Despite numerous setbacks caused by regulatory requirements, NVIDIA has still brought domestic gamers another new version of the GeForce RTX 50 series flagship graphics card - the GeForce RTX 5090 D v2. Like the GeForce RTX 5090 D from earlier this year, this v2 version is also left to partners to freely develop. The graphics card we're reviewing today is one of the T0 contenders in this batch - the iGame GeForce RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan OC 24GB. The Vulcan name should be familiar to everyone, right?

Here, let me briefly introduce iGame's layout for the "new cards": Simply put, everything remains the same - the Water and Fire gods (including White Vulcan) and Advanced OC all have corresponding v2 versions. Considering that the GeForce RTX 5090 D v2 is essentially the original version with replaced core and memory, there's indeed no need to modify the product lineup too much.

**Specifications Overview**

The iGame GeForce RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan OC 24GB GPU-Z screenshot shows the card's specifications.

**Appearance**

Even though this is already the third encounter with the RTX 50 series Vulcan graphics card, I still need to emphasize at the beginning how massive the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan is: dimensions of 360 x 148.9 x 71mm plus a weight approaching 3kg truly require a spacious case. You don't need to worry about a graphics card bracket though, as a metal bracket has always been one of the accessories in the Vulcan series.

The iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan's outline is generally square, but if you look closely, you'll notice that the silver spearheads on the top and bottom edges aren't straight - they curve inward slightly at the center. The front decoration of the shroud is symmetrical and quite aesthetically pleasing. However, I think the focus is on the shroud material itself - the all-metal construction brings not only increased weight but also a significant improvement in texture quality.

You can see that the front decoration of the shroud isn't complex this time, but it still feels great, with the material playing an important role. The three Wind Scythe fans use a forward-reverse design to reduce turbulence. Apart from different rotation directions, these fans have consistent specifications - 107mm diameter with 9 blades each. From the images, you can see the blades are densely arranged, giving the impression of more than 9 blades.

Coming to the side view, the thickness exceeding 3 slots lets you feel the enormity of the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan once again. Here we can still see the familiar metal contacts - used to connect the dedicated smart screen. This generation's smart screen has added a bracket compared to the RTX 40 series, supporting 0-90 degree angle adjustment; however, the resolution remains consistent with the previous generation at 800 x 216. iGame states that maintaining the same resolution allows new graphics cards to be compatible with existing animations.

For the smart screen, iGame also includes many accessories, such as replacement light strips for the smart screen and a smart screen base. You can pull out the smart screen separately and use it as a desktop ornament like before.

Let me also introduce where the card's other light strips are located. The iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan hides the light strips very deep, in the gap between the silver spearheads and the shroud body. This design is sufficiently stealthy - if not powered on, it's actually hard to notice their existence.

From the 12V-2x6 connector position, you can see that the graphics card's PCB is actually quite long, about 2/3 of the full length. You can also notice that the graphics card's PCB is quite tall, with the connector area actively recessed inward. Considering the growing popularity of showcase cases, the rear of the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan has also been carefully designed, with a light strip in the middle. Meanwhile, the three screw holes on top are also standard configuration for this type of heavy graphics card.

The iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan features 3 DP 2.1b and 2 HDMI 2.1b ports, but note that it still supports a maximum of 4 displays. As for the Turbo acceleration button, there's no need for much introduction - it's a design found on every iGame graphics card, and it comes pre-set to the higher frequency Turbo state from the factory.

**Internal Structure**

Although the RTX 5090 D v2 has 8GB less memory compared to the RTX 5090 D, iGame hasn't relaxed on cooling. The iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan still maintains 7x 8mm + 2x 6mm configuration, totaling 9 heat pipes, plus a large-area vapor chamber. The power supply section also has a metal mid-frame responsible for heat conduction.

The power configuration also remains unchanged, same as the RTX 5090 D Vulcan with 18 + 7 + 6 phases. The MOSFETs used are all Vishay SiC658A, while the power management chip is MPS MP29816-A. These are basically common components in RTX 5090 series graphics cards.

**Special Features: Playing with Graphics Cards Using iGame Planet**

Complementing the luxurious hardware of the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan is the iGame Planet application. Upgraded from iGame Center, it retains all the original functions while adding some very interesting features.

In hardware control, players can adjust various graphics card parameters. Besides lighting, iGame Planet also provides adjustment options including frequency and fans. The safety time in the upper right corner is an insurance measure: if the graphics card fails to overclock within this time period, the next time iGame Planet starts, it won't apply the previous settings, avoiding startup loop situations.

In smart screen control, iGame Planet provides up to 8 slots for rotation, with diverse configurable functions: displaying time, monitoring hardware, or playing animations - you can play however you want, with quite high freedom. Moreover, the monitoring data is very detailed. For example, in the GPU monitoring shown below, you can choose to focus on displaying core or memory data.

The smart screen material library contains multiple gif animations designed by iGame and players. As mentioned earlier, this smart screen is compatible with previous generation animations in terms of resolution, so the quantity is definitely sufficient.

**Test Platform**

The test platform should be familiar to everyone - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor with X870E motherboard and 32GB dual-channel DDR5-6000 memory. The tested graphics cards have some changes. In the initial test, we tested RTX 5090 D v2, RTX 5090 D, and RTX 4090, and found that RTX 4090 was quite unnecessary to include - its gap with the other two cards was significant. Therefore, this time we added an RTX 5090 (OC frequency 2580MHz) - yes, the RTX 5090 using GB202-300.

Since the normal BIOS frequency of the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan is completely identical to the reference version, we directly used the overclocked BIOS for testing this time.

**Benchmark Testing**

Because we changed one graphics card, this chart can be described as "calm waters." In traditional projects like Fire Strike and Time Spy, the three cards perform quite similarly - the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan and RTX 5090 D can even be said to be the same card. Only in newer tests like Port Royal and Speed Way do the three cards show some hierarchical distribution, but the differences are still small.

**Gaming Tests - Native Resolution**

This gaming test uses the same games as before. The performance here is similar to the launch test, with the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan's frame rates barely distinguishable from the other two cards. Due to slightly higher frequencies, the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan can even slightly outperform the RTX 5090 D in some games. Of course, regarding specific frame rates, the difference between these cards is at most 3FPS - without performance monitoring software, even frame rate experts probably wouldn't notice the difference.

**DLSS Performance Testing**

DLSS 4, the exclusive advantage of RTX 50 series graphics cards, probably doesn't need much introduction from us. Thanks to the combination of new super-resolution AI models, multi-frame generation, and Reflex latency technology, the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan can simultaneously balance image clarity and frame rate smoothness. From test results, for such a flagship graphics card, under NVIDIA's recommended 4K super-resolution mode, DLSS 4 3x results can already feed many high-refresh displays.

With the performance support of the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan, players can even further adjust DLSS super-resolution mode and frame generation multipliers to find suitable game settings - for example, setting super-resolution mode to quality for better visuals.

Additionally, besides these officially announced DLSS 4 supporting games, players can also use DLSS Override and Smooth Motion features in NVIDIA App to add super-resolution and frame generation effects to games that don't yet support DLSS and some older games.

**AI and Productivity Testing**

UL Procyon's text generation test score is a comprehensive result of average TTFT (Time to First Token) and OTS (Output Token Speed). Looking at previous launch test results, although the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan scores slightly lower than the RTX 5090 D, it's still much better than the previous generation flagship RTX 4090.

In Stable Diffusion series tests, the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan's per-image generation time doesn't differ much from the RTX 5090 D, and the speed is still very fast. We tested both ONNX Runtime and TensorRT engines, and their time differences show TensorRT's significant improvement in generation efficiency. Therefore, in practical applications, we highly recommend using the TensorRT version corresponding to the model for image generation.

In 3D rendering application tests like Blender and V-Ray, the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan's difference from other graphics cards is similar to the performance in large language models. However, from the initial test, we know that although the RTX 5090 D v2 card has been debuffed, it still leaves the RTX 4090 far behind.

**Temperature Testing: Never Exceeds 70°C Throughout**

Graphics card temperature testing was conducted on an open platform with room temperature at 26.6°C. Idle temperature curves record 10 minutes after entering the system, while load temperature curves are obtained from 3DMark Speed Way stress test running for 10 minutes. GPU-Z was used for data recording.

The cooling system of the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan is consistently powerful - GPU load temperature never exceeded 70°C, maintaining around 68°C. For idle temperature, like other graphics cards with intelligent fan stop, it rises slowly.

**Power Consumption Testing**

As usual, power consumption testing was conducted simultaneously with temperature testing, just switching to PCAT suite for data recording. Due to the large amount of data, the chart shows 1-minute data.

The iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan's average load power consumption is 627.45W, average idle power consumption is 52.29W, with the highest recorded load power consumption being 681.2W. For load power consumption, the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan is quite close to the iGame RTX 5090 D we tested, but the nearly 50W idle power consumption is somewhat high, possibly related to drivers.

Additionally, to more precisely explore the graphics card's instantaneous peak power consumption, we also used a Tektronix MDO3054 oscilloscope with TCPA400+TCP404XL current probes to measure the graphics card's external power input, checking μs-level instantaneous power.

The iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan's input current peak is 86.16A (1033W), average current is 46.44A (557W), with peak power being 185% of average power.

**Noise Testing**

In GPU-Z's Log to File, we simultaneously recorded the graphics card's speed situation. The three fans of the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan can reach up to 61% at full load, approximately 2125RPM.

We placed the graphics card in a soundproof laboratory with ambient noise less than 10dBA, restored the fans to the same speed, then tested noise levels at 30CM distance, measuring 45.2dBA.

**Conclusion: Always Flagship Quality**

Through testing, we can see that in gaming performance, the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan remains a behemoth that other graphics cards find difficult to compete with. The combination of GB202-205 core and 24GB GDDR7 memory performs no worse than RTX 5090 D or even the original RTX 5090 in 4K gaming, with frame rate differences small enough to be negligible.

In AI and productivity applications, although RTX 5090 D v2 has some gap with RTX 5090 D, its performance is still unmatched by other consumer graphics cards. Even upgrading from RTX 4090 to this card, you can still feel the efficiency improvement.

Now let's talk about the praiseworthy aspects of the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan itself. Undoubtedly, cooling ranks first - the fact that GPU load temperature never exceeds 70°C is sufficient proof of this entire cooling system's power. Next are iGame's uniquely crafted designs, such as the substantial all-metal housing and the smart screen that has evolved through multiple generations, both adding significant appeal to the graphics card.

Combined with iGame brand's reputation accumulated over many years and reliable after-sales support including personal warranty service, the flagship nature of the iGame RTX 5090 D v2 Vulcan graphics card remains unchanged.