ASUS ROG RTX 5090 ROG Astral Dhahab OC Edition Blessed with Jensen Huang Signature, Card Will be Auctioned Off for Charity

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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."



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[csendesmark]

I know Gold is nice, but why not Silver if we need to pick a precious metal?
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

 

[SoM6]

Jensen doesn't sit there and sign each card, it's AUTOPEN

 

[TumbleGeorge]

I know Gold is nice, but why not Silver if we need to pick a precious metal?
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

Diamond: about 2,200 W/(m·K)

 

[csendesmark]

Diamond: about 2,200 W/(m·K)

Cool,
Will see you how do you form fins or anything with a large surface area tho

 

[lepudruk]

What are those 2 headers for? 4 pins each, they don't look like AURA/RGB stuff.

 

[CrimsonMitsuko]

What are those 2 headers for? 4 pins each, they don't look like AURA/RGB stuff.

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They're additional fan headers. You can sync fans to the GPU to help with cooling it - all Astral series ASUS cards have them, and I think some other manufacturers have similar.

 

[Hereticbar]

This will go well with the golden toilet bowl that I don't have!

What are those 2 headers for? 4 pins each, they don't look like AURA/RGB stuff.

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Those are fan headers, my old Asus Strix card had them, so you can synchronize the case fans with the GPU fans.

 

[Why_Me]

This thread has a lot of potential.

 

[Visible Noise]

Jensen doesn't sit there and sign each card, it's AUTOPEN

There’a only one.

 

[Daven]

Oh god, I'm not even going to touch this one.

 

[Mistral]

We are looking at a damn cult, aren't we?..

 

[Pumper]

 

[Soul_]

Noisiest card gets signature from the squeakiest leather jacket.

 

[Onasi]

Anointed? We are anointing graphics cards now? Sprinkled some holy water on it too, maybe? I am being unnecessarily snarky, perhaps, but this IS quite funny. Still, certainly there are buyers for such a thing.

 

[Denver]

Anointed? We are anointing graphics cards now? Sprinkled some holy water on it too, maybe? I am being unnecessarily snarky, perhaps, but this IS quite funny. Still, certainly there are buyers for such a thing.

Yeah, I’m not sure if this will prevent it from catching fire with hellish flames.

Is this really gold plated?

 

[Random_User]

A charity for the farm with poor little crocodiles, that will end up in the next shiny RTX AI leather jacket.

I know Gold is nice, but why not Silver if we need to pick a precious metal?
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

Because this is despite the reasoning. Also, the gold is shiny, and it doesn't oxidize like the silver, which gonna become black in quite short period of time. And considering the heat, that hits the shroud.

Jensen doesn't sit there and sign each card, it's AUTOPEN

1- there's pretty much nothing to sign on.
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.

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Pretty much in line with...

Spoiler

The big boys with a lot of cash, are still boys.

Yeah, I’m not sure if this will prevent it from catching fire with hellish flames.

Is this really gold plated?

This also doesn't prevent melting, but it's still has a lot of gold wasted for.

Spoiler

Just an example! Nothing against this particular brand!

 

[Gmr_Chick]

Good to see the money will be going to relief efforts for the LA wildfires. Though I no longer live in my beloved state (was born and raised there), seeing all that utter devastation absolutely broke my heart. Like Asheville after Helene, I donated a small chunk of change to the Red Cross.

I'm hoping this thing goes for a lot of money.

 

[Wirko]

I know Gold is nice, but why not Silver if we need to pick a precious metal?
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

Unobtanium is yet cheaper, at least at MSRP.

 

[Aleksandar_038]

Jensen edition card should be created, covered with crocodile leather over cooler.

That would be, maybe, more crazy than this...

 

[csendesmark]

Because this is despite the reasoning. Also, the gold is shiny, and it doesn't oxidize like the silver, which gonna become black in quite short period of time. And considering the heat, that hits the shroud.

I can settle for a Gold plated Silver cooler

 

[ixi]

Can't wait to see who from TPU will buy and show its ego

 

[Broken Processor]

This will go well with the golden toilet bowl that I don't have!



Those are fan headers, my old Asus Strix card had them, so you can synchronize the case fans with the GPU fans.

I really like this feature especially if you have intake fans directly below the card.

 

[Caring1]

Jensen doesn't sit there and sign each card, it's AUTOPEN

Did you read the article?

 

[Hereticbar]

I really like this feature especially if you have intake fans directly below the card.

That's true, but this function can also be easily replaced by using software. Just set the bottom intake fans to follow the graphics card fan curve or set a custom fan curve base on the GPU core temperature.