RTX 5090 Review: Ray Tracing, DLSS 4, and Raw Power Explored

Today we publish our review of Nvidia's new flagship GPU - the RTX 5090. Priced at £1939/$1999, it's packing in 33% more cores than its predecessor, along with rated power draw being 28% higher. But what does that mean for performance? And is DLSS 4 worth using? All that and more is covered today. See the full written review here: https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/dominic-moass/nvidia-rtx-5090-review-ray-tracing-dlss-4-and-raw-power-explored/ TEST SYSTEM POWERED BY MSI. Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAD8k9MqJa0&ab_channel=KitGuruTech Shop here: https://msi.gm/S5DEB4CD CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Motherboard: MSI MPG X870E Carbon WiF Memory: 64GB (2x32GB) Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 6000MHz CL30 SSD: 4TB Kingston NV3 Gen 4 PCIe NVMe Chassis: MSI MPG Gungnir 300R Airflow CPU Cooler: MSI MAG CoreLiquid i360 Power Supply: MSI MEG Ai1300P Operating System: Windows 11 23H2 Monitor: MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED Resizable BAR: Enabled for all supported GPUs We never offer affiliate links or take percentages of product sales in any review we create. If we say the product is good or bad we mean it. Our Editor in chief wrote about why you should value this and how the industry is rife with fake reviews from 'influencers' - read here https://bit.ly/3pXzaw4 00:00 Intro 00:49 RTX 5090 recap, pricing + specs 02:50 Test setup 04:31 Alan Wake 2 05:11 Black Myth: Wukong 05:47 Cyberpunk 2077 06:17 Final Fantasy XVI 06:42 Forza Horizon 5 07:11 Ghost of Tsushima 07:38 Horizon Forbidden West 08:05 The Last of Us Part 1 08:30 Plague Tale: Requiem 08:53 Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 09:22 Starfield 09:50 Total War: Warhammer III 10:37 12-game average results 11:41 Cost per frame analysis 12:47 RT Alan Wake II 13:19 RT Black Myth: Wukong 13:47 RT Cyberpunk 2077 14:14 RT F1 24 14:45 RT Ratchet & Clank 15:07 RT Returnal 15:34 RT Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16:07 RT Star Wars Outlaws 16:33 RT 8-game average 17:31 DLSS 4 - new Transformer model 19:59 DLSS 4 - Multi Frame Generation 27:09 AI & productivity benchmarks 28:33 Closer look at the Founders Edition 29:44 Thermals & acoustics (with soundest) 31:31 Power draw and efficiency 33:33 Closing thoughts Buy our merch from here: https://kitgurutech.myspreadshop.co.uk Discord invite link: https://discord.gg/4cqFSWY Steam Community https://steamcommunity.com/groups/kitguruofficial Be sure to support us on PATREON https://www.patreon.com/kitgurutech and read our MANTRA on HONEST REVIEWS Here: http://bit.ly/2BopnF9 Visit our facebook page over here! https://www.facebook.com/KitGuru.net/ Visit our Twitter page over here! https://twitter.com/kitgurupress?lang=en #nvidia #RTX5090 #Blackwell #GeForce