Palit's GeForce RTX 5090 Tornado Concept Design Gets Jensen's Approval

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A fair few partner-produced items—exhibited at last week's Computex 2025 trade event—were blessed with Jensen Huang's signature. Not long after concluding his keynote presentation, the ever intrepid NVIDIA boss spent time on the showroom floor. The TechPowerUp crew stumbled upon an autographed example at the Palit booth: Pandora NXNano mini AI PC. Due to mitigating circumstances, we did not capture any shots of a nearby special prototype flagship graphics card. The Taiwanese manufacturer proudly showcased a "GeForce RTX 5090 Tornado" dual-fan/dual-slot design; its all-metal housing aesthetic recalls an older vintage of Team Green's Founder Edition line.

Several media outlets have examined this compelling prospect; at least from a safe distance. Palit did not allow any hands-on experiences. A first party-developed "double flow-through cooling solution" serves as a main inspiration for the Tornado engineering team. The GeForce board partner's implementation of an angled 12v-2x6 power connector is another borrowed element. According to VideoCardz's expert opinion, NVIDIA has supplied a reference PCB. Palit is best known for making budget-friendly (mostly plastic) options, so their Tornado card concept represents a compelling breakaway from normal patterns. Despite gaining an important official endorsement; several rival products were similarly decorated with Huang's autograph.



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[ZoneDymo]

I gotta agree, that looks pretty darn cool, industrial, functional, and just about the most perfect representation of that flow through design.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

He's so proud of it. He put his name on it.

 

[Ravenmaster]

If Palit had lead with this model instead of that butt ugly rainbow design they on their 5090's, they would have made a ton more sales.

 

[Guwapo77]

I need to know how that is cooled! Two "tiny" fans ain't gonna cool that properly.

 

[bonehead123]

I need to know how that is cooled! Two "tiny" fans ain't gonna cool that properly.

Well, maybe they will use those new-fangled solid state coolers, and therefore will be able to charge an EXTRA $2K above & beyond the already absurd prices, plus ANOTHER $2K extra for Jacket Man's scibbley scribe

 

[Yrd]

Well, maybe they will use those new-fangled solid state coolers, and therefore will be able to charge an EXTRA $2K above & beyond the already absurd prices, plus ANOTHER $2K extra for Jacket Man's scibbley scribe

Well, it's all metal, that at least worth a good $1k. I mean, I'm not paying anything less than $6k for this, with all it's got going for it.


2 slot design is really a highlight.

Since the 5080 super was announced, I'm glad I never was able to secure a GPU at a "reasonable" price. I will wait for that now. But, this is a good option, if I still can't get one of them. I'm not settling for 16gb card. Still trying to get a 5090 under $2200.

 

[Broken Processor]

He signed it even though it's not gold plated! Jensen man of the people and supporter of reasonable priced gaming products!

 

[lambda]

That's a pretty decent looking card and two-slots to boot

 

[PixelTech]

Same cooler tech, but different aesthetic design, we'll have to see if it also uses liquid metal. Since this is produced after the FE, they'll likely get the VRAM cooling right. My FE runs hotter then most AIBs' models for VRAM. Lil bit of a downer that Palit didn't use the BTF connector or put the 12v-2x6 connector on the motherboard side and expand the cooler towards the window panel of the case.

(btw, I'm getting emails from MSI's store that 5090s are getting stocked if anyone's looking for one)