Asus took the cake at Bilibili World 2025, where the manufacturer presented its RTX 5090 ROG Astral Real Gold Edition graphics card that’s refined with 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of pure gold. With a price tag of around $500,000, it’s the most expensive graphics card in the world—even if it is just a PR stunt, as VideoCardz reports.
The RTX 5090 from Nvidia is already a high-end monster, but Asus took it several steps further with its ROG Astral Real Gold Edition. As VideoCardz reports, the graphics card is made of 11 pounds of 24-carat gold, which costs around $500,000 for materials alone. And with a total weight of 15.96 pounds, it isn’t just the most expensive but also the heaviest graphics card ever made. The radiator frame, backplate, and cooling fins shine in gold—presumably with gold leaf for the finer parts.
As for technical details, the Real Gold Edition is based on the RTX 5090 ROG Astral, which is designed for 4K gaming and AI applications with 32GB of GDDR7 RAM, PCIe 5.0, and a boost clock of up to 2.61GHz. The Real Gold Edition is purely for show, though, and isn’t intended for sale. Experts speculate that Asus could use the card for a charity auction or melt down the gold after the convention. Compared to the standard RTX 5090, which already starts around $3,000 (street price), the Real Gold Edition is an extremely exclusive statement.
The presentation has been a source of controversy. While the regular RTX 5090 ROG Astral with quad-fan cooling represents tip-top performance, some see the Real Gold Edition as an exaggerated luxury that seems to be mocking or satirizing the exorbitant rise in hardware prices. For enthusiasts, the standard RTX 5090 is the more realistic choice, as the weight alone would put quite a strain on motherboards.
This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.
