MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Vanguard Soc Launch Edition Review | 118 Data compared

Performance and Hardware Analysis This community review details benchmarks for the RTX 5090 (MSI Vanguard SOC Launch Edition) tested on an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D system with 192GB of RAM. In synthetic 3DMark benchmarks like Speedway, Steel Nomad, and Port Royal, as well as demanding 4K games running DLAA (such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Monster Hunter Wilds), the stock RTX 5090 demonstrates immense generational performance leaps. It provides a roughly 42.75% performance gain over a stock RTX 4090 in synthetic benchmarks alone, and an average 50.70% total gain across both games and synthetics combined. Overclocking the card with an extra 275–300 MHz on MHz on the VRAM squeezes out roughly 7.66% more performance over stock settings. Meanwhile, an undervolt profile drop down to 0.885V retains 96.54% of stock performance while drastically dropping power usage. Pros Massive Generational Gains: Delivers up to 50% better stock performance compared to the previous flagship RTX 4090. Excellent Cooling: Card temperatures remain impressively low at 63–66°C under load, even with high 30–32°C ambient room temperatures. High Efficiency Potential: Undervolting slashes maximum power consumption down from...