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Der8auer strips the AIO out of a $7,000 RTX 5090 Lightning and replaces it with a custom loop, achieving 55C at 800W

July 20, 2026 | YouTuber Der8auer modifies an RTX 5090 Lightning's waterblock to support a custom loop, dropping temperatures by 10C at 800W of load.

ZOTAC RTX 5090 reportedly 'blew up' after playing Black Flag Resynced for five minutes

July 14, 2026 | A ZOTAC RTX 5090 reportedly started crackling and emitting smoke minutes into Black Flag Resynced, and this time the power connector wasn't at fault.

Another RTX 5090 power connector melted, and even ASRock TempGuard failed to save this one

July 11, 2026 | An ASRock TempGuard PSU failed to stop another RTX 5090 power connector from melting, raising even more concerns about the 12V-2x6 design.

NVIDIA is reportedly preparing the GeForce RTX 5090 SE to sit between the RTX 5080 and 5090

July 10, 2026 | NVIDIA's rumored RTX 5090 SE could bridge the gap between the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090, but leaked memory specs and pricing don't add up yet.

ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 Edition 20 listing appears in Europe for over $7,400

July 5, 2026 | ASUS's anniversary RTX 5090 Edition 20 has surfaced in Europe for €6,499 ($7,435), and it's not even ASUS's priciest RTX 5090 right now.

RTX 5090 backplate melts the insulation off a PCIe riser cable in a vertical mount setup

July 4, 2026 | An RTX 5090 owner found melted riser cable insulation pressed against the GPU backplate in a vertical-mount build, though the card itself appears unharmed.

Vietnamese repair shop received an RTX 5090 with its 16-pin connector blown clean off

June 28, 2026 | The burn damage was severe enough to expose the PCB's copper layers and destroy both the GPU die and VRAM, and warranty won't cover any of it.

Club386 is the latest victim of melted 12V-2x6 cable connectors, RTX 5090 and PSU both damaged

June 23, 2026 | Club386 is calling the connector 'not fit for purpose' after their RTX 5090 and 1000W PSU were both destroyed by a melted 12V-2x6 cable.

ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 reportedly causes discoloration on ASUS motherboard after six months

June 20, 2026 | The RTX 5090 can draw close to 1,000W at peak, and this is just the latest report to join the list of melted connectors and missing ROPs on the card.

Enthusiast attempts to install second 12V-2x6 connector on RTX 5090, is rewarded with a hole punched through the PCB

June 20, 2026 | An RTX 5090 owner attempted to mod a second power connector on their RTX 5090 to reduce the chance of the card melting. But the mod failed spectacularly.

GIGABYTE's 40th Anniversary GeForce RTX 5090 Infinity GPU priced at $5,300

June 18, 2026 | GIGABYTE's new 40th anniversary edition AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 INFINITY graphics card sports an impressive and unique design. A costly one, too.

Halo Campaign Evolved hits 120 FPS max at 1440p Ultra on a GeForce RTX 5090

June 11, 2026 | Halo: Combat Evolved is out next month and early previews with a PC build of the game show that even though it runs smooth, it'll be demanding.

NVIDIA's Jensen Huang meets T1 Esports team and Faker, gifts a signed RTX 5090

June 5, 2026 | NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang visited South Korea and arrived at the T1 Esports team base camp, where he met Faker, Keria, Oner, Peyz, and Doran.

ASUS demos RTX 5090 with 16-pin connector running on a 48V system at Computex, GPU can push 1000W through a single cable

June 3, 2026 | ASUS demos modified PSU and RTX 5090 that runs on a 48-volt system, allowing the GPU to use over 1000 watts of power with a 12V-2x6 power connector.

ASUS ROG unveils world's first mini-PC with an RTX 5090 laptop GPU, designed for AAA gaming

June 3, 2026 | ASUS ROG has unveiled a 20th-anniversary edition of the ROG NUC 16, now equipped with a GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU for AAA gaming.

ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Edition 20 adds a curved AMOLED display

June 1, 2026 | The new ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Edition 20 is a special ROG 20th anniversary edition of ASUS's flagship gaming GPU, and it's more impressive than ever.

Acer's new flagship Predator Helios 18 AI gaming laptop has a massive 18-inch display with RTX 5090 graphics

May 31, 2026 | The 18-inch Dual Mode display can switch between 4K 120 Hz and Full HD 240 Hz for smooth motion clarity when playing competitive games.

Popular Chinese retailer JD briefly listed banned RTX 5090 and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs

May 15, 2026 | The removed listings included the RTX 5090 32GB Blower and multiple RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs sold through a third-party JD storefront in China.

NVIDIA is reportedly preparing an RTX 5090 price hike due to rising costs of GDDR7 memory

May 14, 2026 | NVIDIA has reportedly informed its board partners that a $300 (2000 RMB) price increase is imminent for the RTX 5090 and 5090D V2 GPUs.

ASUS launches sleek and compact ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition

May 14, 2026 | The new ASUS ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GDDR7 OC Edition is the company's smallest RTX 5090 model to date, with a compact 2.5-slot thickness.

Bolt Graphics completes chip design for its Zeus GPU - claims 5x faster path tracing than RTX 5090 at 250W

April 22, 2026 | After earlier claims of 10x rendering gains, new benchmarks show 5x faster path tracing than RTX 5090, which runs at 575W, at less than half the power.

NZXT issues statement on AIO leaking onto RTX 5090 case, says it offered full compensation

April 22, 2026 | NZXT made five separate compensation offers, including a brand-new ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 sourced at retail and a cash settlement.

NZXT AIO allegedly leaks and damages flagship ROG ASTRAL GeForce RTX 5090

April 21, 2026 | A NZXT Kraken AIO apparently leaked onto their ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090, damaging it alongside their motherboard. And now, the user is planning to sue.

The PlayStation 6 could offer similar performance to the RTX 5090, roughly 3x the power of the PS5

April 19, 2026 | A new leak claims that the PlayStation 6 could offer 3 times the rasterization performance, and up to 12 times the ray tracing performance as the PS5.

MSI's flagship Raider 16 Max gaming laptop is a 300W beast with RTX 5090 performance

April 15, 2026 | MSI redesigns its flagship Raider 16 Max gaming laptops to support 300W of performance with the Core Ultra 290HX Plus CPU and GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU.

Witcher 4 RTX Mega Geometry Foliage demo runs at almost 60 FPS on an RTX 4070 and 80 FPS at 4K on a RTX 5090

April 3, 2026 | NVIDIA developers showed off a demo of the new foliage system coming to RTX Mega Geometry starting with The Witcher 4, running at playable FPS on two GPUs.

Someone bought a GeForce RTX 5090 on Amazon and received a box full of laundry detergent

March 24, 2026 | Someone bought a GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 WINDFORCE OC 32G on Amazon via a third-party seller and received an empty box with washing powder inside.

ASUS announces full specs and details on its new ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 32GB

March 1, 2026 | ASUS's new ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition sports a Founders Edition-style cooling design making it a 2.5-slot SFF-Ready overclocked graphics card.

RTX 5090 Ti engineering sample spec leak: 750-1000W beast, 10-15% more perf than RTX 5090

February 21, 2026 | NVIDIA's purported GeForce RTX 5090 Ti ES leaks: 750W monster GPU that could be an AMD RDNA 5 'killer' with super-performance card.

Undervolted and power-limited GeForce RTX 5090 melts 12V-2x6 cable and connector

February 19, 2026 | An AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER ICE undervolted and power-limited to 500W wasn't enough to save it from being the latest card to suffer a burnout.

MSI's new GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z hits eBay, this GPU could be yours for up to $14,999

February 16, 2026 | MSI's new flagship GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z has hit eBay with sellers asking for anywhere between $7785 through to an insane $14,999.

2500W extreme overclocking BIOS causes RTX 5090 Lightning Z GPU to crack

February 16, 2026 | The experimental 2500W XOC BIOS for the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z caused the GPU die to crack like a mirror from thermal shock.

MSI's new godly GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z is being sold for $5,090

February 12, 2026 | A GeForce RTX 5090 for $5,090, that's how much MSI's new flagship limited-edition GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z is being sold for in the US.

User captures footage of GeForce RTX 5090 catching fire on first system boot

February 12, 2026 | One unlucky Chinese PC gamer captured footage of their new RTX 5090 rig turning on for the first time, and the GPU caught on fire.

MSI Afterburner updated with new GPU protection features and RTX 5090 Lightning support

February 12, 2026 | MSI Afterburner 4.6.7 Beta 2 adds support for the new GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z and MSI's impressive GPU Safeguard+ technology.

NVIDIA's rumored RTX 50 SUPER replacement teased as 'Mega' RTX 5090 GPU, like RTX 5090 Ti

February 8, 2026 | NVIDIA reportedly has plans to release an even higher-end RTX 50 series GPU, could be RTX 5090 Ti or TITAN Blackwell, in Q3 2026 says new rumors.

MSI Taiwan confirms RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z costs $5200 with one-day lottery event to try buy it

February 7, 2026 | MSI Taiwan teases that its monster new GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z costs over $5000, and that users have to enter a lottery to win a chance to buy it.

GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 Founders Edition GPUs with MSRP prices sell out in minutes

February 1, 2026 | GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition cards with MSRP prices sold out in just eight minutes when stock was briefly available on January 30, 2026.

MSI announces global GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z giveaway

January 13, 2026 | MSI's new GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z was one of the most impressive GPUs we saw at CES 2026, and MSI is giving away one of the 1300 units.

This new Raymarching benchmark will bring your RTX 5090 to its knees: 1080p at just 2-3FPS

January 12, 2026 | The new Radiance DX12 GPU benchmark uses Raymarching, relies on FP32 compute, shows potential of current and future graphics cards.

ASUS's ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 is its most compact RTX 5090 GPU at 2.5 slots

January 8, 2026 | ASUS's compact and stylish new ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 GPU features a NVIDIA Founders Edition-style cooler with dual flow-through fans.

MSI unveils new Stealth 16 AI+ laptop: new Intel Panther Lake CPU, up to RTX 5090

January 7, 2026 | MSI reveals its upgraded Stealth 16 AI+ laptop: up to Intel's new Core Ultra 9 386H CPU, up to GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU, 1600p @ 240Hz OLED display.

Hands-On with the GeForce RTX 5090 Infinity from GIGABYTE and AORUS

January 6, 2026 | The new AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 Infinity from GIGABYTE features an NVIDIA Founders Edition-style dual flow through design and a stunning look.

Alienware intros new 16X Aurora and Area-51 18/16 gaming laptops: OLED displays, up to RTX 5090

January 6, 2026 | Alienware unveils a slew of new 16X Aurora and Area-51 18 and 16 gaming laptops at CES 2026: OLED displays, upgraded CPUs and GPUs, and more.

MSI's new GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z is a 1000W, extreme overclocking beast

January 5, 2026 | The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z has been unveiled at CES 2026, with MSI engineering the most powerful PC gaming GPU to date.

Eurocom Raptor X18 laptop rocks RTX 5090 GPU, 256GB DDR5 RAM, 32TB SSDs, costs over $15000

December 24, 2025 | Eurocom's new Raptor X18 mobile supercomputer laptop features up to an RTX 5090, 256GB DDR5 RAM, 32TB SSD, and more for over $15,000.

5K gaming is hard: ASUS tests RTX 5090 D, can't reach 60FPS in Cyberpunk 2077, even with DLSS

December 22, 2025 | ASUS tests its new GeForce RTX 5090 D on a high-end 5K (5120 2880 @ 180Hz) gaming monitor, can't hit 60FPS even with DLSS enabled.

Asgard intros new 192GB and 256GB DDR5 kits: 256GB DDR5 costs as much as an RTX 5090 at $2400+

December 8, 2025 | Asgard introduces new high-capacity 192GB and 256GB DDR5 memory kits, with the monster 256GB DDR5 kit costing as much as the flagship GeForce RTX 5090.

NVIDIA reportedly cuts B40 AI GPU production as Chinese AI companies use RTX 5090, Hopper GPUs

December 3, 2025 | NVIDIA is reportedly cutting B40 AI GPU production for China, as Chinese AI companies 'largely dependent' on RTX 5090, Hopper and locally-sourced AI chips.

$4,000 ASUS ROG Matrix RTX 5090 'supreme' GPU reportedly delayed due to a quality issue

December 3, 2025 | The graphics card that 'stakes its claim for GPU supremacy' has run into trouble on launch, with gamers wondering where their ordered RTX 5090 has got to.

NVIDIA is giving away a custom ARC Raiders themed GeForce RTX 5090

December 2, 2025 | NVIDIA is giving away a custom ARC Raiders-themed GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card as part of its holiday-themed Season of RTX event.

Der8auer pulls over 750W on 12V-2x6 cable on ASUS ROG MATRIX RTX 5090: no BIOS or shunt mods

November 30, 2025 | Overclocker 'Der8auer' pushes up to 750W of power through a single 12V-2x6 power cable on the ASUS ROG MATRIX RTX 5090 without shunt mod or BIOS flashes.

ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 5090 tested: 26% higher power draw, 10% more performance

November 24, 2025 | ASUS's new flagship ROG Matrix Platinum GeForce RTX 5090 has been put to the test by der8auer and, yes, it's the fastest gaming GPU on the planet.

Alienware Area-51 gaming PCs with 9800X3D + RTX 5080 at $4349, 9950X3D + RTX 5090 at $6149

November 23, 2025 | Dell's new Alienware Area-51 flagship desktop gaming PC now has AMD Ryzen 9000X3D CPU options: 9800X3D or 9950X3D with Alienware X870E mobo.

ASUS ROG Matrix 800W XOC BIOS flashed on GIGABYTE, PNY, MSI RTX 5090: huge boost in GPU clocks

November 22, 2025 | ASUS's huge 800W ROG Matrix XOC BIOS has been flashed on non-ASUS RTX 5090s from MSI, PNY, and GIGABYTE with huge GPU boost clock increases.

Check out this Battlestation with 4 x ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 cards, GPUs alone cost $13,000

November 9, 2025 | Redditor installs 4 x ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards into his monster battlestation: with the GPUs alone costing $13,000!

ASUS names anti-sag tech 'Level Sense' for new ROG Matrix RTX 5090 - or you could use a stick

November 7, 2025 | A high-tech solution to GPU sag is incorporated with the incoming ROG Matrix RTX 5090 30th Anniversary edition, and it's now been officially named.

ASUS's new flagship ROG Matrix Platinum RTX 5090 has been delayed: late November for $4700+

November 6, 2025 | ASUS was meant to launch its new flagship ROG Matrix Platinum GeForce RTX 5090 in October but has missed the window, new release in late November.

ASUS ROG XG Mobile external GPU with flagship RTX 5090 Laptop GPU listed for $2499

November 2, 2025 | The ASUS ROG XG Mobile external GPU with RTX 5090 Laptop GPU costs $2499, or with RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU for $1299, both with Thunderbolt 5 connectivity.

ARC Raiders hits over 600 FPS with DLSS 4 and Ray Tracing on an RTX 5090

October 30, 2025 | With max settings, ray tracing, DLSS 4 Super Resolution, and Multi Frame Generation, Arc Raiders hits an impressive 600 FPS on the GeForce RTX 5090.

Acer Predator Orion 7000 (Core Ultra 9 285K + RTX 5090) Desktop Gaming PC Review

February 26, 2026 | Acer's Predator Orion 7000 is a flagship gaming PC with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, 64GB RAM, GeForce RTX 5090 32GB, and a massive tower. A true beast.

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z Review - The World's Most Powerful PC Gaming GPU

February 12, 2026 | The limited-edition MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z is the world's fastest PC gaming GPU with one of the most impressive designs we've seen to date.

ASUS ROG Matrix Platinum GeForce RTX 5090 Review - Unbeatable Performance, Stunning Design

December 30, 2025 | ASUS's limited edition ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 5090 claims the top spot as the world's most powerful gaming GPU. But at what cost? Well, a lot.

Acer Predator Helios 18 AI (Core Ultra 9 275HX + RTX 5090) Gaming Laptop Review

August 29, 2025 | Acer's Predator Helios 18 AI gaming laptop: Core Ultra 9 275HX, RTX 5090 GPU, 18in 4K/120Hz Mini-LED, 192GB DDR5 - bonkers power for any game or workload.

MSI Raider A18 HX A9W (Ryzen 9 9955HX3D + RTX 5090) Gaming Laptop Review

July 31, 2025 | MSI's Raider A18 HX A9W packs in the AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D & RTX 5090 Laptop GPU for insane 4K 120FPS gaming on a stunning 18" 4K 120Hz Mini‑LED display.

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC Review - 4K Gaming Unleashed

February 3, 2025 | A premium liquid-cooled GeForce RTX 5090 from MSI, delivering exceptional 4K gaming and thermal performance. A gaming GPU built for the AI-enhanced future.

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 SUPRIM SOC Review - Supreme Performance

January 24, 2025 | The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 SUPRIM is incredibly fast, and its excellent thermal design makes it a winner - perfect for 4K 240+ FPS gaming with DLSS 4.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition Review

January 23, 2025 | The GeForce RTX 5090 is a 4K gaming beast, but there's more to the story. From DLSS 4 to Neural Rendering, the AI-enhanced future of gaming is here.

PNY GeForce RTX 4090 24GB VERTO Review - Still a 4K Powerhouse, But the RTX 5090 is Close

December 30, 2024 | We tested the PNY GeForce RTX 4090 24GB VERTO with 2024's most demanding games, including several titles with Full Ray Tracing enabled.