*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D

[Mr. Fox]

1 hour ago, jaybee83 said:

what?! how is that even possible, wth....

I would guess human error on the part of the employee that marked it down that much. But, it makes me want to return this one for a refund, LOL.

[tps3443]

30 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

I would guess human error on the part of the employee that marked it down that much. But, it makes me want to return this one for a refund, LOL.

That’s gonna be rare to absolute mission impossible to find such a deal. I have only seen like two crazy cheap 5090’s from Walmart and that’s one of them. Walmart marks down returns by like 50% apparently. But my Walmart doesn’t even have 5090’s, let alone people returning them there lol.!😂 I think your card for $2,399 is very decent price. I’d be happy with that my self. Only other option would be to return the Zotac and grab the PNY Epic for $2,199 that @electrosoft shared. Save $200 bucks get the same or better at least. 🤷‍♂️ $2,399.99 is a good deal for a 5090 in my opinion though. I think you have a decent card that needs shunt+water. 

3 hours ago, Papusan said:

 

Yup.I can almost see @jaybee83 push frenetic on the refresh button on day one😁 Me... Know prices here dont change much the first 5 weeks. Take it calm boys and girls. And if you want or prefer Asus.... Not much to gain if you find a card within 3 weeks. Only luck of draw on an open box for a better deal. Day one or within 4 weeks and you are good to go. Extra good time if you are an scalper.

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Bro @Mr. Foxdon't play newest Battlefield due forced Secure Boot. Hence he won't cook/fry his new purchased Zotac😁 Please backup all your ssd's @tps3443🤗

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/zotac-rtx-5090-reportedly-catches-fire-during-battlefield-6-session

 

My last BF6 session was pulling down WAYYY more power than that Zotac was I’m certain of it. Also I was set at 3350Mhz boost in MSI Afterburner lol. Thing might hit 30c on the back side on a bad day. Tiny FE PCB is completely sandwiched in Liquid Metal and thermal pads on either side.

 

If any fire starts I think it’s gonna be my power supply, being that it’s a 1200 unit pretending it’s something much bigger.

I am not sure how much GPU power BF6 uses. Since I recently disabled GPU power monitoring in my OSD Riva tuner. So I’m not really sure how much the game uses GPU power wise. But that’s surprising any 5090 would catch fire in BF6, I didn’t get the feeling it was one of those (Super GPU power hungry games). My system idles at 340 watts just chilling at the wall. In BF6 I was hitting 1,200 watts at the wall. My CPU was eating 300 watts of that alone. So I’m gonna say maybe 600 watts with a full tilt OC on my GPU. Not a very power heavy game. 
 

 

That Zotac that burned was probably just busted lol. 

[Mr. Fox]

1 hour ago, tps3443 said:

That’s gonna be rare to absolute mission impossible to find such a deal. I have only seen like two crazy cheap 5090’s from Walmart and that’s one of them. Walmart marks down returns by like 50% apparently. But my Walmart doesn’t even have 5090’s, let alone people returning them there lol.!😂 I think your card for $2,399 is very decent price. I’d be happy with that my self. Only other option would be to return the Zotac and grab the PNY Epic for $2,199 that @electrosoft shared. Save $200 bucks get the same or better at least. 🤷‍♂️ $2,399.99 is a good deal for a 5090 in my opinion though. I think you have a decent card that needs shunt+water. 

I actually could have saved another $200 on a PNY and decided it was worth $200 to have the dual BIOS option for a cross-flash safety net. The PNY does not have dual BIOS. Otherwise I would have gone with the PNY. That said, I think there is a slightly higher build quality (objective) and aesthetic advantage (subjective) to the Zotac Solid OC. I do like the more muted appearance of the Solid, ASUS Prime and TUF video cards more than the flashy trash rainbow puke.

1 hour ago, tps3443 said:

That Zotac that burned was probably just busted lol. 

Probably so. I think so much of what we see in "news" articles and YouTube videos about faulty computer hardware and security risks are based on isolated and very limited scenarios that will never affect 999 out of 1,000 users. It sucks to be that one unlucky guy, but it's pole vaulting over mouse turds to make a federal case out of the one rare example.

[1610ftw]

On 8/11/2025 at 6:24 AM, electrosoft said:

Superior cooling and noise levels with the Alienware 16 and 18 2025 models....

 

I'm telling you, outside of a lack of an open BIOS, hardware wise, these redesigned models are my favorite hands down. I can only lament the lack of a 9955HX3D/5090 model. It would absolutely rip in this chassis and cooling.

 

Unfortunately I strongly dislike colors that are not a neutral black / silver / grey base color and these are what - blueish / turquoise? And do they still have the rubber-finish on the palm rest?

 

Also not a fan of the inverted mainboard design that makes maintenance a pita. Too bad Alienware has decided to go that way.

 

With that being said I love that they don't give a shit and make these quite deep and heavy and also the cherry keyboard is great and of course the cooling.

 

 

[electrosoft]

1 hour ago, Mr. Fox said:

I actually could have saved another $200 on a PNY and decided it was worth $200 to have the dual BIOS option for a cross-flash safety net. The PNY does not have dual BIOS. Otherwise I would have gone with the PNY. That said, I think there is a slightly higher build quality (objective) and aesthetic advantage (subjective) to the Zotac Solid OC. I do like the more muted appearance of the Solid, ASUS Prime and TUF video cards more than the flashy trash rainbow puke.

Probably so. I think so much of what we see in "news" articles and YouTube videos about faulty computer hardware and security risks are based on isolated and very limited scenarios that will never affect 999 out of 1,000 users. It sucks to be that one unlucky guy, but it's pole vaulting over mouse turds to make a federal case out of the one rare example.

 

Agreed. Another reason I skipped the PNY. I had BB match it and everything and then said, "no thanks." I mean if it drops to $1999.99 then I will most likely take the trade off but at $2199.99? Pass.

 

 

1 hour ago, 1610ftw said:

 

Unfortunately I strongly dislike colors that are not a neutral black / silver / grey base color and these are what - blueish / turquoise? And do they still have the rubber-finish on the palm rest?

 

Also not a fan of the inverted mainboard design that makes maintenance a pita. Too bad Alienware has decided to go that way.

 

With that being said I love that they don't give a shit and make these quite deep and heavy and also the cherry keyboard is great and of course the cooling.

 

 

 

Absolutely agree with all those points.....

 

[electrosoft]

Lest we forget just how bad coil whine can get, there's De8auer's RTX 6000..... just horrific levels of coil whine....

 

Assassin's Creed at 150fps.....insane

 

[Papusan]

Stupids!!!! @Mr. Fox This is is why US digging their own grave. Greed and stupidity!!!! So sad* Why can't US serve themselves? The university and school system is collapsed. They rely on Chinese engineering today. What a failure. Disgusting how this being introduced. Even US gov adm fail hard. Greed? Give everything to China. Even their soul. What a leadership🤢 Im sure this will bite them in th back. Also the old man, the so called leader of the free world need to resign when the Intel ceo get the boot. Stupids!!!

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-ceo-lip-bu-tan-has-become-a-lightning-rod-of-controversy-in-the-semiconductor-market-amid-geopolitical-tensions-heres-why

 

Im outside Africa now. Let me get som sun we don't have in the cold and rainy North. 26-27C and im happy🤩

[electrosoft]

3 hours ago, Papusan said:

Im outside Africa now. Let me get som sun we don't have in the cold and rainy North. 26-27C and im happy🤩

 

Be safe and soak up plenty of sun @Papusan!