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MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z 32 GB GPU Review: The Beast Unleashed

Hassan Mujtaba

Gaming Benchmarks (VULKAN)

Doom Eternal

DOOM Eternal brings hell to Earth with the Vulkan-powered IDTech 7.  We test this game using the Ultra Nightmare Preset and follow our in-game benchmarking to stay consistent.

DOOM Eternal (Nightmare)
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MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z OC (+180/+2000/+75%)
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MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z (800W)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 FE
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Red Dead Redemption 2

Developed by Rockstar San Diego, Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the most visually stunning open-world games I've played to date. It is backed up by a rich story set about the protagonist, Arthur Morgan. The game is based on the RAGE engine, which features an insane amount of graphics fidelity but also requires much power to run maxed out. For this test, we set the graphics settings to Ultra with AA turned off.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 (4K Maxed)
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MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z Extreme (Extreme+1000W)
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MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z (OC+800W)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 FE
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Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Wolfenstein is back in The New Colossus and features the most fast-paced, gory, and brutal FPS action ever! The game again puts us back in the Nazi-controlled world as BJ Blazkowicz. Set during an alternate future where Nazis won World War II, the game shows that it can be fun and can be brutal to the player and to the enemy, too. Powering the new title is, once again, id Tech 6, which is much acclaimed after the success that DOOM has become. In a way, ID has regained its glorious FPS roots and is slaying with every new title.

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MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z (800W)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 FE
395
541

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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

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