AsiaHorse lists this cable for 12VHPWR cards, naming the RTX 40-series along with the RTX 5080 and RTX 5070. The RTX 5090 is excluded. Treat the list as the boundary rather than as examples, because a card outside it has not been covered by that statement.
Listing an RTX 40-series card next to a couple of 50-series numbers can read like a loose collection of examples. It is not. The compatibility statement behind the Hydrus 16-pin cable is a defined set, and treating anything on it - or off it - casually is how a cable ends up plugged into a card it was never meant for.
AsiaHorse lists the R699 Hydrus 16-pin (12VHPWR) cable as compatible with 12VHPWR cards, specifically the RTX 40-series together with the RTX 5080 and RTX 5070. The RTX 5090 is explicitly excluded. Read that as a boundary rather than a sample - a card sharing the same connector but missing from the list has not been covered by anything AsiaHorse has stated.
There is a meaningful difference between a list that illustrates ("cards like these work fine") and a list that defines ("these are the cards that work"). AsiaHorse's statement reads as the second kind: the RTX 40-series as a group, plus the RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 individually named, sit inside the supported set. Nothing in the wording suggests those are merely representative examples of a broader, unstated compatibility.
This is the detail that makes the list worth reading carefully rather than skimming: the RTX 5090 uses the same 12VHPWR connector family as every card on the compatible list, and it is still explicitly excluded. If compatibility were decided purely by connector shape, the 5090 would qualify automatically. It does not, because AsiaHorse states it is not compatible with this cable - a separate statement from the connector type, and the only thing distinguishing the 5090 from its listed siblings.
A 12VHPWR socket on a card is a necessary condition for this cable to physically connect, but it is not the same thing as being named on the compatible list. The card needing the right plug shape does not automatically place it inside AsiaHorse's stated support - the list itself is what confirms that, and the 5090 is the clearest proof that the two questions are not the same one.
Anything not named in the current statement has simply not been addressed by it, which is a reason to check rather than to assume either way. A newer card sharing the connector is unconfirmed, not automatically included and not automatically excluded - worth treating as an open question until AsiaHorse states something specific about it.
The 480W figure AsiaHorse gives the cable applies regardless of which listed card is connected. It is still worth comparing against whatever a specific card publishes as its own power draw, particularly toward the higher end of the named range, since being on the compatible list and staying comfortably inside the rating are related but separate checks.
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12VHPWR cards, given as the RTX 40-series together with the RTX 5080 and the RTX 5070.
No. AsiaHorse states this cable is not compatible with the RTX 5090, despite the card sharing the same connector type.
No. The connector type is necessary, but the named list is what actually states which cards are supported.
Anything not named has not been addressed by the statement - a reason to check rather than to assume either way.
No, the rating describes the cable itself. Comparing it against a specific card's published draw is a separate, worthwhile check.
The compatibility list is about cards with a native 12VHPWR connection - an adapter arrangement is a different setup entirely.
In the product description, alongside the 480W rating and the requirement for a native 16-pin port on the power supply.
Checking whether your specific card is actually on the list? Match your GPU model against AsiaHorse's named set, then browse Evetech's graphics card range for anything else you need.
12VHPWR cards, given as the RTX 40-series together with the RTX 5080 and the RTX 5070.
No. AsiaHorse states this cable is not compatible with the RTX 5090, despite the card sharing the same connector type.
No. The connector type is necessary, but the named list is what actually states which cards are supported.
Anything not named has not been addressed by the statement - a reason to check rather than to assume either way.
No, the rating describes the cable itself. Comparing it against a specific card's published draw is a separate, worthwhile check.
The compatibility list is about cards with a native 12VHPWR connection - an adapter arrangement is a different setup entirely.
In the product description, alongside the 480W rating and the requirement for a native 16-pin port on the power supply.
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