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[//DEVIL//]

Thing with the 5090 FE is the memory temps though... it can easily reach 95C in PC cases...

I think the safe limit is 105C so make sure the case has good airflow.

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.

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

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

 

[Ulysses 31]

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.

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

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

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.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

still cant buy a 5090 at msrp

 

[//DEVIL//]

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.

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.

 

[simpatico]

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!

 

[Ulysses 31]

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.

Hold up, did you manage to get a 5090 FE? From the French Nvidia store?

 

[//DEVIL//]

Hold up, did you manage to get a 5090 FE? From the French Nvidia store?

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 )

 

[analog_future]

I have not tried that

Side note just saw this video was posted, watching later

More tests

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.

 

[Corporal.Hicks]

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.

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.

 

[analog_future]

These are just well-known YouTubers/gamers. If their 5090s melted, then the scale must be much bigger than that with normal users.

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.

 

[Corporal.Hicks]

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.

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!

 

[analog_future]

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.

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.

My friend, GPUs should not be so susceptible to user error!

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.

 

[Celcius]

That's because the 12HPVWR connectors didn't show up on the market until the RTX 4000 series cards.

Just a small correction - the 3090 Ti (Ampere) had 12vhpwr before Ada Lovelace