MSI's RTX 5090 Lightning leaked benchmarks are absolutely wild
Someone's been testing MSI's unreleased RTX 5090 Lightning and the numbers are insane. This thing has dual power connectors and 40-phase VRAM.
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Okay so I saw this leak and had to share because holy crap. Someone's apparently gotten their hands on MSI's RTX 5090 Lightning before its official reveal tomorrow at CES 2026, and the benchmark scores floating around are ridiculous.
Here's what's got me excited. This card is packing dual 12V-2x6 power connectors. Yeah, you read that right - two of them. MSI clearly built this thing for the extreme overclocking crowd who push hardware way past sensible limits. And honestly? I love it when companies just go completely overboard like this. The 40-phase VRAM power delivery is another sign that MSI's engineers were told "make it as extreme as possible" and they delivered.
The benchmark records I'm seeing suggest this thing absolutely crushes everything currently on the market. We're talking about scores that make the already-powerful RTX 5080 look pedestrian. But here's the thing - this isn't going to be a card for normal humans. Between those dual power connectors and what I assume will be an eye-watering price tag, this is purely for enthusiasts who want bragging rights.
MSI's supposed to officially announce this beast tomorrow on January 5. I'm really curious what the actual price will be, because if these leaked benchmarks are real, we're looking at the new king of consumer GPUs. Just make sure your power supply can handle it - you're probably looking at 1000W minimum for this monster.