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MSI's new Afterburner Beta now has GeForce RTX 50 support, works with RTX 5090 and RTX 5080
MSI's new Afterburner beta is here, with support for NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series "Blackwell" gaming GPUs, and you can download it right here.
The new MSI Afterburner 4.6.6 Beta 5 was unleashed by Afterburner creator Unwinder, with support for RTX 50 series GPUs as well as quad-fan control support for reference design RTX 50 series graphics cards. There's also added software for future G-Assist integration, and experimental support for AMD Ryzen 9000 series and Intel Core Ultra 200 series CPUs.
MSI Afterburner 4.6.6 Beta 5 features:
NVIDIA's tight margins on GeForce RTX 50 series: pressure on AIBs as 'MSRP feels like charity'
NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 is here and that MSRP of $1999 is very hard to find, which is why we saw the RTX 5090 Founders Edition released first with reviewers tackling the FE and its $1999 pricing... but now custom RTX 5090 reviews are here, and those MSRPs are skyrocketing.
The review embargo lifted on January 23 with no RTX 5090 priced at $1999 -- that is, apart from NVIDIA's in-house GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition -- while custom cards with elaborate coolers costs significantly more. ASUS's new flagship GeForce RTX 5090 Astral has an MSRP of $2800, adding $800+ to the RTX 5090 FE and its MSRP of $1999... which is a hard green pill to swallow.
But in a new post by Chiphell leaker "wjm47196" we're hearing some different news: NVIDIA's tight margins on the new GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs is putting pressure on AIB partners, making the $1999 MSRP on the GeForce RTX 5090 "feel like charity".
NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5080 performance leaks: 15% faster in 3DMark than the RTX 4080 SUPER
We know all about NVIDIA's new flagship ultra-enthusiast GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, but the second-fastest Blackwell gaming GPU -- the upcoming GeForce RTX 5080 -- isn't out yet.
In new leaks, we're seeing that we can expect up to 15% more performance in synthetic 3DMark benchmarks from the GeForce RTX 5080 over the RTX 4080 SUPER. In a new post on the Baidu forums, an unreleased GeForce RTX 5080 has been benchmarked inside of 3DMark TimeSpy.
You can see the card labeled as the GeForce RTX 5080, with the leaker saying it performs around 15% faster than the RTX 4080 SUPER in 3DMark TimeSpy. We have 32701 points from the RTX 5080 in the Graphics Score of TimeSpy, compared to the 28305 points from the RTX 4080 SUPER.
PowerColor intros Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound and Reaper GPUs: RDNA 4 coming in March
PowerColor has just made its Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound and Reaper graphics cards official, with the custom RDNA 4 cards turning up on the company's official website.
The folks over at VideoCardz spotted PowerColor's new Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound and Reaper graphics cards, showing their designs, but no official specifications from AMD just yet. First up we've got the Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound Edition, with a triple-fan cooling setup and a huge heatsink.
PowerColor's new Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound Edition graphics card comes in 2.5-slot side, with the fans to the left and right having the Hellhound logo, while the PowerColor logo is on the center fan (which has been updated since the last RDNA 3-based Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs). We've also got 3 x DisplayPort and 1 x HDMI for video output (expect these to be DP2.1 + HDMI 2.1 ports).
Check out these beautiful die shots of NVIDIA's new Blackwell GB202 GPU and GDDR7 memory
ASUS's new flagship ROG GeForce RTX 5090D Astral graphics card has been used to break some new 3DMark world records, overclocked to 3.4GHz under LN2 cooling, using close to 1000W of power.
The achievement was done by ASUS China boss Tony Yu, using the ASUS ROG GeForce RTX 5090D Astral graphics card, tearing down the flagship China-exclusive card revealing the Blackwell GB202 GPU and GDDR7 memory chips underneath. I'm a huge fan of die shots, so let's dive right into it.
NVIDIA's new Blackwell GB202 GPU is fabbed on the TSMC 4nm process node, with up to 92 billion transistors, 4000 AI TOPs, 380 RT TFLOPs, 125 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, and the fastest GDDR7 memory interface with up to 1.8TB/sec memory bandwidth in stock form with the RTX 5090.
ASUS ROG GeForce RTX 5090D Astral OC to 3.4GHz with LN2 cooling, uses almost 1000W power
ASUS's new flagship GeForce RTX 5090D Astral graphics card has been overclocked to an insane 3.4GHz under LN2 cooling, with up to 1000W of power consumption.
In his new overclocking adventures, ASUS China manager Tony Yu used the new China-exclusive ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 D Astral under LN2 cooling, overclocking the Blackwell GB202 GPU to an astonishing 3.4GHz (well, 3390MHz to be exact). NVIDIA's huge 32GB of GDDR7 memory on the RTX 5090 was overclocked to 34Gbps, an impressive 21% higher than its stock 28Gbps speed.
Under some 3DMark TimeSpy Extreme, FireStrike Ultra, Port Royal, and Wild Life Extreme benchmarks, the overclocked ASUS RTX 5090D Astral offers some impressive performance leaps over the stock RTX 5090.
The first GeForce RTX 5090 has been damaged: by ASUS PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim mechanism
ASUS is some hot water with its new "PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim" mechanism on its new Intel 800 and AMD 800 series motherboards, damaging NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards.
Up until now, ASUS motherboards have had a nifty dedicated button users could press to release PCIe devices. But, ASUS removed this button from its latest-gen motherboards, making users pull the card out in a specific way: something you can see in the video above.
It's not the best implementation, with the ASUS PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim mechanism being tested by users where a graphics card was released 60 times and the results weren't good. In a post on X, leaker HXL shared a screenshot from a recent conversation on Chinese forums, with ASUS China General Manager, Tony Yu, saying that this issue will be addressed.
NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 is already on eBay for an eye watering $7000, with no refunds
NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card is being offloaded by scalpers for up to $7000... with NO refunds, in new listings on eBay. Check it out:
We know that stock of the new GeForce RTX 5090 will be tight, with scalpers already listing NVIDIA's latest graphics card for obscene prices on eBay. One of the eBay sellers says they have "guaranteed slots" because of their employment status at a retailer, guaranteeing that they promise the card under their name, and will send it to the buyer... with no options to return or refund their RTX 5090.
This staffer said: "I am an employee of a certain technology retailer and have guaranteed slots for a few of these GPUs. I have no interest in upgrading my current build and am looking to sell my guarantee slot for the card. By purchasing/winning the auction on this listing you are guaranteed to receive the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090".
NViDIA teases quad-slot, triple-fan GPU prototype with rotated PCB: could be Blackwell TITAN
We all remember that insane quad-slot, triple-fan purported GeForce RTX 4090 Ti prototype, with an interesting rotated PCB... well, NVIDIA's detailing of its new GeForce RTX 50 series Founders Edition GPUs give us a tease at what would've been a MONSTER graphics card.
NVIDIA posted a new video showing off a concept design that features a quad-slot, triple-fan cooler that we've seen leaked over the last few months, after a functional card was found and sent to the team at GamersNexus to deep-dive into. This card was now confirmed by NVIDIA as their prototype, but they decided to not use the monster quad-slot design.
The innovative rotated PCB looks awesome, but the cooler is far, far too thick to be used by NVIDIA... and we now see that gorgeous dual-slot cooler that keeps the new GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition cool. No thick, quad-slot cooler required, even to cool the fastest graphics card on the planet.
NVIDIA RTX 5090 stock rumored to be woeful by retailer, and RTX 5080 GPU isn't much better
We're continuing to witness speculation that NVIDIA's RTX 5000 graphics cards are going to be short on stock, and here's another piece of info you can file under 'supply worries.'
This time we're hearing from a UK retailer, but the fact that this info - add salt with it, naturally - is from Europe does not mean it doesn't add to the wider picture of availability (or lack of it) for those in the US (and elsewhere).
The retailer in question is one of the bigger operations in the country, namely Overclockers UK (known as OCUK), which sells PC components and prebuilt PCs.