MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z 32GB Liquid Cooled Graphics Card

GPU Specifications

• GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5090
• CUDA Cores: 21,760
• Boost Clock: 2730 MHz
• Extreme Performance Clock: 2775 MHz (via MSI Center in Extreme Mode)
• Interface: PCI Express® Gen 5 x16

Memory Subsystem

• Capacity: 32 GB
• Type: GDDR7
• Memory Speed: 28 Gbps
• Memory Bus Width: 512-bit
• Bandwidth: ~1.79 TB/s (calculated: 28 Gbps × 512 / 8)

Display Outputs

• DisplayPort: 3 × DP 2.1b
• HDMI: 1 × HDMI 2.1b
• USB Type-C: 1 × (dedicated only to Lightning display panel for real-time monitoring)

• 4K @ 480Hz (via HDMI 2.1b)
• 8K @ 120Hz (with Display Stream Compression – DSC)
• Max Digital Resolution: 7680 × 4320 (8K)
• Features:
  • G-SYNC® compatible
  • VRR (Variable Refresh Rate)
  • HDR support
  • HDCP 2.3 compliant

Power Requirements

• TDP (Thermal Design Power):
  • OC Mode: 800W
  • Extreme Mode: 1000W
• Power Connectors:
  • 2 × 16-pin (12VHPWR)
  • Recommended PSU: 1500W or higher, high-quality, ATX 3.0/PCIe 5.0 compliant

Cooling & Physical Dimensions

• Graphics Card: 260 × 151 × 61 mm (L × W × H)
• Radiator (AIO Cooling Block): 394 × 120 × 56 mm
• Weight: To be determined (TBD) — expected to exceed 3 kg due to hybrid liquid-air design

API & Feature Support

• DirectX: 12 Ultimate
• OpenGL: 4.6
• Vulkan, OpenCL, CUDA, NVENC/NVDEC: Full support
• DLSS: DLSS 4 (including Multi Frame Generation)
• Ray Tracing: 4th-gen RT Cores