ASUS pulled their ROG RTX 5090 Matrix cards from Swedish retailers after discovering some unspecified quality problems with the $4,000 limited-edition GPU. The company plans to ship a revised version, but nobody knows when that's happening or what exactly went wrong with the original batch.
Only 1,000 of these cards were supposed to ship worldwide, and they already cost double what regular RTX 5090s go for. The Matrix edition was supposed to deliver a 10% performance bump thanks to its beefier 800W power limit compared to the standard 600W models.
Some guy on the ROG forums said French retailers took orders but never actually received stock. Swedish sellers got word straight from ASUS that the cards got flagged for quality issues before they even hit shelves, which is pretty embarrassing for a four-grand flagship product.
Only 1,000 of these cards were supposed to ship worldwide, and they already cost double what regular RTX 5090s go for. The Matrix edition was supposed to deliver a 10% performance bump thanks to its beefier 800W power limit compared to the standard 600W models.
Some guy on the ROG forums said French retailers took orders but never actually received stock. Swedish sellers got word straight from ASUS that the cards got flagged for quality issues before they even hit shelves, which is pretty embarrassing for a four-grand flagship product.
