Asus ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX™ 5090 32GB GDDR7 OC Edition

It's an amazingly powerful card but the experience was slightly soured by minor annoyances. Pros: The card is essentially the current market leader in performance and can tackle a range of gaming, AI and intensive work tasks. Stylistically, it's on the 'understated' side and can blend into most builds and has a more mature feel. Acoustically it's been very quiet (but it's only early days).

At a superficial level the build quality feels good - but I'm not about to put this aspect to test.

Cons: There could have been more clear information on its technical specifications. The stated dimensions of the card do not include the AIO pipes - so you may need to look into either getting a bigger case, a vertical mounting kit, or leaving your side panel open.

Armoury crate is annoying.

Neutral (i.e. not taken into account for my overall score): Yes, it's expensive, and there may be better value for money options, but if you buy this card and then complain about it's price - that's on you.

There have also been well publicised issues with drivers/ROPs etc. but as my card had the correct amount of ROPs and the driver issues have not effected my usage of the card this has not impacted my review.