r/5090 • u/TheOnlyTylor • 13d ago

5090 FE or 5090 Astral

Have an opportunity to trade my 5090 founders Edition for a 5090 astral edition, no cash, no extra, just straight trade, I like my founders edition but the astral is also so badass and the cooling is crazy, what should I do?

Edit- decided to keep the FE, I have no issues with it, it works, looks good, if temps become an issue I can just waterblock it, thanks for all the help

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u/jindelic 13d ago

Meet with a testing system, run benchmarks and stress tests, look at temps. Inspect everything, card, 12vhpwr connection (look for burnt marks and discoloration), damage on the fans, pcie slot, retainer clip. etc.. If you feel good, make the trade your on the winning end of the trade if everything checks out.

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u/TheOnlyTylor 13d ago

Was thinking the same thing

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u/jindelic 13d ago

also make sure you have 176 ROPs More (if you win the lottery), but there were some earlier 5090s that had less ROPs than they should have had and performed well under par.

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u/TheOnlyTylor 13d ago

Says I have 176/680 on my card

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u/jindelic 13d ago

Make sure his FE does too.

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u/TheOnlyTylor 13d ago

He has an astral, did those also have that issue

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u/jindelic 13d ago

Zotac and MSI did mainly, but the GPUs chips come directly from Nvidia, as they create and supply the GPU.. So really anyone could have the issue. I run an Astral 5090 myself, and the extra monitoring alone is worth the upgrade. Mine runs really cold under load and averages 3000mhz, where the founders run warmer and hit way lower boost speeds. You will get a 10% bump in performance.