After months of RTX 5090 speculation around NVIDIA and endless memes of its next-gen graphics cards showing air conditioning-sized cooling fans, I finally have proof that the latest flagship GeForce GPU opts for the contrary. Measuring around 50% the width of its RTX 4090 Founders Edition predecessor, the new RTX 5090 FE shrinks to a two-slot configuration but retains the exact edge-to-edge shape.
Of course, one of the most glaringly obvious changes to the RTX 50 Series reference card design is NVIDIA's introduction of its "Double Flow Through" cooling design, with twin fans mounted on the same side of the card. The heatsink fin pattern is still here, albeit in more of a cut-back design, alongside a huge reduction in branding sizes as the printed 'RTX 5090' logo is tucked away on the reverse side.
