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German Youtuber der8auer has put the Matrix 5090 through its paces and pretty much confirmed Asus' claims of a roughly 10% performance boost, provided you enable the 800 W power limit. Although 10% seems low, keep in mind we're talking 10% over what is already a massive performance figure.
In this age of diminishing returns on top-shelf hardware, it's still mildly impressive, cost and practicality concerns aside. Der8auer did remark that he was not a fan of the card's liquid metal application, pointing out that it would benefit from an area barrier to prevent it from potentially oozing out further than intended.
The card's cooling system is equally impressive, comprised of a massive heatsink and four fans in a 3+1 setup, in addition to the liquid metal TIM. The whole assembly reportedly weighs in at around 3.2 kg, or 7.1 lb. It's also simply gigantic, at 370 x 150 x 77 mm, or 14.58 x 5.92 x 3.04 inches. A card this large is almost guaranteed to sag in time without support, and Asus fitted it with an angle sensor for an added layer of safety. Because no one wants broken hardware, especially after you just shelled out thousands for a GPU.
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