Review Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition review: Blackwell commences its reign with a few stumbles

[Admin]

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition begins its reign as the fastest GPU for this generation, but there are a few mishaps along the way. We're also still working on additional testing so this is currently a work in progress.

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[Crazyy8]

Quick look, raster performance seems a bit underwhelming. Weird that the RTX 5090 can be slower than the 4090(in niche cases). Wasn't going to buy the 5090 anyway, too expensive for a plebe like me. Looking forward to DLSS 4 and how amazing(or not)it'll be.

 

[Gururu]

Amazing but expected as far as I am concerned. I don't think there is a lot of need to compare against anything including AMDs new cards. It was brilliant to pair with the 13900 with crazy interesting results. Will read a few more times to glean more details. 👍

 

[valthuer]

We also tested the RTX 5090 on our old 13900K test bed, with some at times interesting results. Some games still seem to run faster on Raptor Lake, though overall the 9800X3D delivers higher performance. The margins are of course quite small at 4K ultra.

For me, as a 13900K owner, that's a consolation 😎

 

[Gaidax]

Okay, that IS a sick cooler that actually manages to do the job.

I bet aftermarket 4 slot monstrocities will do better, but for 2 slots 600w that's insane.

 

[m3city]

Products like this should receive 3stars max. Great performance but at what cost? Is it the right direction that power draw increases at each iteration? Is it worth to chase max perf each time? For me it would be perfect if 5000 series stayed at same TDP as previous ones - meaning better design, better gpu - with understandably lower increase of perf compared to 4000. And then, 6000 series to have even reversed direction: higher perf with drop of TDP.

And secondary, how come 500W gpu can be air cooled, but nerds on forums will claim you absolutely NEED water cooling for 125W ryzen, cause "highend"?. Yeah, i know 125W means more actual draw.

 

[redgarl]

Okay Jarred... you are shilling at this point.

4.5 / 5 for a 2000$ GPU that barely get 27% more performances?

While consuming 100W more than a 4090?

And offering the same cost per frame value as a 4090 from 2 years ago?

Flagship or not, this is horrible.

Not to mention the worst uplift from an Nvidia GPU ever achieved... 27%...

 

[redgarl]

Did you bench into an open bench or a PC case? I am asking because there is some major concerns of overheating because the CPU coolers is choked by the 575W of heat dissipation inside a closed PC Case. If you have an HSF for your CPU, then you are screwed.

 

[oofdragon]

20% better at 4K and 15% better at 2K, all that having 30% more cores and etc............... got it. Oh boy the 5080 and 5070 are sure going to disappoint a lot of people.

The good news is the RX 9070 will bring 4070 Ti Super performance to the table around $500 including the VRAM, ray tracing and dlss image quality. AMD will prolly counter the multi frame gen nonsense with something like the LSFG 3.0 is doing and smart buyers will finally have a good GPU to replace their 3080 or 6700 XT.

 

[vanadiel007]

They should have given it code name sasquatch, because that's the chance you will be seeing these sell for $2,000 in the coming months.
More like $3,000 and a lot of luck needed to find one in stock.

I pass on it.

 

[YSCCC]

a real space heater inside the case, and extremely expensive with not great raw performance increase... sounds like built for those with more money than brain or logic..

 

[CelicaGT]

Well, I feel these results are as many expected.

 

[LolaGT]

I'd have to agree with some, it is obvious if tech journalists and the tech tubers(not all of them, of course) don't tote the line and give an inflated rating they get no more product to play with, so they can be out of touch with the masses and wonder why everyone isn't on a 4090 or the new 5090.

 

[Crazyy8]

I wonder what'l happen if I put an RTX 5090 in a system with my i7-940...

 

[Cooe]

How much did Nvidia pay you for this ridiculous review Jarred? When price/performance BARELY CHANGES from gen-gen after two entire years while power consumption SKYROCKETS, it's not a 4.5/5★ product!!! 🤦😑 It's arguably not even a 3.5/5★ product! The only truly good and innovative thing about this product is the cooler design.

 

[Peksha]

"The RTX 5090 is the sort of GPU that every gamer would love to have"
Hah, not 1440/1080 gamer, and also not non-x3d gamer at any resolution, and not fsr/dlss/xess gamer, and not RTX40 series gamer, and not all other gamer?)

"new architecture, which requires different driver tuning to extract maximum performance. Blackwell isn't just Ada Lovelace with FP4 support, in other words, and the drivers at times feel a bit raw."
Okay, we need deep dive in arch.

4.5 stars really? For 50% chance of regression at any resolution, and if you don't have 9800x3d, and for over $2000?
This is definitely not a gaming GPU. And even for AI with a limited memory pool

 

[atomicWAR]

This was sad. Plain and simple. The 5090 is beyond disappointing.

 

[hannibal]

How much did Nvidia pay you for this ridiculous review Jarred? When price/performance BARELY CHANGES from gen-gen after two entire years while power consumption SKYROCKETS, it's not a 4.5/5★ product!!! 🤦😑 It's arguably not even a 3.5/5★ product! The only truly good and innovative thing about this product is the cooler design.

Well… it is faster. I am quite sure that price is not considered in these stars. And people who buy these… don`t care small things like where they put $2000+
They just want something because it is faster than anything else.

 

[steven4570]

How much did Nvidia pay you for this ridiculous review Jarred? When price/performance BARELY CHANGES from gen-gen after two entire years while power consumption SKYROCKETS, it's not a 4.5/5★ product!!! 🤦😑 It's arguably not even a 3.5/5★ product! The only truly good and innovative thing about this product is the cooler design.

So the fastest GPU in the world deserves a 2.5 star? lol ok.

 

[TCA_ChinChin]

Well… it is faster. I am quite sure that price is not considered in these stars. And people who buy these… don`t care small things like where they put $2000+
They just want something because it is faster than anything else.

Even if this was the exact same price as previous gen, if you look at pure technology:
30% increase in cores
30% increase in power
<30% increase in performance?
Where is the innovation or tech improvement?

Wouldn't really be mad if this was a mid-cycle refresh and this was a 4090ti product. If Nvidia released this product with the 4090ti name, nobody would bat an eye. However, its gonna be another 2-3 years before the next generation again.

I guess nobody should've been expecting much since node improvements have been getting less and less noticeable over the years and Nvidia didn't even bother with 3nm from TSMC this time.

 

[CelicaGT]

So the fastest GPU in the world deserves a 2.5 star? lol ok.

I would say 3.5 truthfully. The performance uplift relative to the price increase, does not compute. The price relative to the overall performance does not compute. Otherwise it's fine. The cooler is pretty sweet, and it is the fastest, if for some reason that matters to you.

(Edit: Spelling is hard)

 

[acadia11]

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition begins its reign as the fastest GPU for this generation, but there are a few mishaps along the way. We're also still working on additional testing so this is currently a work in progress.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition review: Blackwell commences its reign with a few stumbles : Read more

Unfortunate AMD abandoned the veblen GPU market ... i

 

[YSCCC]

Somehow deep in my heart I have a wish that this gen their limited stock won't be sold out for too long, poor value sells less, so Jenson can have a less shiny jacket

 

[redgarl]

So the fastest GPU in the world deserves a 2.5 star? lol ok.

At what cost pal? If you take value in the consideration, this is like the worst product release by Nvidia in the last 4 years.

 

[redgarl]

Unfortunate AMD abandoned the veblen GPU market ... i

I can live with the fact of not having them to chase the 2000$ gaming GPU market...