Hey, so I heard something pretty wild today. NVIDIA’s doing one of those giveaway things—get this, it involves a custom RTX 5090 GPU. Yeah, the one that looks all cool and jazzed up with this DOOM: The Dark Ages theme. Not gonna lie, as a DOOM fan, I kinda felt my heart skip a beat. Or maybe I just drank too much coffee this morning. Who knows.
So, randomly scrolling through social media, right? Boom, there’s this post from NVIDIA. They’re like, “Hey, here’s a chance to win the custom GeForce RTX 5090!” Some fancy words about native ray tracing and DLSS 4 + Reflex. And I’m sitting there thinking, do I even understand what DLSS is? Eh, doesn’t matter—people are hyped because The Dark Ages just hit Steam, and apparently, it’s blowing up with killer reviews. I mean, following up on DOOM Eternal from 2020? Big shoes to fill, but looks like it’s doing alright.
Anyway—wait, did I mention how to enter for this GPU? Yeah, you just like the post and drop a quick #RTXON in the comments. Easy peasy, right? But here’s the kicker: it’s one of those worldwide contests, but not really everywhere. A bunch of folks in places like parts of Australia or Quebec? Sorry, nope! And it’s funny because I don’t know why they bother calling it “worldwide” when half the world can’t even join. Oh well.
So NVIDIA’s used this fancy Founders Edition of the RTX 5090 for the giveaway. Costs like $1999 or whatever, then they throw a $600 wrap on it. Total price? $2599. Not exactly pocket change, but hey, compared to some crazier custom versions out there, it might actually be a bargain.
And there’s this specific window you have to jump through—6 AM PST, May 15th until a week later, May 22nd. Tick-tock, tick-tock. Once they pick a winner, you gotta be on your toes to respond. It’s like winning a surprise pop quiz, but the prize is way cooler. You get 48 hours to scream “YES” back to them, or else someone else snatches your GPU. Wouldn’t wanna be that guy who misses the email. Anyway, good luck, folks. If you win, maybe buy me a coffee or something? Kidding. Sort of.
