ASUS’s Connector-Less GeForce RTX 4070 GPUs To Go In Mass Production This Fall, White Variant Revealed

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ASUS has announced that the company will begin mass production on the connector-less GeForce RTX 4070 GPUs this fall & will be available in white.

At Computex 2023, ASUS unveiled its GeForce RTX 4070 connector-less design which we covered in our exclusive coverage here. The card is now expected to go into mass production later this year as confirmed by the manufacturer during the Bilibili World 2023 exhibition in Shanghai, China (via EIXA Studio).

During our ASUS HQ visit at Computex 2023, the company displayed a prototype unit of the RTX 4070 that didn't include a standard 8-pin or 16-pin power connector. The graphics card adopted a 2.3-slot design with a triple axial-tech cooling fan system. The company hasn't finalized a naming yet but it looks like the graphics card will be available in both black and white colored flavors which is great for customization.

You might be wondering how ASUS compensated for the exclusion of power connectors. The showcased prototype had a special slot connected to the PCB, where the power would be fed through alongside the standard PCIe Gen 4.0 x16 interface. ASUS compared the concept with AMD Radeon Pro products in the Apple Pro offerings. The connector can feed up to 600W of power and will be fed power through a 16-pin connector that will actually be located on the backside of a special motherboard.

While the ASUS GeForce RTX 4070 connector-less concept looks interesting, one aspect important to highlight is for running such a GPU, a specifically designed motherboard is required. ASUS also demoed a Z790 TUF Gaming motherboard with all power connectors at the back. The proprietary connector on the motherboard for the GPU was labeled as "GC_HPWR". At BW2023, the company also unveiled a new