What's this doodad?

I was looking at the RTX 5090 listings on NewEgg and the last picture (7/7) on this MSI card is a thing I don't recognize. Anyone know what it is?

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GPU support pillar. This is what it looks like extended. These really help with GPU sag and remove some pressure off the PCI slot.
- Nice, where'd you find the pic? I briefly looked to confirm my hunch but didn't find it.
- Couldn't you just put your PC case horizontally to avoid GPU sag as well? I have a horizontal case and I'm not sure why it's so uncommon.
Probably the GPU support. Top piece screws into the body for height adjustment.
- Dang, those get FANCY!
  
  https://www.newegg.com/p/1DW-00KE-00027?item=9SIB7VEKCK4789
  
  Oh wow that's neat. I saw where some of the new cards have fan connectors. Must plug into that.
  
  Edit: My bad, this is incorrect. Just saw image 3/7. You may be able to use fan header on card but doesn't appear designed to do so.
- I didn't realize this was a thing. Card must be really heavy! My 3080 came with a sort of bracket to prevent sagging but this is next level. @edgemaster72@lemmy.world
When your GPU is so fancy it comes with a matching pepper grinder.
Kinda looks like a GPU support pillar like this one but it doesn't quite seem to be cylindrical so idk
A guess: a USB drive for updating firmware? Never seen this for a GPU though. Only used for motherboard BIOS that I know of. Trinket USB drive for no reason?
a nuclear reactor for the GPU
- A mere 575W TDP LMAO
Looks like a gpu support. It's to fix sag cuz 5090s are massive and they're rly likely to sag

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