From PC Mag: Asus has introduced a unique new technology with its new ROG Matrix RTX 5090 graphics card: Level Sense. Built into the Asus GPU Tweak III tool, the card can detect when it is sagging in the socket by a configurable amount (the default appears to be 0.1 degrees), at which point a pop-up warning will notify you that you need to provide better support for your graphics card.
It's a bit gimmicky, but if I'm spending thousands on a graphics card, I'd want to know when something goes wrong.
Outside the svelte watercooled versions, modern, power-hungry GPUs are fitted with ever-larger heatsinks and have become increasingly heavy. In some motherboards without reinforced PCI Express slots, this can lead to GPU "sag," where the card actually droops in the slot. Most people simply end up propping it up with whatever they have on hand, such as LEGO pieces, an action figure, or a bespoke GPU bracket.
Asus' new solution doesn't prevent your GPU from sagging, but it will notify you when it occurs. Assuming you have one of the new Matrix RTX 5090 graphics cards, that is. While Asus doesn't detail exactly how it manages this trick, it probably built an accelerometer into the card itself, so that it knows when its orientation is off. Maybe this isn't a GPU to vertically mount.
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