Thursday, March 20th 2025
ASUS ROG RTX 5090 ROG Astral Dhahab OC Edition Blessed with Jensen Huang Signature, Card Will be Auctioned Off for Charity
The "standard" ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 OC Edition is already a really an "astronomically expensive" prospect (if you can find available stock); launch MSRP was $2800, but retailers pushed that figure beyond the $3000 mark. An even fancier golden variant exists—as a reminder; news outlets picked up on the existence of a "Dhahab" model early last month. This luxuriously decorated collector piece was likely introduced as a regional exclusive, for MENA (Middle-East and North Africa). This week, ASUS managed to sneak one gold encrusted sample out to San Francisco, California.
Ernest Cheng—Director of Marketing at the firm's North American branch—shared a photo (via LinkedIn) of the very unique ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab OC Edition model; freshly scribbled on by Jensen Huang during GTC 2025. The ASUS exec commented on this blessing: "graphics card is one of a kind when it's been anointed. But it says a lot more when it's a Golden ROG RTX 5090 Astral." Press outlets reckon that this extremely special item will be auctioned off for charity; the presence of Team Green CEO's autograph and slogan ("RTX ON!") will boost its value severalfold. A Jensen Huang-signed ROG MATRIX RTX 4090 PLATINUM card attracted a top bid of $16,000; Der8auer (aka Roman Hartung) was officially congratulated as the winner back in late 2023.
Update 18:02 UTC: ASUS has confirmed that it will be supporting a local charity: "we are extremely honored to have this special edition ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab OC graphics card, signed by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. This card will be officially auctioned to support relief efforts for the California wildfires in Los Angeles."
Sources:
Ernest Cheng (ASUS) on LinkedIn, Tom's Hardware, ASUS on LinkedIn
Ernest Cheng—Director of Marketing at the firm's North American branch—shared a photo (via LinkedIn) of the very unique ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab OC Edition model; freshly scribbled on by Jensen Huang during GTC 2025. The ASUS exec commented on this blessing: "graphics card is one of a kind when it's been anointed. But it says a lot more when it's a Golden ROG RTX 5090 Astral." Press outlets reckon that this extremely special item will be auctioned off for charity; the presence of Team Green CEO's autograph and slogan ("RTX ON!") will boost its value severalfold. A Jensen Huang-signed ROG MATRIX RTX 4090 PLATINUM card attracted a top bid of $16,000; Der8auer (aka Roman Hartung) was officially congratulated as the winner back in late 2023.
Update 18:02 UTC: ASUS has confirmed that it will be supporting a local charity: "we are extremely honored to have this special edition ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab OC graphics card, signed by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. This card will be officially auctioned to support relief efforts for the California wildfires in Los Angeles."
24 Comments on ASUS ROG RTX 5090 ROG Astral Dhahab OC Edition Blessed with Jensen Huang Signature, Card Will be Auctioned Off for Charity
Silver is the BEST heat conductor element.
- Silver (Ag): 429 W/m·K
- Copper (Cu): 401 W/m·K
- Gold (Au): 317 W/m·K
- Aluminum (Al): 237 W/m·K
That ammount of Silver only cost an other $800~1000 anyway :roll:Will see you how do you form fins or anything with a large surface area tho :toast:
Is this really gold plated?
2- He can set the AI controlled CNC/3D printer with an pen attached.... But this assumes, that nVidia gotta have get the enough amount of cards in the neares future.Pretty much in line with...
I'm hoping this thing goes for a lot of money.
That would be, maybe, more crazy than this...