available in black or white, is a flagship model with a triple cooling system, while the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti games uses a double fan cooler. The SCE trio uses a 16-pin power connector. GeForce RTX 5060 TI Inspire 2x seems to be the only SKU with a 8-pin PCIe power connector.

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Blackwell Blackwell Nvidia graphics cards offer PCIe 5.0 support, although this interface is exaggerated for game purposes. GeForce RTX 5060 TI will also support PCIe 5.0, but with an accent. MSI renders indicate that the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, which apparently uses GB206 silicon, has a PCIe 5.0 x8 connection to communicate with the motherboard.

It is not a shock that the X060 NVIDIA graphics cards, such as GeForce RTX 4060 and GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, together with the AMD RX X600 model, such as Radeon RX 6600 or Radeon RX 7600, were delivered with the X8 PCIe interface. Graphics cards at this level are usually insufficiently quick to deserve the connection of X16, and the X8 connection helps to reduce production costs a bit.

Although the 16-pin power connector turned out to be problematic, it will remain. Currently, AMD is still in the 8-pin PCIe power connectors for its current RDNA 4 graphics cards, at least one manufacturer, Sapphire, has placed a 16-pin power connector on Radeon RX 9070 XT. Some high-class power supplies have already started to reduce the number of 8-pin PCIe power cables in favor of 16-pins.