Question Thoughts on the aorus 5090 xtreme waterforce wb? Actually saw it in stock last night.

[fcar1999ta]

I was poking around and saw this card last night. I had not seen this one before. Since I intend to put whatever card I get into a water cooling set up, this is pretty interesting. Plus, the clock rates are higher than Asus and MSI. From what I can gather, the heat transfer surfaces are all copper too.

Has anyone heard any feedback on this card?

 

[Aeacus]

Official specs: https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N5090AORUSX-WB-32GD#kf
Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/watercooling/comments/1i939wl/aorus_rtx_5090_xtreme_waterforce_wb_32g/

Unboxing video:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1E_tbl2PO0


Feedback video:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp5L2LWAaYY


You could contact the vid uploader and ask additional questions if you like.

But to me, well... since money isn't an object and if you're into open-loop cooling, this would be the best gaming GPU you could currently get.

 

[pol77]

I just installed this GPU in my system today, upgrading from an ASUS RTX4090 Strix OC, with an EK Velocity 2 Water Block.

Both cards were measured on a Black Ice Nemesis GTR 420mm Radiator (just for the GPU) with 3 Be Quiet Silent Wings Pro 4 140mm PWM fans in pull configuration and a D5 Pump.

This are some benchmarks I ran, before and after.

Speedway
Watarcooled and Overclocked Asus RTX4090 Strix OC : 10920
Gigabyte Aorus RTX5090 Waterforce WB (Stock) : 14809

Steel Nomad
Watarcooled and Overclocked Asus RTX4090 Strix OC : 9975
Gigabyte Aorus RTX5090 Waterforce WB (Stock) : 14845

Port Royal
Watarcooled and Overclocked Asus RTX4090 Strix OC : 27836
Gigabyte Aorus RTX5090 Waterforce WB (Stock) : 38473

Time Spy Extreme
Watarcooled and Overclocked Asus RTX4090 Strix OC : 18453
Gigabyte Aorus RTX5090 Waterforce WB (Stock) : 22583

Fire Strike Ultra
Watarcooled and Overclocked Asus RTX4090 Strix OC : 26189
Gigabyte Aorus RTX5090 Waterforce WB (Stock) : 33402

DirectX Raytracing Feature Test
Watarcooled and Overclocked Asus RTX4090 Strix OC : 148.22 FPS
Gigabyte Aorus RTX5090 Waterforce WB (Stock) : 150.08 FPS

Mesh Shader Feature Test
Watarcooled and Overclocked Asus RTX4090 Strix OC : OFF 343.61 FPS, ON 1057.09 FPS, DIFF 207.6%
Gigabyte Aorus RTX5090 Waterforce WB (Stock) : OFF 377.65 FPS, ON 1380.02 FPS , DIFF 265.4%

PCI Express Feature Test (I don't think this test is working correctly and I have seen reports of the same online)
Watarcooled and Overclocked Asus RTX4090 Strix OC : 26.80 GB/s
Gigabyte Aorus RTX5090 Waterforce WB (Stock) : 105.27 GB/s