The most powerful of Nvidia's newest Blackwell graphics cards is a " beast ." Review after review has brought up benchmarks showcasing that when it comes to gaming, the RTX 5090 blows its predecessors and other graphics cards away. However, it appears that for many consumers, the RTX 5090 is overkill.

Recent benchmark leaks have provided insights into the performance of NVIDIA's forthcoming RTX 5080 GPU. The RTX 5080 is set to be released alongside the RTX 5090 on January 30 and was identified in Geekbench under OpenCL and Vulkan benchmark tests.

In the RTX 5090, you’re getting new Neural Rendering features too — things that use an on-board AI trained with the game itself to boost fidelity and detail. Behind the scenes of any game, there’s a neural network running away to push a few key things.

Wccftech also points to a report by Benchlife that “there isn’t much supply in the market, mainly due to some communication issues between Nvidia and AIB partners, as well as the Chinese New Year, which is expected to improve in February.”

Despite its power demand of 575W, a significant increase over the RTX 4090, Nvidia has managed to shrink the card's form factor. The dual-slot chassis incorporates an innovative cooling solution, maintaining temperatures below 86°C under load.

Scalpers are already listing NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card on eBay for between $5000 and $7000, with NO refunds offered.

Nvidia's newest top-spec GPU, the RTX 5090, gets a thorough benchmarking - including its DLSS 4 features, like Multi Frame Generation.

The GeForce RTX 5090 just hit PC Labs for some early benchmarking. How does it stack up against the reigning king of graphics cards? So far, it's a beast.

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 starts at $1,999 before you factor in upsells from the company's partners or price increases driven by scalpers and/or genuine demand. It costs more than my entire gaming PC.