RTX 5090 Review Thread

Ulysses 31 said:
Thing with the 5090 FE is the memory temps though... it can easily reach 95C in PC cases... đź‘€

I think the safe limit is 105C so make sure the case has good airflow.
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those numbers are not correct or something maybe extreme. i checked my temps while gaming ( cod at 4k 240 frames competitive settings to lower latency ). gpu temps maxed at 60 degrees and memory temps at 80 ( I have a dirty UV where power limit is 70% and core clock is 250+

this gives about same performance as stock ( maybe 3% less ? not even ) but memory temps as I mentioned are about 80 degrees to 83.

I also don't do any AI or weird tasks on the memory. this is just for gaming . i don't care if temps reach 90 degrees. i used to mine during the 3000 series on my personal card for the fun of it and 90 temps on memory was normal and was running 24 7.

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a more aggressive UV I have ( about 8% performance loss), but temps don't reach 58c and many indie games fans don't even spin

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Believe it or not. I do not even need more power than a 4090-level card. This 5090 is overkill, and I am gaming at 4k 240 OLED monitor.


Some games like Wukong to CP2077. because of the stupid ray tracing, the performance is garbage, no matter what card u throw it from the next 4 years. Path tracing will kill any card, even the 6090. You won't get high frames, so fuck it
 
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//DEVIL// said:
those numbers are not correct or something maybe extreme. i checked my temps while gaming ( cod at 4k 240 frames competitive settings to lower latency ). gpu temps maxed at 60 degrees and memory temps at 80 ( I have a dirty UV where power limit is 70% and core clock is 250+

this gives about same performance as stock ( maybe 3% less ? not even ) but memory temps as I mentioned are about 80 degrees to 83.

I also don't do any AI or weird tasks on the memory. this is just for gaming . i don't care if temps reach 90 degrees. i used to mine during the 3000 series on my personal card for the fun of it and 90 temps on memory was normal and was running 24 7.

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a more aggressive UV I have ( about 8% performance loss), but temps don't reach 58c and many indie games fans don't even spin

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Believe it or not. I do not even need more power than a 4090-level card. This 5090 is overkill, and I am gaming at 4k 240 OLED monitor.


Some games like Wukong to CP2077. because of the stupid ray tracing the performance is garbage no matter what card u throw it from the next 4 years. path tracing will kill any card even the 6090 u wont get high frames so fuck it
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Tomshardware, Techpowerup report over 90C.

Gamer Nexus says mem temps are higher than they like to see with it's near 90C in an open test bench.

 
Ulysses 31 said:
Tomshardware, Techpowerup report over 90C.

Gamer Nexus says mem temps are higher than they like to see with it's near 90C in an open test bench.

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shrugs. not sure why their memory is high.

but like I said I do UV, so that is lowering my temps for sure.

and near 90 isn't a big deal for a memory. most AMD cards even with triple slot cooler reaching temps in the mid 80s. reaching closer to a 90 for a 2 slot beast like this without any UV is fine.
 
So there's a leaked 5090 XOC bios that lets you pump 2000w through molex pins used for no more than 215w in industrial purposes. What other outlandish risks will the 2020s present to the layman? Stay tuned!
 
//DEVIL// said:
shrugs. not sure why their memory is high.

but like I said I do UV, so that is lowering my temps for sure.

and near 90 isn't a big deal for a memory. most AMD cards even with triple slot cooler reaching temps in the mid 80s. reaching closer to a 90 for a 2 slot beast like this without any UV is fine.
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Hold up, did you manage to get a 5090 FE? From the French Nvidia store? :messenger_winking_tongue:
 
Ulysses 31 said:
Hold up, did you manage to get a 5090 FE? From the French Nvidia store? :messenger_winking_tongue:
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lol no. from bestbuy Canada where I live lol.

I am almost positive that Nvidia France wont ship it to Canada. unless I use a local shipping company that has a french address and then they ship it here. which is too risky and expensive.

I was just surprised that It wasn't sold out at Nvidia france considering its the cheapest ( and probably one of the best 5090 cards considering its size too )
 
HeisenbergFX4 said:
I have not tried that

Side note just saw this video was posted, watching later

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Bojji said:
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Corporal.Hicks said:
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HeisenbergFX4 said:
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Ulysses 31 said:
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So after all this 5090 power connector FUD, here we are 6 months later and there's been a total of six confirmed cases. Internet discourse would've made you believe that if you bought a 5090 there was a good chance your house was going to burn down.
 
analog_future said:
So after all this 5090 power connector FUD, here we are 6 months later and there's been a total of six confirmed cases. Internet discourse would've made you believe that if you bought a 5090 there was a good chance your house was going to burn down.
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These are just well-known YouTubers/gamers. If their 5090s melted, then the scale must be much bigger than that with normal users.

I'm not interested in that card. However, if I were to buy one, I would be worried. Nvidia should fix that damn connector instead of ignoring this problem. People shouldnt worry that their premium GPU can melt any moment because of bad design.
 
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Corporal.Hicks said:
These are just well-known YouTubers/gamers. If their 5090s melted, then the scale must be much bigger than that with normal users.
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Nope. There's a Megathread on Reddit chronicling every confirmed case that's been shared on the internet. There's 6 total.

And the theory with the well-known YouTubers being hit more prominently is because they reuse their cables for different builds/videos/reviews/etc.. when the cables are only rated to be unplugged/plugged back in 30 times. For the average user that means the cable would probably last a decade or whatever, but tech YouTubers are probably unplugging/replugging their cables 30 times in a week.
 
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Nope. There's a Megathread on Reddit chronicling every confirmed case that's been shared on the internet. There's 6 total.

And the theory with the well-known YouTubers being hit more prominently is because they reuse their cables for different builds/videos/reviews/etc.. when the cables are only rated to be unplugged/plugged back in 30 times. For the average user that means the cable would probably last a decade or whatever, but tech YouTubers are probably unplugging/replugging their cables 30 times in a week.
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Your theory makes sense, but people have been reviewing GPUs for decades and it is only now that we have started to see melted connectors on such a large scale, so IMO your argument isnt good enough. It started with 4090 and youtubers like northridgefix are fixing melted 12V HPWR connectors everyday. There are plenty of YouTubers like him, so the number of melted 4090s must be quite high.



The 5090 draw even more power and yet you want to believe only 6 cards melted :).

John from DSOG said that, knowing about the problem of melted connectors, he pressed the cable plug in with full force, yet the plug still wasn't fully inserted into the power connector (as he later found out on the photo) and the connector melted anyway. My MSI 12V HPWR cable has a yellow plug, so I can easily see if it is fully plugged into the connector. If the plug was black, however, I would probably need a good light and look closely to be sure that the connector is fully inserted. My friend, GPUs should not be so susceptible to user error!
 
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Corporal.Hicks said:
Your theory makes sense, but people have been reviewing GPUs for decades and it is only now that we have started to see melted connectors on such a large scale, so IMO your argument isnt good enough.
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That's because the 12HPVWR connectors didn't show up on the market until the RTX 4000 series cards. The older power connectors are rated for many, many more cycles.

Honestly the 30 cycle rating on these new cables sucks, but it is what it is.

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My friend, GPUs should not be so susceptible to user error!
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I totally agree. For the record I'm not excusing Nvidia for this. Their QA has been awful and the state of their connector is not acceptable. I'm just also stating that the level of issues people are experiencing has also been dramatically overblown. The reality is that it's a problem, but it's also a problem that has affected a very small percentage of customers and is not the absolutely catastrophic your-house-is-going-to-burn down problem that many people would like you to believe it is.
 
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Posting to say I finally got an email from Nvidia about a priority purchase for their Founder's Edition RTX 5090 @ $1999.99 flat and took the plunge.

Fun facts for you dummies who spent thousands of dollars over MSRP for one back in January and February.
  • I'm sorry, but you're idiots...unless you had a 4090 that you sold for a disgusting amount of money to recoup the cost.
  • There is not one game in the last 6-7 months that made my 4090 cry, making me wish I had something faster.
    • This makes the "I gotta get one now!" consumerism even more pathetic.
    • Seriously, in terms of gaming, what made you act the fool?
  • Show some fucking restraint next time.
I'm going to sell my 4090 on eBay for $2k, making this, for all intents and purposes, a swap.
 
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Chiggs said:
Posting to say I finally got an email from Nvidia about a priority purchase for their Founder's Edition RTX 5090 @ $1999.99 flat and took the plunge.

Fun facts for you dummies who spent thousands of dollars over MSRP for one back in January and February.
  • I'm sorry, but you're idiots...unless you had a 4090 that you sold for a disgusting amount of money to recoup the cost.
  • There is not one game in the last 6-7 months that made my 4090 cry, making me wish I had something faster.
    • This makes the "I gotta get one now!" consumerism even more pathetic.
    • Seriously, in terms of gaming, what made you act the fool?
  • Show some fucking restraint next time.
I'm going to sell my 4090 on eBay for $2k making this, for all intents and purposes, a swap.
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Got mine at MSRP during the launch window…so I guess congrats and my 4090 was already struggling at 4K with some games (60 fps sucks)
 
Chiggs said:
Posting to say I finally got an email from Nvidia about a priority purchase for their Founder's Edition RTX 5090 @ $1999.99 flat and took the plunge.

Fun facts for you dummies who spent thousands of dollars over MSRP for one back in January and February.
  • I'm sorry, but you're idiots...unless you had a 4090 that you sold for a disgusting amount of money to recoup the cost.
  • There is not one game in the last 6-7 months that made my 4090 cry, making me wish I had something faster.
    • This makes the "I gotta get one now!" consumerism even more pathetic.
    • Seriously, in terms of gaming, what made you act the fool?
  • Show some fucking restraint next time.
I'm going to sell my 4090 on eBay for $2k, making this, for all intents and purposes, a swap.
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Congrats! Also got mine at MSRP, I would never pay scalping prices. also sold my 4090 for a stupidly good price
 
so, not sure if anyone is still looking for one or if it's still available, but the Navy Exchange store actually has 5090FEs for sell at the MSRP price of $1999. of course you'll need to be a serving member or a veteran in order to buy one, but it's tax and shipping free if you can so there's the good side. so call in a favor from your friend in the Navy and you might still be able to snatch one. now excuse me while I rest for a little. my hands and jaws are so sore right now.


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Chiggs said:
Posting to say I finally got an email from Nvidia about a priority purchase for their Founder's Edition RTX 5090 @ $1999.99 flat and took the plunge.

Fun facts for you dummies who spent thousands of dollars over MSRP for one back in January and February.
  • I'm sorry, but you're idiots...unless you had a 4090 that you sold for a disgusting amount of money to recoup the cost.
  • There is not one game in the last 6-7 months that made my 4090 cry, making me wish I had something faster.
    • This makes the "I gotta get one now!" consumerism even more pathetic.
    • Seriously, in terms of gaming, what made you act the fool?
  • Show some fucking restraint next time.
I'm going to sell my 4090 on eBay for $2k, making this, for all intents and purposes, a swap.
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You want a cookie for buying a loud hot card with terrible coil whine? Don't care if I paid a bit more for my Suprim, was worth it.
 
I finally caved in and grabbed the PNY Epic-X for $2200 at Microcenter.

Sold my MSI 4090 Gaming Trio for $2020 on EBay the same day. eBay actually suggested $2200 for the "buy it now" price but I felt guilty asking that much.

It sold within 60 seconds of going live holy shit.

Love the card so far, it runs cool and quiet and has no coil wine. Like Chiggs Chiggs said there's really nothing that massively benefits from having a 5090 vs a 4090, but it's a good time to be selling a 4090
 
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That's basically why I upgraded as well about two months ago. Cost me like $300ish to upgrade from my 4090 (Palit Gamerock OC) to a 5090 (Zotac Amp Extreme Infinity). Sold the 4090 for more than I paid for it. Not bad.

Figured it was worth the upgrade since I use it with my 4k 240hz qd-oled monitor.
 
DonkeyPunchJr said:
I finally caved in and grabbed the PNY Epic-X for $2200 at Microcenter.

Sold my MSI 4090 Gaming Trio for $2020 on EBay the same day. eBay actually suggested $2200 for the "buy it now" price but I felt guilty asking that much.

It sold within 60 seconds of going live holy shit.

Love the card so far, it runs cool and quiet and has no coil wine. Like Chiggs Chiggs said there's really nothing that massively benefits from having a 5090 vs a 4090, but it's a good time to be selling a 4090
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I honestly don't get why 4090s are going for $2000+ when you can buy a new 5090 in that range pretty easily nowadays. But glad you got such a good deal!
 
So probably not the perfect thread for it - but if anyone is looking to part with a Borderlands 4 key from their card purchase, holla at ya boy. (I've got a 50 series card already, so I can redeem)
 
Apparently there's some trick to getting a 5090 fe from Best Buy. You call the customer service line and they can order it for you for store pickup. Makes sense as I haven't seen a 5090 fe drop at Best Buy for quite some time now
 
crazepharmacist said:
Apparently there's some trick to getting a 5090 fe from Best Buy. You call the customer service line and they can order it for you for store pickup. Makes sense as I haven't seen a 5090 fe drop at Best Buy for quite some time now
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They gave up on actually selling 5090 FE online because they simply weren't competent enough web storefront designers to beat the bots

Also as AIB vendor cards begin to reach MSRP, Nvidia will most likely soft discontinue the FE so as to not compete with their partners. FE shipments should start to slow down and then quietly end soon
 
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Unknown Soldier said:
They gave up on actually selling 5090 FE online because they simply weren't competent enough web storefront designers to beat the bots

Also as AIB vendor cards begin to reach MSRP, Nvidia will most likely soft discontinue the FE so as to not compete with their partners. FE shipments should start to slow down and then quietly end soon
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Damn. So I should try the best buy trick then sooner rather than later. I tried talking to customer support chat on the website and they couldn't help me.
 
crazepharmacist said:
Damn. So I should try the best buy trick then sooner rather than later. I tried talking to customer support chat on the website and they couldn't help me.
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You can either try calling Best Buy and navigate their annoying AI agent to try and get to Sales or you can just go into the nearest store, tell them the SKU number for the FE, and ask them if they can order it to the store for you

Honestly the 5090 FE isn't great. It's the only 2 slot compact 5090 so it runs super hot and super loud compared to the AIB cards. If you're hellbent on fitting a 5090 into an SFF PC, then sure take the FE. Otherwise the AIB boards are generally better because they run cooler and quieter
 
Unknown Soldier said:
You can either try calling Best Buy and navigate their annoying AI agent to try and get to Sales or you can just go into the nearest store, tell them the SKU number for the FE, and ask them if they can order it to the store for you

Honestly the 5090 FE isn't great. It's the only 2 slot compact 5090 so it runs super hot and super loud compared to the AIB cards. If you're hellbent on fitting a 5090 into an SFF PC, then sure take the FE. Otherwise the AIB boards are generally better because they run cooler and quieter
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Yeah I have a Lian Air Mini case.

I think the 5090 FE is the only one that will fit.
 
Loving my Founder's Edition. Sleek and stylish, and it's given me back access to a PCI Express x8 slot which I can now use with the SSD expansion card that came with my Asus motherboard.

Unknown Soldier said:
Honestly the 5090 FE isn't great. It's the only 2 slot compact 5090 so it runs super hot and super loud compared to the AIB cards. If you're hellbent on fitting a 5090 into an SFF PC, then sure take the FE. Otherwise the AIB boards are generally better because they run cooler and quieter
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Temps seem fine to me; and I can't hear it at all in my Corsair 5000T.

It also got nice reviews from Gamers Nexus. Only other 5090 I'd consider is the Astral.
 
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