Saturday, January 25th 2025
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090D Overclocked to a Staggering 3.4 GHz and 34 Gbps Memory
Yes, the title is correct. One of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090D "China" edition GPUs, not the regular RTX 5090, managed to run at 3.4 GHz under liquid nitrogen. With a staggering 575 W default TDP, Tony Yu, ASUS China's general manager, has performed physical modifications that allow the card to run up to 1000 W TDP. The RTX 5090D is a China-exclusive variant with virtually no difference from the regular RTX 5090, just limited general AI capability due to US export regulations. ASUS China used its top-end Astral OC variant for this stunt, which, as we proved in our review of the regular ASUS RTX 5090 Astral OC, has some pretty good chip binning, allowing the card to reach the highest overclock. We pushed the regular RTX 5090 Astral OC GPU on air to 3086 MHz, a +277 MHz over the stock boost setting. However, the RTX 5090D equivalent under LN2 manages to reach 3,390 MHz at peak loads, which is a +581 MHz difference.
For memory, the overclock is equally impressive with 34 Gbps. Regarding performance, the LN2-overclocked RTX 5090D surpassed stock performance by approximately 16%. During benchmark tests, the GPU outperformed multiple previous-generation graphics cards, including a dual RTX 3090 Ti configuration in Port Royal and a quad GTX 1080 Ti setup in Fire Strike. Power consumption figures indicate that 1,760 W was used in total for a rig with ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090D, which is paired with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D on the ASUS ROG X870E Hero motherboard. This roughly yields a 1,000 W power consumption by the card, which has seen its PCB get physical modifications to output such high power.
Source:
via VideoCardz
For memory, the overclock is equally impressive with 34 Gbps. Regarding performance, the LN2-overclocked RTX 5090D surpassed stock performance by approximately 16%. During benchmark tests, the GPU outperformed multiple previous-generation graphics cards, including a dual RTX 3090 Ti configuration in Port Royal and a quad GTX 1080 Ti setup in Fire Strike. Power consumption figures indicate that 1,760 W was used in total for a rig with ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090D, which is paired with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D on the ASUS ROG X870E Hero motherboard. This roughly yields a 1,000 W power consumption by the card, which has seen its PCB get physical modifications to output such high power.
35 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090D Overclocked to a Staggering 3.4 GHz and 34 Gbps Memory
seriously… 34Gbps? , why not install the 36gbps stock versions of RAM. If they can swap ssd chips in a iPhone for larger memory, certainly can change the RAM…
or more importantly can I get a 5090d at a discount? Is that not what the “d” stands for?
But that confirms that ASUS has no control over that limiter, even when they are able to adjust the VBIOS power limit beyond 600 W and are still able to sign the BIOS
Here ya go:
Typical gaming clocks are 2857 MHz for the ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 Astral OC W1zz reviewed.
Since that time, at least on NV, you just get "down to" values for bases that card can throttle to and be marked as "fine" :
1) "Base" frequency : Card must work reliably at this frequency regardless of cooling or limits used under 3D load (if it's not - RMA).
2) "Boost" frequency : "Healthy" card will increase it's core clock to this frequency at the minimum [manufacturer guaranteed] during 3D load - everything beyond that doesn't have to work (but cards will boost to moon since... they can - only voltage limit/power limit/temp limit are the real show stoppers). If card doesn't boost to "boost" frequency provided, RMA card (or try to fix it if it's after warranty).
I mean, it's a good effort, but it's not very remarkable, certainly not staggering.
With a staggering 575 W default TDP…”
stagger
verb
1. walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.
:p