Information on Nvidia RTX 5090 leaks, revealing a high core count that is alarming
The GeForce RTX 5090 is already shaping up to be a massive graphics card that will require specialized supports just to prevent it from falling and dismantling your computer. The leaked specifications show that it has over 5,000 additional CUDA cores compared to the Ada Lovelace GPUs and a default TGP that honestly makes me a little scared to plug it in.
The leaked specifications, first shown by VideoCardz, suggest that the rumored Nvidia Blackwell GPUs are ready to steal hearts and wallets, and demand a lot from your local power grid. The rumored 600W power consumption will certainly require a substantial PSU in any PC hoping to run it. Compare it to the RTX 4090, which demanded 450W as a base.
What else do we expect to know?
There are still many things we don’t know about the card, such as its other core values, clock speeds, or cooling system. With those specs, it is sure to run hot. Kopite7kimi suggested that the RTX 5090 Founders Edition will have a 2-slot cooler instead of being a 4-slot GPU. This makes sense, especially if Nvidia expects customers to place the graphics card in something other than a massive tower. It also means that the card could use some form of non-standard cooling, but at this point it is too early to speculate.
Both the 5080 and 5090 will require a PCIe 5.0 slot, which debuted earlier this year. That was to be expected, but it also reminds consumers that they will need to get a new motherboard if they plan to upgrade from any PCIe 4.0-based graphics card.
Both GPUs seem to be solid improvements for high-resolution gaming performance. That being said, the 5090 nearly doubles the supposed performance of the 5080, making me wonder how costly the card will be at launch. You will also have to contend with CPU computing power that will limit the true performance improvements of any new card. In the current gaming environment, the 5090 seems more geared towards heavy enterprise workloads than gaming performance. There is no modern and demanding game like Crysis that forces everyone to upgrade. Most gamers will be fine sticking with the current generation for now.
This article has been translated from Gizmodo US by Lucas Handley. You can find the original version here.
