ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX™ 5090 OC Edition 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.

Be aware that people are swapping these. Probably the best GPU gaming but I had a terrible time purchasing it. First my bank (chase amazon) blocked the transaction after a couple of days for fraud prevention so it auto charged to a card that the limit that was not even big enough for the purchase. I easily got the payment switched back to the other card. When I received the GPU box the packaging looked good and it seemed like no one had opened it. To my surprise when I open it I find out someone had swapped the astral 5090 for what looked like a TUF 4090 and put a "5090 bar code" sticker to pass it off as an astral 5090. I didn't want to do manual return because it got locked on that first card with the small limit ( not the one that was charged) so I go to support. First they straight up lie to me and say the manufacturer will contact me on how to fix the return in 48 hours. I waited... Then after no further communication I opened another support, talked to several people and finally one of them guaranteed me that despite saying it would go to the wrong credit card that was just a bug and it would in fact go to the correct credit card. This was also a lie. Once I saw the return was being processed I ordered it again but now the GPU is several hundred dollars more and now I've been credited to the wrong credit card. Frustrating that I have to pay more for the product because I was waiting on "support" who were really just lying to me to get rid of me. I did finally get the right card and its very powerful and stays cool and quiet. I use a 3080 too just for physx and its a hard fit you will probably need a riser in almost every motherboard. With 32gb of vram this card also runs some local LLM models at high speed. Attached are photos of the swapped GPU I received so be careful

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.

This card is an absolute monster in every category — performance, cooling, and aesthetics. The white Astral design is stunning in person and easily becomes the centerpiece of a high-end build, especially in a white or showcase-style case. Performance is exactly what you’d expect from a flagship-tier GPU. It handles max settings, high refresh rate gaming, heavy ray tracing, and demanding creative workloads without breaking a sweat. Paired with a high-end CPU, it feels basically limitless for current workloads. The cooling design is extremely impressive. The vapor chamber + phase-change thermal solution + 4-fan setup keeps temperatures surprisingly controlled even under sustained load. Noise levels are also very reasonable for a card this powerful. Build quality is top tier — very solid shroud, premium backplate, and overall feels like a true flagship product. Just be ready for the size. This is a massive card, and you’ll want to double check case clearance and support (anti-sag bracket recommended). Power delivery is obviously serious, so make sure you have a high-quality PSU and proper cable setup to match. If you want top-of-the-line GPU performance and a true showcase piece, this is about as good as it gets. Expensive, yes — but it absolutely delivers. Would buy again for a flagship build without hesitation.

Lo top, muy buen diseño y muy buen desempeño.

Card is just and absolute beast and runs quiet - I was able to get it undervolted and running 100-200W less power than stock for stock performance depending on whether raster or RT workload. Cooling is great never goes above 75C

ere is my brand new computer in September 2025: It works perfectly! Make sure you update the BIOS with USB flashdrive first, otherwise you might get a black screen with the 5090. This is really important. Case : Corsair 5000D Cooler : Cooler Master Atmos 360 PSU : Corsair HX1200i CPU : AMD Ryzen 9 9950x3D Memory : Corsair Vengeance DDR5 2x48 6000mhz CL30 SSD : 9100 Pro (My mistake I wasn't aware of the included heatsink in the x870e-e) go for regular 9100 instead. MotherBoard : Asus Rog Strix x870E-E VideoCard: Asus Rog Astral Gforce RTX 5090 OC

Unlike most people who purchase this graphic card for gamming I only purchase it for photo editing in Lightroom Classic. Here is my 2023 test results regarding Lightroom Classic 12.4 AI Denoise processing time with different Nvidia GPUs with a 10 years young DIY system: Test Method: Image source from DP Review A7RV 61MP RAW files. Five cycles per test with full Disk Cleanup & reboot per cycle 2023 Test System: - Intel i7-6700K 4.0GHz - Asus Z170-A w/XMP Enabled - 32GB (8GBx4) DDR4 2400MHz CL14 RAM - WD Black 1TB M2 SSD - Windows 10 Pro - Antec P190 Dual PSU 650W + 550W =1200W - 18 years young case GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5: 1-pic: 159s10-pics: 1569s Idle: 108W Average: 234W Peak: 279W RTX 3060 OC 12GB GDDR6: 1-pic: 32.08s 10-pic: Not tested Power: Not tested RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GDDRX6: 1-pic: 26.90s 10-pic: Not tested Power: Not tested RTX 3070 OC 8GB GDDR6: 1-pic 25.18s 10-pic: 221.73s Power: Idle: 117W Average: 378W Peak: 585W RTX 4060 Ti 8GB GDDR6: 1-pic: 26.97s 10-pic: 247.62s Power: Idle: 108W Average: 288W Peak: 369W RTX 4070 12GB GDDRX6: 1-pic: 20.08s 10-pic: 180.2s Not tested Power: Not tested RTX 4070 OC 12GB GDDRX6: 1-pic: 19:74s 10-pic: 175.61s Power: Idle: 117W Average 324W Peak: 414W RTX 4070 Ti OC 12GB GDDRX6: 1-pic: 17.29s 10-pic: 148.81s Idle: 117W Average: 369W Peak: 441W RTX 4080 OC 16GB GDDRX6: 1-pic: 13.88s 10-pic: 120s Idle: 126W Average: 423W Peak: 576W Here are my 2025 test results regarding Lightroom Classic 14.4 AI Denoise processing time with some hardware changes on two RTX cards : 2025 System Changes on Lightroom Classic 14.4: - Enable "Above 4G Decoding" in BIOS - Windows 11 Pro upgrade (On a Un-supported CPU system) - 64GB (16GBX4) DDR4 3200MHz CL16 RAM - 1000W ATX 3.1 PSU w/PCIe 5.1 GPU direct cable connection to RTX cards RTX 4070 Ti OC 12GB GDDRX6: 1-pic: 13:41s 10-pic: 139.88s Power: Idle: 117W Average 266W Peak: 362W RTX 5090 OC 32GB GDDRX7: 1-pic: 6.41s 10-pic: 75.47s Idle: 126W Average 621W Peak: 743W As the Denoise process speeding up with the higher end GPUs so does the refreshing speed of the 61MP image. When applying mask or brush process especially at 100% zoom-in/out while navigating around the 61MP zoom-in image. It's almost instantaneous with any RTX card with 16GB VRAM and above while other cards takes a second or even a few seconds to refresh constantly from the pixelated image. The 16GB VRAM RTX cards makes the entire editing experience much more fluid and pleasant even on a 10 years old system with a few basic upgrades (16GB VRAM is now the minimum requirement for GPU acceleration for building previews on Lightroom Classic 14.5). Even though the lower GPU consumed less power they also take much longer time to perform in complex editing so the advantage is no longer there especially when processing 50~200+ images at a time. RTX 5090 OC is incredibly smooth most of the time in loading, preview and edit but still has very little delay some times when navigating 61MP/50MP images that has Denoised and some masks applied to the image.