Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 Xtreme WATERFORCE 32G

Written analysis

Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 Xtreme WATERFORCE 32G at a glance

The Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 Xtreme WATERFORCE 32G is a GIGABYTE retail card of the RTX 5090 on Blackwell 2.0. It is not marked as a factory-overclocked board ; the GPU’s reference boost is 2407 MHz.

Length is 245 mm and it occupies 2.5 slots (L=245 W=146 H=36 mm). Board power is 575 W with 16-pin x 1 . Outputs: DisplayPort 2.1b *3 HDMI 2.1b *1. Warranty is 36 months.

This is a short card and is a better candidate for compact cases than most RTX 5090 partners.

Best fit: Compact builds that need this GPU in a shorter board design, subject to slot-width clearance.

Inherited GPU performance

Raster scores come from the RTX 5090, not from this cooler. At 1440p that is 100.00% of the dataset’s best (high-end), with 100% at 1080p and 100% at 4K. The chip uses 32 GB GDDR7.

This card’s 1440p value is 14.5 performance per dollar. Other RTX 5090 partners in the card table may be cheaper for the same silicon.

Compare other GIGABYTE and partner boards of this GPU in the RTX 5090 retail-card table.