{"id":218556,"date":"2025-01-20T15:26:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T14:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/?p=218556\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T13:51:56","slug":"nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-fe-unboxing-ultimate-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/en\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-fe-unboxing-ultimate-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 FE unboxing: Ultimate Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--nextpage-->Performance testing is still under an information embargo, but today we can unpack the box, look at its contents and introduce the card in detail.\u00a0and take a closer look at the card in detail. The Founders Edition design is unlike anything we\u2019ve seen before in graphics cards. The design and craftsmanship are precise, and when you look at the dimensions of its dual-slot cooler, it\u2019s hard to believe it can cool the nearly 600W GeForce RTX 5090.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Compared to the RTX 4090, the box is half the size, but the packaging designers have gone even bigger with it. Tearing the tape around the perimeter, you&#8217;re already greeted with the first slogan &#8220;Inspired by Gamers. Enhanced by AI. Built by NVIDIA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b02-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After tearing off the tape and opening the lid, you will reach the second level. Another box awaits you inside the box and a small box underneath. The fold-out sides from the last generation remain, so you can easily pick up the box with the card.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b03-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b14-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hidden in the thick bottom underneath is a small box with a power adapter and a leaflet with a QR code for a link to further resources for the card. Otherwise, there&#8217;s not much else of interest on it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b04-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b05-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b06-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The real RTX 5090 is hidden inside a larger, paper one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b07-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are two handles on the front and back, when you pull them out you can crack open the box containing the card itself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b08-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-b09-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block;background-color:transparent\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8150419924824893\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6522017574\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p><!--nextpage-->Performance testing is still under an information embargo, but today we can unpack the box, look at its contents and introduce the card in detail.\u00a0and take a closer look at the card in detail. The Founders Edition design is unlike anything we\u2019ve seen before in graphics cards. The design and craftsmanship are precise, and when you look at the dimensions of its dual-slot cooler, it\u2019s hard to believe it can cool the nearly 600W GeForce RTX 5090.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Compared to the last generation, it&#8217;s no longer a massive block, it looks completely normal. It&#8217;s wider, it&#8217;s longer, but otherwise it has the compact design that was previously common in reference cards and fits easily into regular sized cases. It looks quite inconspicuous, looking at it and especially comparing it to the RTX 4090 you wouldn&#8217;t even think that the power consumption has increased by more than 200W, quite the opposite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-00-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"445\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next to the RTX 3080, it&#8217;s only a few centimetres wider due to the larger diameter fans. But when compared to the RTX 4090, I can&#8217;t believe this is supposed to be a more powerful card. Its body is deceiving. A lot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-30-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-32-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the bottom GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition looks like any other card \u2013 two axial fans blowing on the heatsink&#8217;s finning. The only thing a bit suspicious and atypical nowadays is the full rear bracket \u2013 it&#8217;s perforated on practically all more powerful cards nowadays, and cards blow out through it. But in the last generation, the vent in the rear bracket was the most significant source of noise. Even when the fan isn&#8217;t running at high speed, you can hear it when it has to push the air it&#8217;s sucking in out through the narrow hole in the bracket.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-02-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-03-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-04-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s only really weird when you look at the back of the card. Where there used to be a PCB and later a backplate, you can now see finning. That it&#8217;s behind the PCB, we&#8217;re used to that by now. But here, it&#8217;s also in front, by the rear bracket.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-05-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-06-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-07-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-08-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s not just for show \u2013 you can see through the card not only at the back, but also at the front. The heatsink is freely passable under both fans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-54.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-54-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"445\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nvidia has perfectly encased all those ugly capacitors, resistors, thermal pads and wires that we are used to from graphics in a sleek package. If you didn&#8217;t know what the card&#8217;s power consumption was, you&#8217;d never be able to tell. It looks especially incredible next to photos of the 600W concept that Nvidia tried with the last generation, photos of which are circulating and videos of which are making the rounds on the internet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-09-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-10-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-11-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-13-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-14-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even the PCI Express connector is sleeker and cleaner than on regular cards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-22-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-21-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Slightly over 30 cm long, only 3 cm wider than the bracket and only two slots in height. It has the usual dimensions of a modern upper mid-range card and there is no indication of the beast that hides inside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-16-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-17-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-18-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Output configuration is standard \u2013 a trio of DisplayPorts and one HDMI connector. With the last generation, Nvidia was behind AMD in implementing support for the latest DisplayPort interface standards, with the RTX 50 it remedies the situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-19-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"445\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the previous generation, the metric threaded holes for better mounting were hidden under a large peel-off cap, in the RTX 5090 FE it is just a pair of screws. And again, it looks cleaner and sleeker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-24-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"445\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is still one additional power connector on the card. Nvidia solved the problematic bending of the cable at the connector by adding an extremely soft reducer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-20-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"445\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although there is still a lively debate about whether such a small connector can be enough for a 600W graphics card, Nvidia is not afraid of it. But the fact that what&#8217;s going on around it is important is evident in the power reducer. It&#8217;s probably the most luxurious I&#8217;ve ever seen. The individual wires are already separate, the connectors are perfectly encased in soft plastic or very hard rubber.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-25-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-26-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-27-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The whole thing is lifelike. It&#8217;s going to sound weird, but when I compare it to the cables with 12V-2&#215;6 connectors that come with most PSUs, I&#8217;d recommend reaching for the included reducer. Unlike those cables or reducers from last generation, it very easily bends in any direction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-28.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-28-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-29-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just for fun, in the photo on the left I plugged the reducer supplied with the RTX 4080 into the connector. Compare it with the new one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-33.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-33-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-31-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s about all that&#8217;s essential regarding the contents of the package. We will report back with tests as soon as it will be possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-founders-edition-50-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"445\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>English translation and edit by Jozef Dud\u00e1\u0161<\/em><\/p>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block;background-color:transparent\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8150419924824893\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6522017574\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Performance testing is still under an information embargo, but today we can unpack the box, look at its contents and introduce the card in detail.\u00a0and take a closer look at the card in detail. The Founders Edition design is unlike anything we\u2019ve seen before in graphics cards. 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