When you want a GPU that doubles as a decorative piece, there’s the ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 “Dhahab” Edition. Priced from $6,700 USD, this exclusive, limited-edition graphics card, crafted solely for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) market, blends cutting-edge technology with a stunning, gold-inspired design drawn from Middle Eastern culture.
All that gold you see is real, as it features 6.5 grams of 999 fineness gold plating, making it a high-end collector’s item. The gold finish extends to the cooler shroud, backplate, and GPU retention bracket, with a turquoise-like stone embellishment that refracts light in a blue-green tone.
- Powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture and DLSS 4
- Military-grade components deliver rock-solid power and longer lifespan for ultimate durability
- Protective PCB coating helps protect against short circuits caused by moisture, dust, or debris
Inspired by the Middle East’s rapid evolution “from sands to skies,” the design incorporates Arabic calligraphy symbolizing strength, courage, and unity, along with motifs of skyscrapers, deserts, and camels on the backplate.
This is ASUS’s first quad-fan graphics card, with three fans on the front and one on the back, increasing air pressure by up to 20% for enhanced cooling. The fourth fan lets the heatsink have tighter fins, improving cooling, with carefully milled paths for heatpipes that avoid flat designs, helping heat escape better. A special phase-change GPU thermal pad also improves cooling.
As the name suggests, it’s powered by the GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, which has 21,760 CUDA cores, 32GB of GDDR7 VRAM, and works with PCIe 5.0.It delivers up to 3593 AI TOPs of AI performance. Boost clock reaches 2610 MHz in OC mode and 2580 MHz in default mode, compared to the 2407 MHz of the RTX 5090 Founders Edition.
ASUS is committed to delivering exceptional gaming experiences for our fans in the Middle East. The launch of our NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series lineup for gamers of all backgrounds is a testament to this promise. As a tribute to the fast-growing Middle-East market, we’re also thrilled to introduce a limited run of region-exclusive ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Dhahab Edition graphics cards for collectors and enthusiasts to appreciate,” said Jackie Hsu, ASUS Senior Vice President and Co-Head of Open Platform and AIoT Business Groups.
