17-04-2025
Galax's Record-Breaking HOF RTX 5090D Graphics Card Will Get a Public Release After All
Nvidia board partner Galax has announced that its record-breaking Hall of Fame RTX 5090D graphics card will get a public release. Although it's likely to be a Chinese-only launch, the RTX 5090D HOF OC Lab XOC Edition GPU will be available to general enthusiasts, not just Galax partner overclockers. No word on pricing or release date yet, but we do have a swanky promo image.
The RTX 5090 is the most powerful graphics card in the world, so some Nvidia board partners have modified the design to make it even more so to claim the top spot on the leaderboards as the fastest graphics card in the world. It turns out, though, that the fastest card isn't the 5090, but the 5090D—a Chinese-specific version of the card with cut-down AI performance. Galax modified the card with a second 16-pin power connector and enhanced BIOS with many limits removed, letting its special HOF version steal the top spot earlier this year.
At the time of writing, several other overclockers have pushed the record for certain 3DMark benchmarks even higher with RTX 5090s, but the 5090D is still the fastest card in Fire Strike Extreme and Vantage Extreme, as well as holding second-place spots in Time Spy Extreme and Port Royal. Most of them were achieved with the Galax HOF OC Lab version of the 5090D, and now that XOC version will be more widely available. Albeit, probably only in China to start with. But fans of this card will no doubt push to have it shipped elsewhere.
Credit: Galax/VideoCardz
The board Galax shipped out to overclockers came without a cooler because it knew they would fit it with custom liquid-nitrogen pots anyhow. For the consumer release, though, this specialized card will come with a three-fan air cooler, but will maintain the dual 16-pin power connectors. The shroud will have a white design and RGB lighting.
As VideoCardz points out, the cards might technically ship with a maximum 600W BIOS, as due to Nvidia stipulations, that's the maximum power limit the card can support. However, the point of a card like this is to push the limits, and twin 16-pin power connectors give this card scope for over a kilowatt of power if it needed it. Somehow, this card will end up with a BIOS that unlocks its full potential.
No word from Galax yet about release date or pricing, but expect this card to go for a lot. More typical RTX 5090s with small overclocks and advanced cooling are going for close to $3,000 in some cases, so this one could sell for even more.
