ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 LC Graphics Card Spotted with Extra ROPs Enabled Showing up to 8% Increased Performance

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Call it a GPU loot box, or maybe a Willy Wonka edition model (although unlikely anyone is getting a free trip to NV headquarters and with a tour by its CEO), but one thing is certain, you never know what you're in for when purchasing an RTX 5090.

Update: TechPowerUp revealed this was actually an April Fools Joke of their own. The saddest part is that given the amount of fails with the RTX 50 launch, it was truly plausible.

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[David_Schroth]

Check your calendar.....

 

[Brian_B]

I would call this plausible enough to believe.

What would be a dead give away would be if the article stated "In stock at MSRP"

 

[Stoly]

So RTX5090 are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are gonna get

 

[Grimlakin]

Check your calendar.....

Or the source article.

 

[AKBrian]

Or the source article.

In fairness to Peter, the TPU post didn't initially have the disclaimer at the bottom. It was added later in the day.