Earlier this year, Asus unveiled the ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab Edition—a special version of its Astral 5090 made partially with real gold, meant for sale in the Middle East. It followed up with a slightly less ridiculous RTX 5080 Dhahab Core with supposed worldwide availability. So far, we've only been able to speculate on its price; our best approximation was scalpers on eBay selling the Dhahab 5090 for upwards of $22,000, but now we have our actual, first look at what these cards cost.
Listed on Microless, a UAE-based retailer, the RTX 5090 Dhahab OC will run you just $9,205 which is suppposedly discounted 11% from a $11,506 listed price. Perhaps the most interesting bit is that Microless actually ships around the globe, so you can technically get this gilded 5090 delivered to North America—rendering it not exclusive to Middle Eastern markets, contradicting the original announcement. The 5080 Dahab Core, on the other hand, is listed at $2,589, constituting a 158.9% price increase over a regular 5080's MSRP.
