Notably, MaxSun’s RTX 4070 Super iCraft graphics card differs from all other 4070 Super models currently available in that it has a dual 8-pin power connector.
As noted via HXL, a common leak on X (formerly Twitter), the iCraft edition of the RTX 4070 Super has an 8-pin setup that the 16-pin force connector (12VHPWR) seen on all other RTX. 4070 Super style (at least as far as we know).
In fact, as made clear by VideoCardz, who saw the tweet above, the idea that NVIDIA had made it mandatory for third-party graphics card brands to use the 16-pin connector on their RTX 4070 Super cards, and they all do. with the obvious exception of MaxSun, of course.
It’s perhaps possible that a mistake has been made with the specs, but that seems highly unlikely seeing as this is consistent across mentions of the spec of the RTX 4070 Super iCraft, and the photos of the graphics card (we mean the official snaps from MaxSun) also show the dual connector setup.
The 12VHPWR connector, of course, has been a source of controversy since the emergence of the RTX 4090 and the first reported wire merging incidents, and they’re still here and there lately.
This has made some PC owners paranoid about the design of the 16-pin connector, which is absolutely understandable. While the truth is that outside of Lovelace’s flagship, even with the RTX 4080, reports of cable fusion issues have been few and far between. between – and as far as we know, no incidents have been reported with RTX 4070 (Ti or Vanilla) graphics cards.
So since the RTX 4070 Super consumes just 220 W compared to the 4070 Ti’s 285 W, there shouldn’t be much to worry about regarding the 12 VHPWR power connector. And yet, some PC players may need to stay away and I think it’s safer to go with the old 8-8 setup.
Of course, these people have that option with MaxSun’s RTX 4070 Super iCraft card, considering the caveats discussed above, assuming they can get one from Asia, which is a factor here.
NVIDIA’s RTX 4070 Super launched last week and will be followed by the RTX 4070 Super Ti this week on January 24, which replaces the 4070 Ti. Finally, we’ll have the RTX 4080 Super replacing the entry-level RTX 4080 (a Lovelace GPU abstained) when it launches next week on January 31.
We’ll be keen to see how stock and demand pans out with these remaining two launches, as the theory is that the RTX 4070 Super is where NVIDIA has put much of its production volume.
Darren has been writing for magazines and internet sites in the tech world for about 30 years, adding TechRadar, PC Gamer, Eurogamer, Computeractive and many more. He worked on his first magazine (PC Home) long before Google and most of the rest. In his spare time, he can be discovered playing, going to the gym, and writing books (his first novel, “I Know What You Did at the Last Supper,” was published through Hachette UK in 2013).
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