WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:08.000 Like any reasonable person, I found myself thinking, you know, the GeForce 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:10.320 RTX 5090 is just too darn affordable. 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:17.119 Won't somebody please find a way to make it more expensive without adding any 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:21.199 performance? Praise be. Asus has 00:00:17.119 --> 00:00:24.240 answered my call. The ROG Astral 5090 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:27.519 Dah Hab Edition is exactly what it says 00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:30.240 on the tin, a top-of-the-line RTX 5090 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:39.360 GPU, which is already going to run you3 to $4,000 after scalper markup, but with 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:42.160 6 12 g of N99 finness gold and Arab 00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:48.000 inspired motifs embedded on its giant four fan cooler. Well, you might say 00:00:45.760 --> 00:00:52.399 maybe it's not that ridiculous. I mean, gold seems like a perfectly chromulent 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:57.840 investment in these turbulent times. How much more could it cost, Michael? 00:00:55.000 --> 00:01:02.559 $10. Oh, no. My friends, for the approximately 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:10.280 $675 worth of gold on this thing, you will pay, or rather I should say I have 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:13.600 paid anywhere from about $4 to 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:16.000 $5,000 more for this hyper exclusive 00:01:13.600 --> 00:01:21.680 piece of gaming bling. This thing better knock my socks off. 00:01:19.600 --> 00:01:26.479 After a word from the sucker who helped me pay for it. Private Internet Access. 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:30.479 Their secure high-speed VPN network spans across 91 countries, letting you 00:01:28.479 --> 00:01:34.400 access content from all over the globe. We've been using PIA for ages, and you 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:38.200 can too. Check them out using our link to get a special deal. 00:01:45.360 --> 00:01:51.040 The aptly named 590 DAB or gold edition 00:01:48.880 --> 00:01:55.920 is exclusive to the Middle Eastern North Africa region and is meant to pay homage 00:01:53.360 --> 00:02:02.240 to the growing ROG customer base there. So, how did I get my hands on it? I'm in 00:01:59.479 --> 00:02:07.439 Canada. Well, okay, normally I am, but today I'm in Taiwan. And after sending a 00:02:04.960 --> 00:02:11.840 message to my incredulous ASUS contact saying that I wanted to buy one, they 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:16.959 put me in touch with a contact who hand carried this from Saudi Arabia to the 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:23.280 show floor for me to purchase. The only question was, how do I get it safely off 00:02:19.760 --> 00:02:25.200 the show floor to unbox it? The retail 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:31.040 prices we've seen for this monster are anywhere from $7,000 to 00:02:28.040 --> 00:02:34.879 $10,000. I paid about 8,000 for mine, 00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:37.040 which feels completely unhinged. Like, 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:43.360 surely this card is just some kind of bizarre publicity stunt, right? Well, 00:02:40.160 --> 00:02:45.760 shockingly, it's not. While ASUS has 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:50.640 never publicly stated how many of these limited edition cards were made, they 00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:57.840 told me that it is apparently 500, which turns this science fair project into $4 00:02:54.720 --> 00:03:00.640 million of potential revenue. That is a 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:05.280 lot more than I expected. My guess in the first draft of the script before I 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:09.280 heard back from ASUS was anywhere from 5 to 50. But I don't know, maybe I 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:14.480 shouldn't be that surprised. It's not like this is that new. ASUS has done 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:20.000 extreme limited run GPUs in the past. The Mars 2, for instance, was a dual GPU 00:03:17.920 --> 00:03:23.480 overclocked card that had no power limit, and they did about a thousand of 00:03:21.920 --> 00:03:29.319 those at $1,500 over 10 years ago. you know, 00:03:26.640 --> 00:03:34.720 before regular GPUs were $1,500. And the Middle Eastern market, 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:40.879 where this GPU is apparently selling quite well, is much bigger than it used 00:03:37.519 --> 00:03:44.720 to be. Surely, they can find 500 rich 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:47.640 gamers then to shell out for one, or 499 00:03:44.720 --> 00:03:53.319 since I've got one of them. Let's take a look. Got to give ASUS credit. They know 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:58.280 how to present. Ah, yes. 00:03:56.560 --> 00:04:03.959 Thank you. How about thank you very much for 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:09.959 this one. All right. How to 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:13.760 install I dropped the one thing that 00:04:09.959 --> 00:04:13.760 mattered. Certificate of 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:24.000 authenticity. Oo. What is it? It's a fridge 00:04:21.880 --> 00:04:27.479 magnet. I don't know what I was expecting. 00:04:25.280 --> 00:04:34.280 But fridge magnet, wasn't it? Quad PCIe to 12vt 2x6 adapter. A 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:41.120 gold themed GPU support. Oh, whoa. Oh. Oh. Oh, it's 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:45.680 magnetic. And it's got a little screwdriver on the end. Finally, a thick 00:04:43.280 --> 00:04:50.960 boy cable tie and one of those adorable little PCB rulers. Gold themed, of 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:55.160 course. At this point, this probably feels like five play, though. Let's 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:59.120 hurry up and Oh. Oh 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:09.120 my. Oh, it 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:12.240 stinks. What the heck? James, come here. 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:16.400 Oh. Whoa. See, got that good 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:16.400 manufacturing stank. 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:24.479 Holy. Everything is gold. 00:05:21.280 --> 00:05:27.080 The attention to detail is like I don't 00:05:24.479 --> 00:05:32.479 think I've ever seen from these guys before. Even the IO plate is painted 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:36.400 gold. There are a few details that ASUS points out in their product story for 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:40.400 this card that I have to confess now that I have it in my hands I'm finding a 00:05:38.479 --> 00:05:45.280 little bit confusing. Uh first of all, they say that they chose the color gold 00:05:42.479 --> 00:05:48.520 to symbolize its rarity. It's limited edition and also because it's the color 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:55.880 of sand which is um where the Middle East 00:05:53.120 --> 00:06:00.400 started in the desert and then so that's the idea behind this 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:06.800 etched graphic that they have on the back where you've got Buddy with his 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:09.440 camels and then something and then giant 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:14.560 skyscrapers to show the progress in the region from the desert to the sky. The 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:18.160 fan hubs are apparently covered in ancient Arabic 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:23.360 characters. And apparently there's handwritten Arabic calligraphy somewhere 00:06:20.479 --> 00:06:28.440 that says unity, courage, and strength. But I'm not sure where it is. I don't 00:06:26.400 --> 00:06:32.560 read Arabic. One little detail they don't 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:40.680 point out in the product story is that there's coordinates on here. Hey, James, 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:40.680 it's the ASUS building in Taipei. 00:06:41.919 --> 00:06:48.000 As for why ASUS chose their Astral design for the Dehab Edition, well, I 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:51.840 think that's pretty obvious. It has their sick new vapor chamber that has 00:06:49.840 --> 00:06:56.800 those recesses for heat pipes. It's got their dual fan blowthrough design on the 00:06:54.000 --> 00:07:00.720 back here. Total of four fans, enhanced power delivery that made it Splaves card 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:06.319 of choice for extreme overclocking. And of course, it looks sick. All I need to 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:11.759 do now is build a PC that is worthy of my new GPU. But wait a sec. It looks 00:07:09.520 --> 00:07:15.360 cool, but we don't actually know if it works. And I should probably find a test 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:19.120 bench before I leave the country with it. I have no idea what my warranty 00:07:17.520 --> 00:07:22.960 coverage is going to look like for some card that I obtained in Asia, but was 00:07:21.280 --> 00:07:27.680 intended for sale in the Middle East and I'm taking to North America. Where am I 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:34.440 going to get a computer? Where better to find a system than the GKL booth? Hey, I 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:37.360 need a hookup way. You need AC? Uh, 00:07:34.440 --> 00:07:42.160 actually, that's very nice, but no, not that. Okay. I have a GPU. I think I know 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:45.360 where this is going. Can you get me a test bench where I can stress test it? 00:07:43.840 --> 00:07:49.280 Of course. Okay. Where What do you want to put it on? Uh, I guess. Hey, where 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:54.000 are you going with that? Where are you going with that? I'm going to steal it. Of course. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:58.560 Do Yeah. Why not that one? You want to use on cam? Why not? All right. I mean, 00:07:56.639 --> 00:08:05.919 this clearly needs an upgrade. Yeah, of course. Of course. I don't ask for much, 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:08.000 right? This is sick. DR5 cam 2. Nice. 00:08:05.919 --> 00:08:12.000 Nice. We found a new power supply from our friends over at Careful. Don't 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:20.160 worry, it's fine. It's all good. This is their Prime 1300 watt. 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:24.560 Here we go, boys. 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:26.720 Wait. Yes. Wait. This is all wrong. Why? 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:34.479 Well, I don't have any crystal golden memory on there. Oh, right. Yes. I love 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:37.120 bugging these guys, but I got to admit, 00:08:34.479 --> 00:08:42.000 it kind of gets me thinking, what kind of PC do you put a GPU like this in? 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:45.479 Like, look, it looks completely out of place in here. 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:52.959 Hey, there it is. There you go. That's more like it. Trident Z5 Royal Neo. Get 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:58.560 this Get this non- gold stuff out of here. Disgusting. Okay, there we go. 00:08:55.600 --> 00:09:03.760 I'll put it I'm going to put it there. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I never mentioned the 00:09:00.959 --> 00:09:11.519 IO. It has five ports. Two HDMI, three DisplayPort. Neat. Hey, it 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:14.000 works. So far, realistically, GSkill's 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:17.600 favorite game is make RAM number go up really high. So, I didn't expect them to 00:09:15.760 --> 00:09:21.560 have any actual game files, but what they do have is Firmark. So, we can go 00:09:20.160 --> 00:09:26.360 ahead and uh make sure this bad boy works. Hey, 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:33.360 fans are spinning. 100% usage. Power 600 watts. I 00:09:30.880 --> 00:09:37.760 mean, can't be 600 watts exactly, can it? They got to have hardware info on 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:45.279 here. Oh, yeah, they do. According to ADA 64, we are at 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:45.279 598.67 watts, 52.91 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:53.519 amps. Doesn't smell like burning. Definitely feels like 600 watts. So, it 00:09:51.600 --> 00:10:00.480 works. Which means the only question now is what do I do with it? I could do an 00:09:57.040 --> 00:10:03.360 all gold PC. Maybe I could scalp it. 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:08.399 God, guys, I'm I'm kidding. I'm kidding. But what I never cared about is our 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:12.560 sponsor, Private Internet Access. We've all heard about VPNs, but if you didn't 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:16.720 know what they actually do, the gist of it is they hide your IP address and mask 00:10:14.880 --> 00:10:19.920 the location of your internet connection through an encrypted tunnel. 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