As if ROG Astral 50-series graphics cards could get any beefier, Asus has just announced a CHONKY anniversary update

by adminJune 1, 202600

As hardware goes, graphics cards can be on the heftier side. Asus ROG’s Astral cards were already a case in point, but the company has just unveiled an anniversary edition well-deserving of the two C’s in ‘thicc’.

During this year’s Computex, Asus announced the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Edition 20. The GPU isn’t only CHONKY, but makes the most of its expanded surface area with a curved AMOLED display and “a quad-fan design that delivers up to 20% improved airflow.” The main drawback is that this big boy graphics card will likely gobble up not only the contents of your wallet, but all of your PCIe slots too.

The Edition 20 series celebrates the ROG (Republic of Gamers) sub-brand’s 20th anniversary. The full ROG Edition 20 lineup encompasses a number of other PC components, including a mother board and even an NUC, marking all of the hardware with a black-gold colourway. Asus Chairman Jonney Shih said during his opening speech at Computex 2026, “Twenty years on, we didn’t just change the game, we transformed the world around it.”

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No firm release window for the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Edition 20 has yet been announced. So far, Asus has only said, “Many limited-edition items and the exclusive Armoury Crate Edition 20 software theme will be released as limited-time offerings throughout 2026.”

Pricing details are also thin on the ground. However, judging by the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 most recent flirtation with all that glitters—specifically, the $7,000 gold-plated Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Dhahab OC Edition—it will likely cost a pretty penny. The slightly less powerful Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080 Dhabab Core edition still went for $2,589. With those kinds of numbers, it hardly seems worth saving up my pennies.

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The ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Edition 20 is seen mounted on the open-frame ROG GR20 PC case on the showfloor of Computex 2026. — (Image credit: Future)

This card, along with the other ROG Edition 20 components, is limited edition, just as last year’s ROG Matrix RTX 5090 was. There were only 1,000 models of that one, and of course limited supplies tends to mean higher prices.

Still though, the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 mounted on the corresponding Edition 20 the open-frame ROG GR20 PC case was a thing of beauty to behold on the Computex showfloor. I’d be inclined to consider an open concept set up like this show piece were it not for the fact my home office is an absolute dust magnet—and I’m not made of PCIe slots, either.