GALAX GeForce RTX 5090D HOF OC LAB Edition PCB Revealed, Features 38-Power Phase Design

[T0@st]

A formerly dormant member of China's Chiphell discussion board has resurfaced with a major GALAX leak; they claimed ownership of a pre-release GeForce RTX 5090D HOF OC LAB edition graphics card. The Hong Kong-based AIB did not update its "Hall of Fame" series with flagship NVIDIA "Blackwell" GPU silicon in time for last month's launch. Their highest-end offering arrived in the form of a GeForce RTX 5080 HOF OC LAB Plus-X SKU; reportedly an over-specced juggernaut. According to the latest reports, GALAX's top GeForce RTX 5090D candidate is in the pipeline—early details indicate an impressive feature set. The manufacturer is well known for its selective methodology; GPU industry watchdogs believe that the incoming flagship utilizes only the very best pre-binned GB202 GPU dies and GDDR7 memory modules.

Despite a fitting of elite-tier parts, the lucky owner reported issues with their allegedly sanction box-ticking card: "this time the overclocking was more troublesome. The bracket and backplate of the graphics card gun had to be remade. Finally, it was done. I won't say more. I'm going to fill it with liquid nitrogen." VideoCardz believes that GALAX has sent preview samples to local overclocking specialists, minus finalized air-cooled solution attachments. As disclosed by the Chiphell member
(laoshu1919), early evaluators appear to be experimenting with liquid cooling. A photo of GALAX's GeForce RTX 5090D HOF OC LAB PCB design was shared on the forum; showing a grand total of 38 high-quality power phases. The GPU die is surrounded by 26 of these units, while 10 are positioned closer to the card's VRAM. Another 2 are located nearby to a single 16-pin power connector, with enough extra room to accommodate two more. Judging from laoshu1919's photo, this prototype seems capable of hosting another 16-pin power connector. The sample's I/O bracket likely sports GALAX's signature "1-Click OC" button.



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[Bobaganoosh]

It would make no sense for them to put that out without the second connector populated unless they're "not allowed" and they just expect users that need it to solder on their own lol.

 

[dont whant to set it"']

I'm confused now.
So 5090D is not the best one there is of all the variants? Because it sure seems to me like so:
- same core count , etc as the non "D";
- legal limit on the max clocks, segways into next subpoints:
a) I'd totally try and get one card that has been designed, engineered and built to run in the sweetspot flop-power;
b) most likely way cheaper from the "bill of materials" standpoint;
c)so thought of said card be doing with the adequate, tried and true,6+2 PCI-E power connector, X2 .

I think the Chinese won this time, assuming they can get the ASICS in the first place.

 

[Prime2515102]

I hope that monstrosity has potted chokes...