On February 17, 2026, overclocking aficionado Alva Jonathan shared a video that chronicled the disastrous attempt to break a world record using his MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z graphics card—a high-end piece of hardware valued at tens of thousands of dollars. This graphics card, tailored for extreme overclocking enthusiasts, offers two factory-preset TDP settings: 800W and 1000W, and is pre-loaded with a 2500W XOC BIOS. Employing liquid nitrogen cooling, Alva managed to push the core frequency to an impressive 3.42GHz, consuming nearly 1000W of power at 1.12V, while maintaining temperatures below 10°C. He achieved a new world record with a Geekbench 5 compute score of 683,433 at 3.5GHz. However, in a subsequent attempt, due to using an early version of the 2500W BIOS, the core voltage was inadvertently raised to approximately 1.2V. This excessive load caused the GPU core to crack and ultimately fail. Since unlocking the 2500W power limit automatically invalidates the warranty, Alva was left to shoulder the financial loss on his own.