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NVIDIA RTX 50 SERIES - (PRE)ORDER DISCUSSION **NO COMPETITOR HINTING**
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Done some quick preliminary undervolt testing on the FE card to get it to run less power hungry, cooler & similar(ish) performance to stock.
Unigine Valley at 4k (used for speed)
- Stock - FPS: 176 | Watts: 553 | Temp: 73c
- 0.865v - FPS: 164 | Watts: 383 | Temp: 65c
- 0.870v - FPS: 169 | Watts: 407 | Temp: 66c
- 0.885v - FPS: 173 | Watts: 440 | Temp: 68c
Not had time to dial it in any further to check for stability, but over stock the undervolts yield;
So for approx 5% less FPS I can save about 25% in power draw for lower temps. I'd call that a win.
- 1.70-6.72% less FPS
- 20.43-30.74% less Watts
- 6.85-10.96% less Temp
I used 0.89v and +1000 from this guide and find I get better results then I did when stock
5090FE Undervolt guide - better than stock at 450w
**12/05/2025 UPDATE - I filmed a 40 minutes Youtube video, going as in depth as I could... Here you go:**...
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They're already there from a lack of ROI perspective, for the most part. Quite a few cards going for £1150 now that must have cost the low-life scalper £1000 at least. Include shipping, effort/time to source and ship, and very high risk of return by buyer on these and that's a paltry return.
Scalpers still have the 5090s are still up there in price e.g. >£2700 for a Palit GR, but even these are starting to come down.
That said, even if they were going for retail prices, no way in holy heckfire would I buy a card now from auction sites on principle and risk (of scam, lack of warranty etc.)
Yeah I followed that mostly too. Just finding the sweet spot (personal preference) is always fun.I used 0.89v and +1000 from this guide and find I get better results then I did when stock
5090FE Undervolt guide - better than stock at 450w
**12/05/2025 UPDATE - I filmed a 40 minutes Youtube video, going as in depth as I could... Here you go:**...
Memory temps:
Stock: 88c
U/V 1: 82c
U/V 2: 82c
U/V 3: 88c
Only did one run of each so there might be slight variation, but there does seem to be a slight correlation in Mem Temp with less voltage overall.
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Thanks! Very helpful. I'm more concerned about memory temps that GPU temps when it comes to the 5090 FE. This is somewhat reassuring.
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Yeah a couple of hundred by the looks of it. Still doesn't feel good value but nice to see progress.
The seller must be living on a different planet to us.Hopefully they do
The only other Id take oher than Suprim is AM, Astral is noisy and I'm not dealing with that 4th fan for 3 grand. Pre order suprim was 2750 and If we'd buy now we'd get a Zotac or a Tuf for that lol. I'll wait and wait personally
Astral isn't noisy with the newest q mode bios update for the card.
Ive heard from multiple owners that the noise is still there just not as prominent, not for me
Is it right that the Suprim Air is better than the Astral?
The reviews came out with Suprim AIR being cooler and quieter, but power wise maybe a 1% or 2% under perf. Not seen OCing performances. For me that 1-2% I much, much prefer quieter and cooler and it also helps I love the design
My 4090 is a suprim its a nice looking card.
I may have just been at the right place at the right time. I logged onto my PC this morning and checked the notification site, and it had what I thought was a stale notification from earlier/yesterday that I was going to dismiss. I read the notification and saw that it was for a MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G SHADOW 3X OC at MSRP of £979. I hadn't heard of that model, so I clicked the link and it said in stock. I purchased it, had confirmation and now it says dispatched, arriving tomorrow! I'll just have to check the ROPs when it arrives.