Palit RTX 5090 GameRock Review Leave a comment

Ever for the reason that launch of Palit’s RTX 4090 GameRock, I have been ready to see what the corporate would do subsequent, and at the moment we lastly get our reply. That is as a result of we’re reviewing the RTX 5090 GameRock, that includes a daring, eye-catching design and a fats – successfully quad-slot – cooler. Issues round pricing and availability stay simply as urgent as they did when the RTX 5090 first launched, however what can this accomplice card convey to the desk?

Timestamps

00:00 Intro
00:44 5090 pricing/availability – no pre-orders in any respect
01:21 GameRock design impressions
03:10 PCB and heatsink evaluation
04:25 Check setup
04:52 Thermals and noise
06:05 Recreation benchmarks
06:51 Energy – 12VHPWR is a big concern
10:07 Overclocking
10:50 Closing ideas

I bear in mind the primary time I opened the field of the last-gen Palit RTX 4090 GameRock and could not fairly imagine my eyes. The shroud was nearly totally lined in a crystal-like plastic, and as soon as the system turned on, the RGB lighting was like nothing I might ever seen earlier than.

Following up one thing like that may typically be tough, however Palit has gone for what it describes as a ‘chameleon’ aesthetic with the RTX 5090 GameRock. It is nonetheless extremely eye-catching, however we take a more in-depth take a look at the design on the following web page.

It is also value mentioning that I used to be despatched the common GameRock, slightly than the GameRock OC, so my pattern ships with no manufacturing unit overclock – i.e. at reference spec.

First, a fast spec recap. The RTX 5090 is constructed on the brand new GB202 die, measuring 750mm², although it is not fairly a full implementation of the silicon. As an alternative we discover a complete of 11 Graphics Processing Clusters (GPCs), every holding as much as eight Texture Processing Clusters (TPCs), for a complete of 85. Every TPC is residence to 2 Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs), giving us 170, and every SM nonetheless holds 128 CUDA Cores, that means the RTX 5090 has an eye-watering complete of 21760 shaders. We additionally discover 170 RT cores, 680 Tensor cores, 680 Texture Items, and 176 ROPs.

This time round, nonetheless, there is not any node-shrink, and GB202 stays fabricated on TSMC’s N4 node, as per the RTX 40-series. As such, rated clock pace shouldn’t be elevated this era and is definitely touted barely beneath that of the RTX 4090, with the RTX 5090 delivering a rated 2407MHz enhance clock, in comparison with its predecessor’s 2520MHz enhance.

The reminiscence configuration has seen vital upgrades, although. The RTX 5090 now comes geared up with a super-wide 512-bit reminiscence interface, paired with 32GB GDDR7 reminiscence working at 28Gbps, and that places complete reminiscence bandwidth at a staggering 1792 GB/s. L2 cache can be elevated to 98MB, up from the 74MB of the RTX 4090.

Contemplating the massive will increase to die dimension and core rely, however with no node shrink, it is maybe unsurprising to see energy draw has elevated, this time boasting a 575W TGP. That is one thing we give attention to intently on this assessment, utilizing our enhanced GPU power testing methodology, so learn on for our most detailed energy and effectivity testing but.

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