MSI’s $5,090 RTX 5090 Lightning Z cracks from thermal shock during 2,500W BIOS test

MSI’s $5,090 RTX 5090 Lightning Z was built for extreme overclocking — and it delivered, breaking a Geekbench 5 world record at over 1,000W and 3.5 GHz under liquid nitrogen. But an aggressive 2,500W

XOC BIOS and a sudden thermal imbalance ultimately cracked one GPU core, turning a record attempt into a costly casualty. ...