MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC Evaluate: Quick, Frigid Blackwell

	MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid: Estimated MSRP $2,199 – 2,499 The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC straps a strong 360mm AiO liquid cooler to NVIDIA’s newest GPU for killer efficiency and quiet operation.
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The embargo was lifted on NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Version yesterday. In the event you haven’t learn our protection of the present king of client GPUs already, you must accomplish that proper now – spoiler: it was the quickest GPU we’ve examined thus far, and it sports activities a plethora of bleeding edge know-how. If you wish to know precisely what makes the Blackwell-based GPU on the coronary heart of the GeForce RTX 5090 tick, this deep dive into the structure is the place you must begin. To rapidly summarize, NVIDIA’s newest RTX 50 GPUs help new RTX Neural Rendering, RTX Mega Geometry, and DLSS 4 with Multi-Body Generations applied sciences, and have a built-in AI Administration Processor, and up to date media engine with further encoders and the flexibility to speed up 4:2:2 transcoding.

As we speak the veil is lifted on GeForce RTX 5090s from NVIDIA’s board companions, and now we have what will be the most attention-grabbing and highly effective mannequin on the market, the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC. There are some concessions to make to put in one among these dangerous boys in your chassis, attributable to its 360mm radiator, however ultimately it’s cooler, quieter and quicker than a Founders Version card. Test it out…

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid Specs

Technically talking, the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC doesn’t stray removed from another GeForce RTX 5090, when it comes to options and specs. The entire essential applied sciences supported by the Blackwell structure are current, and it options the identical 32GB 28 Gbps GDDR7 reminiscence configuration, although the out-of-box clocks and energy goal on this card are considerably greater than NVIDIA’s reference specs.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC can truly function in two completely different modes. There’s a dual-BIOS change on the highest fringe of the cardboard that offers customers the flexibility to decide on between “Gaming” and “Silent” modes (which increase as much as 2,580MHz or 2,527MHz, respectively), and should you set up the MSI Heart app, further increase modes are additionally out there. Nevertheless, throughout actual world gaming periods, all of those modes carried out equally, and it’s solely the fan velocity curve that’s considerably tamer in Silent mode. Even then, the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC is super-quiet in Gaming mode and the GPU runs exceptionally cool – there’s actually no motive to run in Quiet mode in our opinion. With out MSI Heart put in, we routinely noticed increase clocks greater than the rated specs anyway. As thorough as it’s that MSI gives customers some alternative relating to clocks and cooling, the general expertise isn’t a lot completely different between the modes being supplied, as a result of the cooler is so highly effective and quiet on this card.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC card measures 280 x 148 x 51 mm and the 360mm radiator and fan meeting are 394 x 121 x 55 mm. The sleeved tubing is 11.2 mm in diameter and is about 280mm in size (or simply shy of a foot). And the tubing is surprisingly versatile and accommodating.

All informed, the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC card itself shouldn’t be a lot completely different when it comes to dimension and girth than a Founders Version, however the radiator would require mounting in a chassis that has the house for it. That stated, nearly any trendy enthusiast-class chassis ought to have the required house for a 360mm radiator; many higher-end chassis can deal with two 360mm radiators.

When it comes to truly setting all of it up, there’s nothing particular required – the AIO cooler and card are all powered by the slot and 16-pin 12VHPWR energy connector. Extra energy feeds or fan connections will not be wanted. Like NVIDIA, MSI additionally included a 4 x 8-pin PCIe energy adapter with the cardboard, that’s type of unruly, however the newest energy provides with PCIe 5 connectors are coming.

The liquid-cooler consists of a micro-fin copper base and black, aluminum radiator. Three 120mm followers are preinstalled on the radiator and there’s a further fan on the cardboard, together with some heatsinks to assist cool the VRM. All informed, this cooling meeting works nice for the RTX 5090. The followers spin down utterly when idle or beneath a light-weight load, and even when absolutely loaded for lengthy durations, the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC stays cool and quiet. As you’ll see slightly later, temperatures on this card are far decrease than NVIDIA’s Founder’s Version.

The design of the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC options a lot of silver, textured / brushed aluminum and sharp angles. There’s a full aluminum backplate on-board that provides rigidity and aids in cooling, and configurable lighting shines by one facet of the fan shroud and thru the Suprim brand on high and a diamond-shape cutout on the rear. It’s a handsome setup general, in our opinion.

Outputs on the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC are equivalent to different RTX 5090s (triple DisplayPorts and a single HDMI port), although the case bracket has air flow, whereas the Founders Version doesn’t. NVIDIA’s Founders Version can also be a real two-slot design, whereas the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC requires solely 2.7 slots. The entire different air-cooled OEM GeForce RTX 5090s we’ve seen, nonetheless, require three slots or extra.

With all of that out of the way in which, what do you say we see how this card performs?