The first unboxing of ASUS’ flagship GPU shows an unusually shaped box
Some buyers are already unboxing the ROG Matrix Platinum GeForce RTX 5090, even though ASUS had not yet held a formal launch and recent reports pointed to a late November release window. Early photos show the 30th Anniversary card arriving in a huge D-shaped presentation box inside a standard outer carton, matching the packaging ASUS used in its own product shots.
The card itself is the same flagship Blackwell model ASUS started taking pre orders for last week. It is listed at 3,999 USD and limited to 1,000 units worldwide, roughly twice the price of the RTX 5090 Founders Edition. Retailers in Europe had previously shown availability dates around November 27, so at least some units now landing on desks suggest that shipping has begun in selected regions or for early customers.
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ROG Matrix RTX 5090 is built around the full 32GB GDDR7 configuration with a 512 bit bus and 21,760 CUDA cores, factory overclocked up to a 2,760 MHz boost clock. The board combines a standard 12V-2×6 connector with ASUS BTF GC-HPWR support and can pull up to 800 W when both inputs are used, which ASUS claims gives about 10% more overclocking headroom than standard designs. A three ounce copper PCB underpins the power delivery.
And here lies the problem: ASUS has not yet shipped its next-gen BTF motherboards, which kind of makes this card a bit useless, unless those users choose last-gen 700-series motherboards with said connector. I mean, would you if you just bought $4K GPU?
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Cooling is handled by a quad fan layout, a full copper vapor chamber with heatpipes and hybrid copper aluminium fins, plus liquid metal on the GPU die. ASUS also brings back features from older Matrix cards, such as Memory Defroster for LN2 overclocking and Level Sense sag detection that warns users if the card starts to tilt in the slot. And that feature will be very useful, given that the card weighs 3.2kg alone, which sounds crazy.
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At four thousand dollars and with only a thousand cards planned, ROG Matrix RTX 5090 is aimed at collectors and extreme overclockers rather than regular Blackwell upgraders. For everyone else, the most realistic way to see one in person might be an unboxing video and a photo of that desk eating D-shaped box.
Source: HardwareLuxx , Overclock
