RTX 5090 Eating Fire Through 2500W!?
Slipping the XOC BIOS file that unlocks the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning consumes up to 2500W of fire. The latter has a file leader to publish on the web Overclock .net, stating that it is firmware specifically for competitive-level overclocking. This marks the first time there has been a BIOS of the RTX 5090 that pushes the power ceiling up to 2500W. After previously, only 800W, 1000W or around 2,000W versions were often found on some brands.
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The BIOS is an XOC (Extreme Overclock) mode designed for OCs, such as liquid nitrogen (LN2) compatibility, not for general use PCs, and the manufacturer has made it clear that activating this mode may cause immediate termination of insurance. Although the Lightning card itself comes with dual 12V-2x 6 power heads and a high-end power supply sector, the multi-thousand watt power draw still greatly exceeds the normal scope of use.
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But famous overclocker Alva Jonathan reportedly took the RTX 5090 Lightning Z for over $5,000, or $150,000, and successfully achieved a world record on the Geekbench 5 at a speed of 3.5-3 6 GHz under liquid nitrogen cooling.
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In addition, many people may wonder if pushing the limit power to the level of 2500 W is "beyond the limit" of a dual 12V-2x6 feed head, because according to the theory, this type of head supports about 600W per head, so even two heads are only around 200W.
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But the case of the XOC BIOS is called a theoretical ceiling-less unlock. The risk that many people are worried about is that the wires or the connectors may be so hot that they are damaged. But instead of the wires melting first, it turns out that the GPU chip has a thermal shock until the chip core cracks and the card breaks first. This further underscores that the 2500W BIOS was created only for OC statistics hunting and is not suitable for general use.
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Source: videocardz, tomshardware















































































