ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX™ 5090 Graphics Card, NVIDIA (PCIe® 5.0, 32GB GDDR7, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 3.8-Slot, 4-Fan Design, Axial-tech Fans, Patented Vapor Chamber, Phase-Change GPU Thermal Pad)

I’m running the ASUS ROG Astral 5090 OC Edition on an open test bench specifically to push overclocked 3DMark runs, and this card has blown past my expectations. The air cooling is outstanding. For a GPU in this performance class, the Astral’s cooler is genuinely impressive. Even under sustained, heavily overclocked loads, temperatures stay well under control with no signs of thermal throttling. On an open bench it runs surprisingly quiet, and the fans ramp smoothly instead of aggressively. Clocks hold consistently during long benchmark runs, and there’s none of the erratic behavior you sometimes see once power and thermals are stressed. Power delivery feels rock solid, which makes dialing in higher clocks much easier and more repeatable. This has easily become the best air-cooled GPU I’ve ever used for benchmarking. I’m setting my highest 3DMark scores to date on air alone, and the card still feels like it has headroom left.

This RTX 5090 is a beast, plain and simple. If you’re just browsing the web, watching videos, or playing basic games, this card is complete overkill. But if you’re like me and running a triple-screen sim rig with everything maxed out, while streaming at high quality, this is exactly what you want in your build. I’m using this in a triple 32-inch 1440p setup with a 1440p ultrawide up top for telemetry and controls. Running titles like Le Mans Ultimate, iRacing, and Assetto Corsa Competizione, the 5090 barely breaks a sweat. Ultra settings across the board, full ray tracing, heavy ReShade overlays — and still pushing high frame rates with headroom to spare. Streaming to OBS while running overlays, VRS telemetry, and browser extensions? No lag. No stutter. No dropped frames. The performance uplift compared to my previous 4080 Super is unreal. Thermals are solid and it runs quieter than expected given the power it’s pushing. I’m feeding it with a high-end PSU and optimized airflow, and it stays cool even during long race sessions. Plus, having 32 GB of VRAM future-proofs this thing for anything coming down the pipe — sim titles, Unreal Engine games, AI workloads, you name it. This card isn’t made for average gamers. It’s made for power users who demand stability, headroom, and extreme performance. If you’re building or upgrading a serious racing sim or content creation rig, the 5090 is worth every penny.

Installation was just like any other GPU. No issues out of box, and still runs fine after around a month of use on a 4k setup. I play games (Cyberpunk, Elden Ring, COD, Dying Light the Beast), VR, and do a few renders every so often. Temps have been alright for me. All in all a great GPU and the 32 GB of Vram really shows. Very big, but fits in my case no problem (Phanteks Evolve X). The LED strip is a nice touch.

The box and shipping: box showed signs of wear, looks like 2 stickers were partially ripped off and the filds near edges were slightly bent. Inside the second cardboard box had some scuff marks but no other signs the product "wasn't new." The product: The card is huge. Absolutely a shock going from a tuf 4070TIS. I knew 5090s were big, but this is massive. Please keep in mind your case dimensions when buying this. Oh and make sure to leave room for your cable to safely bend. Performance: works great, I upgraded from a asus 4070 Ti Super, and there certainly is improved performance. Fake frames are okay, they don't look bad, however there is a very slight input lag when on 4X frame generation on cyberpunk. Thermals: I undervolted, and kept monitoring my temps and will do so until Nvidea replaces or fixes the 12 pin connector issues. It's a shame that some 5090s have a risk of melting when used on factory settings. The highest Pin voltage (which is nice that the Astral tracks) was 8.7, a little high, and my highest temp was 67 under load. This was after my undervolt, so I might lower it again just to be safe.

If I could give 0 stars I would. I purchased it Brand new when the item came the box showed signs of wear and so did the Book on the inside. static bag was ripped a buddy of mine told me not to worry the static bags tend to rip its no big deal it happens sometimes. We inspected the card to make sure nothing looked out of the ordinary no signs of damage no signs of weird soldering. screws looked fine everything looked fine other than the box, static bag, and the booklet having some minor scratches. When I went to install the new card the led's would light up but fans didn't spin nor would the computer recognize the new card. We took the 5090 out put in my old card I just went today to a Shop who have done multiple builds for me and when they checked the card it in fact is a DOA CARD. They are refusing to exchange the card due to the price markup despite me ordering it only 6 days ago and are telling me to either "return the card" or attempt to get it warrantied.

I'm upgrading from a ASUS ROG Strix 1080ti so I have very little frame of reference for performance for a modern 30/40 series Nvidia gpu, but from the few benchmarks I've run and the gaming tests I've done so far this card is beastly. It's going to sound stupid, but basically since Skyrim was released my go to metric for raw performance has been can it run ultra-modded Skyrim smoothly ("ultra-modded" has changed a lot over the years so the metric stayed relevant for me). Yes Skyrim is a 12 year old game, but when you get enough texture mods combined with an ENB and such it can be quite demanding. With my standard ultra-modded install I was getting like 40fps fairly consistently on the 1080ti but there were still dips in certain areas, this card is locked at a rock solid 60fps (capped due to engine limitations) and it's barely breaking a sweat, highest usage I saw was 51% usage in the most demanding spot I know to test ingame (would occasionally cause a crash even on the 1080ti and the 1080ti was constantly pinned at 100% usage). I swear I've never had such a jump in performance from a single upgrade, granted I skipped 2 generations this time, but even still. Time to go do an obligatory Cyberpunk playthrough with settings cranked I guess. To be clear I bought this card specifically for its AI performance and VRAM for locally running large language models and stable diffusion, but now I'm geeking out over the raw speed of this card so I guess some gaming is in order. Specifically regarding the ASUS TUF branding, it's a solid well built card. The metal shroud gives the card a lot of rigidity and the recessed 12vhpwr plug is nice for helping to avoid putting strain on the connector which has been a problem with other cards. This card is absolutely massive, so build accordingly. Their little support bracket to keep the card from sagging is a high quality machined aluminum part (although it barely fit above the tower basement in my Enthoo Evolv case even at its lowest setting). Thermals have been good so far, haven't seen it top 70 C yet at stock speeds. At stock the card pulls about 500W peak so make sure you have a beefy PSU. I'll be the first to say that if you're running a 1440p monitor (or lower) this card is absolutely overkill (probably my next upgrade) for gaming in basically any title, if you know you need this power for something specific, pick it up, but if not there are much better price/performance options.

This thing is a beast. And MUCH quieter than I expected. I previously had a 2080 Super which was water cooled and I could potentially argue that this 4 fan air cooled system is on par with the 2 fan water cooler solution I had in terms of sound. I will say however, this thing under load dishes out some SERIOUS heat. Ensure you have quality air flow in your case. Initially I did not, simply utilizing a tri-fan intake system and a ceiling mounted CPU radiator for expulsion. Adding a rear fan helped with airflow around the GPU but even when I had it configured in a non-ideal way the GPU remained at nominal temperatures under extreme load which says something about this fan configuration and design. Highly recommend this GPU if you have the money, and don't be fooled - it is A LOT of money, you will not be disappointed.

If you're here, you probably already know precisely what the 4090 is and does. Key takeaways for this TUF variant are that it performs as advertised, is very large and runs relatively cool. Replaced a 10GB 3080, hesitantly, to take full advantage of the 5k+ resolution of a new VR headset. The 3080 just didn't have the stomach for those resolutions. This card pushes 3300x3300 (per eye!) without breaking a sweat in the racing sims and roomscale experiences I've thrown at it. It's almost comical just how much memory and how powerful this GPU has and is. Things to be aware of: - Power requirement. You need 600W dedicated purely to this card if you want to make full use of its potential. That includes 4 SEPARATE dedicated 8-pin PCIe connectors running from your ATX 2.0 PSU's VGA/PCIe/CPU outputs to the 12VHPWR connector that comes with the card. Alternatively, newer ATX 3.0 PSUs come with the 12VHPWR standard, I believe. I went ahead and upgraded to a 1000w gold PSU. 850w minimum spec made me nervous with OC'd CPU and all other cards/USB devices considered. - It's huge. It's "check your available internal case dimensions" levels of huge. Specifically length and height (amount of PCIe slots) are the likely largest concerns, but if you have a slim case, you need to check that too. - It's heavy. Thankfully it comes with a support that works very well. Once in place, there is no concern about the load being put on the PCIe slot. - It can get noisy when hot enough for the fans to start ramping up. There is definitely a little coil whine, but I run my case fans relatively high to begin with and am not noticing it any more than I did with my TUF 3080. Those who like dead-silent systems may want to look elsewhere, but I really think the issue is overblown unless my experience is the exception. - It runs surprisingly cool, even with low fan speed. My case is not spacious, but I have not seen a rise in CPU, motherboard or RAM temps compared to having the 3080 in there. - It can easily outpace single-core performance on a majority of CPUs out there. Beware that any CPU bottlenecks will become immediately evident. I've noticed walls that didn't exist before since the GPU can now handle all display demands at 60% power when unoptimized/single-core heavy sims hit the wall with my aging 10700k at 5ghz. I feel a bit ridiculous being a proponent of an $1,800 GPU, but times have changed. 5k+ resolution HMDs now exist. Triple screen 4k performance is a real thing for others. I would not consider buying this GPU if it weren't for a very specific need of mine, but it's good to know that GPU performance will never be a concern in the foreseeable future and I can focus on eventually updating to a new socket, CPU and DDR5 when it becomes necessary.