GeForce RTX 5090: How disappointed are you with Nvidia’s 575-watt crowbar? 200 comments
After about 27 months of waiting since the last generation and weeks full of rumors and speculation, the moment finally came on Thursday: the test of the new high-end GeForce RTX 5090 model was published. After Nvidia’s Founders Edition, Asus’ brutal ROG Astral followed on Friday. And the results? It’s sobering – isn’t it?
Table of Contents How disappointed are you with Nvidia’s 575-watt powerhouse? The RTX 5090 is taking big steps Your impression of Nvidia’s Blackwell game launch What’s the mood for the GeForce RTX 5090? (Which graphics card) are you upgrading to RTX 5090? Outlook and forecasts Participation is expressly welcomeThe last ten Sunday questions in the overview of motivation and data use
The RTX 5090 follows in big footsteps
The fastest new gaming graphics card is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 – one could have speculated in advance, but this knowledge is now available in black and white. But how much faster is Blackwell’s flagship than the GeForce RTX 4090 in the extensive gaming test circuit and how good is Nvidia’s innovative dual-slot Founders Edition? Alongside the very comprehensive and detailed test report, Jan and Fabian provide answers to these and other questions about the GeForce RTX 5090 in the podcast.
CB radio can not only be streamed via the built-in Podigee player, but also easily subscribed and listened to in the podcast apps of your choice. The Techconseil podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and also on Deezer. CB radio can also be integrated into podcast players via RSS. The corresponding URL is: https://TechAstuce.podigee.io/feed/opus.
When evaluating the performance and comparing the new high-end graphics card, it is always important to know the difference; it is rare that a clear and absolutely valid picture emerges. This makes it necessary for discussions and discussions on comparing generations, performance in scenarios with aggressive oversampling or maximum ray tracing load, power consumption under idle and load, efficiency with and no FPS limit, and the elephant in the room: the biggest price.
Nvidia DLSS 4: Multi-frame generation and a new neural networkNvidia Reflex 2 in detail: Here’s how frame warping reduces latency in all scenariosGeForce RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 (Ti): Custom designs at a glanceNvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080: video presentations of the FE cooler and 3D vapor chamber in detail
In the recording of the podcast early Thursday morning, Jan and Fabian already anticipated what began to unfold on the Techoutil forum a few minutes after the end of the testing embargo: in the context of a strong and given the immense costs, the GeForce RTX 5090 is disappointing despite expectations already lowered following Nvidia’s presentation at CES. Not even 10 percent of participants in a survey at the end of the test report said that Nvidia’s new high-end model met or even exceeded their expectations. Disillusionment prevails.
Nonetheless, the new high-end GPU is the talking point of the week. Today’s Sunday question aims to take this into account – and to fuel the debate within the Techconseil community with opinion statistics.
Your impression of Nvidia’s Blackwell game launch
On Thursday, Nvidia’s Founders Edition of the GeForce RTX 5090 had to hold up during the test on Techconseil. How do you rate the entire GPU and cooler? In this context, school grades can be striking and not very differentiated, but they provide a quick overview.
A day later, the embargo on testing custom designs was also lifted. At the deadline, Techconseil considered the brutal Asus GeForce RTX 5090 ROG Astral to be the first representative of this category. What is your verdict on the overclocked GPU and the cooling concept with four axial fans?
What’s the mood for the GeForce RTX 5090?
When it comes to FPS, the bars of the new top-end GeForce model often only slightly exceed the performance of the RTX 4090, but in at least one diagram the RTX 5090 deserves the undisputed first place and with a remarkable lead: in terms of power. consumption. The Founders Edition already consumes up to 578 watts on average in games at full load, the ROG Astral even uses 632 watts. Do you think it’s okay?
During testing, Techconseil found that such excessive power consumption not only poses a challenge for the power supply (it should be at least 1,000 watts), but also, increasingly, for the concept cooling of the case. In particular, the Founders Edition with dual-flow cooler properly heats the CPU air coolers if the immense waste heat isn’t removed from the chassis quickly enough. Do you think your gaming system would be prepared for a 600 watt graphics card?
(Which graphics card) are you upgrading to RTX 5090?
In the test comments, many community members expressed their renewed disinterest in the new top model. So what do the statistics look like? Who is considering buying a GeForce RTX 5090?
And if you want to buy one, which graphics card do you currently have in your gaming computer?
Outlook and forecasts
This marks the beginning of the Blackwell gaming generation. Nvidia showed off four RTX 50 graphics cards at CES and testing of the GeForce RTX 5080 will continue next week. The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 are expected in February – and there are already rumors about the RTX 5060 (Ti). How do you think the small RTX 50 graphics cards will perform?
The prospects for new Nvidia graphics cards invite speculation. Which of the following predictions for the upcoming RTX 50 GPUs can you agree with?
Participation is expressly desired
As always, the editorial team is happy to receive well-founded and detailed reasons for your decisions in the comments to the current Sunday question. If you personally have completely different opinions that are not covered by the answer options offered in the article surveys, you can also report them on the forum. Ideas and suggestions for adding content to current or future surveys are also welcome.
Readers who have not yet responded to the previous Sunday’s questions are encouraged to do so, as surveys always take place over a 30-day period. The only condition to participate is a free Techconseil account. There are often still exciting discussions going on on the forum, especially regarding questions from last Sunday.
The last ten Sunday questions at a glance
Handheld Game Consoles: Do you have handheld consoles and are you looking forward to the Switch 2? GeForce RTX 50 & RDNA 4: What are your first impressions of the new graphics? Christmas Questions: Did you upgrade in 2024 and was there any tech for the party? PC: Curse or Blessing? Gaming PC: What manufacturer does the graphics card, SSD, and case come from? Mobile communications: How much do you charge and what provider are you from? Audio on the desktop PC: Use Do you have headphones, speakers, headset or microphone? Idle consumption: what does “idle” actually mean to you and is it relevant? 20 years of Half-Life 2: the shooter is it really is so good and do you still believe part 3? RAM: How much RAM do you have, how fast is it, and does it have RGB?
Motivation and use of data
The data collected within the framework of Sunday Questions is intended solely to make the mood within the community as well as the hardware and software preferences of readers and their development more visible. There is no financial or advertising context and no evaluation for market research purposes or transmission of data to third parties.
Topics: GeForce Community GeForce RTX 50 GeForce RTX 5090 Graphics Cards Nvidia Nvidia Blackwell Sonnet
An engineer by training, Alexandre shares his knowledge on GPU performance for gaming and creation.
