The RTX 4070 showcased by Asus sports two PCIe connectors, including a standard PCIe Gen 4.0 x16 slot on the bottom alongside a secondary one that delivers.
What just happened? Asus has showcased a concept RTX 4070 graphics card that doesn’t use any 16-pin (12VHPWR) or 8-pin power connector. Instead, the card draws up to 600W of power from a proprietary slot on a custom Z790 TUF Gaming motherboard. The new design moves all power connectors to the back of the motherboard and is likely to make cable management in DIY PCs much easier if adopted widely in the future.
The RTX 4070 showcased by Asus sports two PCIe connectors, including a standard PCIe Gen 4.0 x16 slot on the bottom alongside a secondary one that delivers power. As a result, the GPU needs no power cables, and the whole setup looks much cleaner than traditional PC builds that have multiple cables running from the PSU to the GPU and other components.
