At its Computex 2023 showcase and ASUS HQ tour for the press, the company has unveiled a new ASUS ROG concept graphics card based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 design, that actually has no standard power connectors, but draws power from the motherboard via a proprietary slot.

As noted, the graphics card is still in its concept phase, and actually draws power from a special PCIe like slot connector at the bottom of the graphics card. Of course, this also means that it will need a special motherboard, which ASUS had on display as well. The motherboard is based on a Z790 TUF Gaming motherboard, with a design that had all the connectors at the back of the motherboard. In addition to the standard power and other connectors like SATA ports, it also includes three 8-pin PCIe and single 12VHPWR connector, which are meant to power the graphics card. Of course, such motherboard also requires a special PC case that have cut-outs for those connectors.ASUS is currently limiting the design to 600 W and the GeForce RTX 4070 as this is still under development, and ASUS is keeping a lot of information under NDA, but we might have heard that there are plans for a possible GeForce RTX 4090 version as well. We should have more information soon and update the article accordingly, but according to information known so far, these could be available globally and as a limited edition, as ASUS tests the market and demand for such products.