NVIDIA RTX 50 SERIES - Technical/General Discussion

RSR · 2025-03-09T14:28:01+0000

Here are some scores with a stock Astral 5090 and stock 285K with XMP

TS

I scored 42 585 in Time Spy

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

TSE

I scored 23 569 in Time Spy Extreme

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

WL

I scored 194 947 in Wild Life

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

WLE

I scored 109 054 in Wild Life Extreme

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

FS

I scored 48 276 in Fire Strike

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

FSE

I scored 42 946 in Fire Strike Extreme

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

PR

I scored 35 426 in Port Royal

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

SW

I scored 14 866 in Speed Way

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

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SN

I scored 14 527 in Steel Nomad

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

Unreal22 · 2025-03-09T15:31:42+0000

score in going up with some playing with clocks

I scored 13 718 in Time Spy Extreme

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 x 1, 32768 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

Subliminal Aura · 2025-03-09T15:33:55+0000

Unreal22 said:
score in going up with some playing with clocks

Don't forget lads that the clocks go forward at the end of the month

Absolutely Clueless · 2025-03-09T19:30:52+0000

Subliminal Aura said:
WOW WOW wow.....

BIOS UPGRADE, DDU, Downgrade drivers..... Still nothing.

OMG It's the ******* 12V connector

As the 12VHPWR that is supposedly supported by my PSU isn't really a 12V-2x6 .... The connector needs to be aligned PERFECTLY

I've only just managed to complete time spy and Extreme because of this

Another warning to always use the ugly adapter that is supplied with the GPU and not your own

Out of interest, which PSU have you got?

Subliminal Aura · 2025-03-09T19:33:08+0000

Absolutely Clueless said:
Out of interest, which PSU have you got?

Corsair SF 750 Platinum the old type 4 version not the newer one

Absolutely Clueless · 2025-03-09T19:56:26+0000

Does anyone know if there have been any 5090 FE restocks in the last week or so? If I recall there has only been on restock since the 30th January launch.... But perhaps I have missed any subsequent restocks. Thanks

Rogueywon · 2025-03-09T20:18:23+0000

Absolutely Clueless said:
Does anyone know if there have been any 5090 FE restocks in the last week or so? If I recall there has only been on restock since the 30th January launch.... But perhaps I have missed any subsequent restocks. Thanks

From memory, the last 5090 FE drop was around 19 February or so. Not a peep since then.

RSR · 2025-03-09T20:27:02+0000

So I spent a lot more time this afternoon than I should have playing with 3D Mark.

The scores from today's runs with 285K:

TS

I scored 45 181 in Time Spy

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

TSE

I scored 25 323 in Time Spy Extreme

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

FSU

I scored 33 383 in Fire Strike Ultra

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

Wildlife

I scored 231 175 in Wild Life

Intel Core i9-13900KS Processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 x 1, 32768 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

Wildlife Extreme

I scored 117 522 in Wild Life Extreme

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

Solar Bay

I scored 245 458 in Solar Bay

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

Speedway

I scored 15 901 in Speed Way

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

Steel Nomad

I scored 15 748 in Steel Nomad

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

Steel Nomad Light

I scored 53 299 in Steel Nomad Light

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

Port Royal

I scored 38 220 in Port Royal

Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 x 1, 49152 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

4090 v 5090 difference in CP2077 - It's around ~28%

4K RT-Ultra

4090 - 4K RT-Ultra Preset

5090 - 4K RT-Ultra Preset

Absolutely Clueless · 2025-03-09T21:29:19+0000

Rogueywon said:
From memory, the last 5090 FE drop was around 19 February or so. Not a peep since then.

Thank you! I must have missed that one.

Nitefly · 2025-03-10T08:54:46+0000

Subliminal Aura said:
As the 12VHPWR that is supposedly supported by my PSU isn't really a 12V-2x6 .... The connector needs to be aligned PERFECTLY

IT Troll said:
That is concerning, the 12VHPWR and 12V-2x6 cables have identical spec. The only difference is with the connector on the GPU. So something is off with that cable.

Subliminal Aura said:
Identical spec YES but not identical connector .... No matter how hard one tries the 12VHPWR connector has longer pins so will never connect fully flush in a 12V-2x6 socket

@Subliminal Aura the best description of the changes that I can find is here. This says that the different pins lengths are within the ‘PCB header’ portion of the connector (i.e. the female part on the GPU) and not within the male part of the connector on the cable:

The two mating components of the 12V-2x6 are the Cable Plug, which terminates the cable harness, and the PCB Header, which is mounted on the Add-in Card and, optionally, within a modular power supply.

…

The power pins have been lengthened and the sideband pins have been shortened in the PCB Header to ensure first-mate/last break engagement of the power pins. This mechanical revision is present in the 12V-2x6 PCB header component to ensure that the sideband pins engage only after the power pins are sufficiently mated.

As such, there will not be any ‘longer pins’ in your 12VHPR (H+ spec) cable.

What is probably correct however is that more recently built cables (marketed as ‘12v-2x6’ or ‘H++‘) are ‘built better’, are of higher quality and are therefore less prone to wonky connections, regardless of the ‘spec standards’ that they comply to.

Nitefly · 2025-03-10T08:58:09+0000

Re: cyberpunk, I booted this up for the first time last night and found the graphics settings very confusing… setting everything to max seemed to give me more FPS than lower settings :confused:

Maybe things were resetting or upscaling was being turned on automatically…

I couldn’t find any settings that would bring my 3090 to under 50fps… which can’t be right! I’m being a dunce, I expect. Will give it another go later

Subliminal Aura · 2025-03-10T10:02:53+0000

Nitefly said:
Maybe things were resetting or upscaling was being turned on automatically…

To add to the confusion is the auto optimizer thingie majig in the Nvidia app
I currently have that turned off as I don't think it applies correct settings / DLSS settings

Play with the settings in game first then apply settings via the Nvidia app if DLSS is not quite right

Subliminal Aura · 2025-03-10T10:14:18+0000

Nitefly said:
As such, there will not be any ‘longer pins’ in your 12VHPR (H+ spec) cable.

So long story short....

What you're saying is that I'm being a puny weakling and need to grow a pair of balls and push the connector in fully? :cry:

hobib_ali · 2025-03-10T10:39:49+0000

has anyone downclocked the 5090 so it draws less power when on load, my THOR power supply used to show 200 watts on general load and 500 watts on full load on a 4090, so the 5090 is about 220 watts on general load and on full load it jumps to 800 watts, ive only noticed it because my PSU has a LED screen, i think a lot of ppl wont even realise the difference

Just wondering if its downclocked how it will affect performance, i can imagine overclocking the 5090 will even draw more power

Subliminal Aura · 2025-03-10T10:46:47+0000

hobib_ali said:
5090 is about 220 watts on general load

What's general load? Do you mean whole machine power consumption at idle load? There could be a lot of factors that contribute to this and not just other GPU

Check GPU-z for the board idle consumption.... It shouldn't be high unless there's a process using it.... You're not still mining are you :cry:

GoRedwings19 · 2025-03-10T11:32:26+0000

Subliminal Aura said:
What's general load? Do you mean whole machine power consumption at idle load? There could be a lot of factors that contribute to this and not just other GPU

Check GPU-z for the board idle consumption.... It shouldn't be high unless there's a process using it.... You're not still mining are you

Even more concerning he has bought a 5090 only now to realise it is a 600w card....

DavieJG · 2025-03-10T11:47:08+0000

hobib_ali said:
has anyone downclocked the 5090 so it draws less power when on load, my THOR power supply used to show 200 watts on general load and 500 watts on full load on a 4090, so the 5090 is about 220 watts on general load and on full load it jumps to 800 watts, ive only noticed it because my PSU has a LED screen, i think a lot of ppl wont even realise the difference

Just wondering if its downclocked how it will affect performance, i can imagine overclocking the 5090 will even draw more power

Look at undervolting

SeeNoWeevil · 2025-03-10T12:09:09+0000

I feel like these type of cables are going to offer the most consistent pin connection as everything is clamped into the plastic right angle housing. This ensures there's no tension pulling pins at an angle due to gravity or maybe a case panel pushing on it. I know people squawk about bending 12VHPWR but bending the cable is not the problem (assuming it's not super tight past a bend radius). The problem with bending is the physical act of doing it can pull on pins. This won't happen here as the user isn't doing any bending, it's bent from the factory. I feel like 12VHPWR cables in general are lacking strain relief to prevent tension on the pins. The problem with that though is, if you put rigid strain relief on, it would stick out too far and hit case sides. Why the hell card manufacturers don't make 12v connectors that stick straight up or down is beyond me.

untitledshot · 2025-03-10T14:23:17+0000

Received my 5090 TUF from OCUK, keep getting black screen flickering on my second monitor, even with latest version of the drivers. It's predominant when the other screen is in full screen windowed mode.

Anybody else getting this issue? Thinking of calling OCUK for RMA.

Subliminal Aura · 2025-03-10T14:28:23+0000

untitledshot said:
Received my 5090 TUF from OCUK, keep getting black screen flickering on my second monitor, even with latest version of the drivers. It's predominant when the other screen is in full screen windowed mode.

Anybody else getting this issue? Thinking of calling OCUK for RMA.

Check the cable or get @Nitefly to come along and professionally install it for you