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Buyer beware: Asus' Q-Release Slim feature is reportedly damaging GPUs like the RTX 5090
According to HXL and Andreas Schilling from HardwareLuxx (reported on by Tom’s Hardware), Q-Release Slim has been causing damage to graphics cards by scraping off the sides of the connector. This could potentially ruin your expensive graphics cards, including the recent RTX 5090.
Asus' Q-Release Slim is reportedly damaging some GPU PCIe connectors
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ASUS Responds To Complaint That Its Quick Release System Is Damaging GPUs
You often have to reach around increasingly bulky coolers, wiggle your fingers past cabling, and find the tiny release that allows you to yank the card out—which may or may not come out smoothly. Asus intended to alleviate that annoyance with its quick release mechanism,
The first GeForce RTX 5090 has been damaged: by ASUS PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim mechanism
ASUS's new Intel 800 and AMD 800 series motherboards and its new 'PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim' has already damaged NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090.
Asus Q-Release Slim motherboard mechanism may be damaging graphics card's PCIe connectors
Owners of Asus' AMD X800 and Intel Z800 motherboards should exercise caution when removing their graphics cards. Multiple reports show that the company's recently introduced Q-Release
Asus’ Q-Release Slim motherboards can scratch GPU connectors
Getting a graphics card in and out of a motherboard can be a hassle, especially now that they’re the approximate size, shape, and weight of a cinderblock. Asus tried to make things easier with its Q-Release system on 800-series motherboards,
2025 could finally be the year of the external GPU
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This Asus OLED gaming laptop with an Nvidia GeForce RTX GPU is an absolute steal
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A variant of Asus' Q-release system has been accused of grinding GPU contact pins and the thought is making my teeth hurt
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AMD claims its Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU outperforms Nvidia’s RTX 4070 laptop GPU — here are the numbers
AMD has just shared gaming benchmark results for its Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" chip (via Wccftech ). Based on the ...
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Check out these beautiful die shots of NVIDIA's new Blackwell GB202 GPU and GDDR7 memory
NVIDIA's new Blackwell GB202 GPU and GDDR7 memory get some utterly beautiful die shots, with ASUS ROG GeForce RTX 5090D ...
This new Asus graphics card connector can supply 1,000W of power with no cable
Asus GC-HPWR connector draws power through a motherboard slot for cableless power, but still makes gaming GPUs compatible ...
Nvidia RTX 5090 custom GPU prices leak — the cost is what we all feared
As posted on Reddit by known leaker IcePopsicleDragon and NeoGAF, RTX 5090 and 5080 custom GPU prices from Asus, MSI and ...