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TL;DR: NVIDIA's RTX 5090 graphics card requires 4 x 8-pin connectors for 600W power officially, but can operate with 3 x 8-pin connectors at 450W, seemingly running only 5% slower in 4K benchmarks.
MSI is the first manufacturer to reduce the 8-pin connectors on power supply units to a minimum. Most RX-9000 GPUs only run with an adapter. Nvidia's switch from the old PCI Express power connectors ...