Review of the Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition graphics card: the finest performance for the most money

Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang , addressed the stage once again in September to announce the release of the company's next line of consumer GPUs. The RTX 4090 is the most recent and best graphics card available, and the Nvidia RTX 40 Series promises a significant performance boost over the already potent RTX 30 Series. This RTX 4090 Founders Edition review evaluates Nvidia's assertions and provides all the information you want.Though Nvidia's new RTX 4090 accomplishes enough to make the RTX 3090 and RTX 3070 seem outdated, they are still great graphics cards for gaming. That is a significant ask, however, for even the most committed PC fan, at a starting price of $1,599 USD. You'll want to know what you're getting if you're among those who are really interested in buying one of the newest GPUs. Does the 4K performance make sense? And what about the special RTX 40 Series feature, DLSS 3?Similar to every review on AnyBet365, this one delves deeply into the product's performance from a common-use viewpoint. Watch this space for a future post that will provide a productivity evaluation, focusing just on Nvidia's offerings for content creators and other users who want to do more than simply play games.

Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition specifications, construction, and design

Like its predecessor, the RTX 3090, the RTX 4090 Founders Edition is an incredible graphics card. I mean it when I say it can be used as a weapon. That is how big and hefty the card is. It is somewhat heavier and has a thicker design in comparison to the RTX 3090. The RTX 3090 design, however, is broader and longer. Though the RTX 4090 Founders Edition is described as a 3-slot GPU, it is really much closer to a 3.5 slot. It is essential that your case have plenty room for this card.With a weight of 2,186 grams, the RTX 4090 Founders Edition is almost exactly the same as the model from last year. The RTX 4090 actually dropped a bit in weight compared to the RTX 3090 Founders Edition, which weighs 2,189 grams.Photo courtesy of AnyBet365.For this most recent iteration, the fan design has also been modified. Compared to the RTX 3090, which has nine blades on each fan, the RTX 4090 Founders Edition has bigger fans with only seven. 115mm is the standard size for both the front and rear fans. Nvidia claims that the 20% increase in airflow is a result of the fan size modification. The RTX 4090 seems to live up to that boast, as you'll learn more about later in our review.It has one HDMI 2.1 output and three DisplayPort 1.4a outputs as far as ports go. Nvidia's decision to exclude DisplayPort 2.0 outputs on the card is unexpected, even if DisplayPort 2.0 displays are still not widely accessible for the general audience. Given that many customers would probably cling onto this card for years after purchase, it strikes me as being narrow-minded when considering the customer.The RTX 4090 has 128 third-generation RT Cores, 512 fourth-generation Tensor Cores, and 16,384 CUDA Cores on the card. That's a 41.5% difference across GPUs when compared to the RTX 3090 Ti. 44 more streaming multiprocessors, 22 more texture processing clusters, and four more graphics processing clusters are among the other standard enhancements.When it comes to memory, the two cards are still comparable. Both have a basic total graphics power (TGP) of 450 watts, a 384-bit memory interface, 1,008 GB/s memory bandwidth, and 24GB of GDDR6X video memory (VRAM). But the RTX 4090 RAM operates at 21Gbps instead of 19.5Gbps as its predecessor did.

Feature	Description
Architecture	Ada Lovelace
Process node	4N TSMC
CUDA Cores	16,384
RT Cores	128
Tensor Cores	512
Base clock speed	2,235 MHz
Boost clock speed	2,520 MHz
Total video memory	24 GB GDDR6X
Memory clock	10,501 MHz
Memory data rate	21Gbps
L2 cache size	73.73 MB
Memory interface	384-bit
Memory bandwidth	1,008 GB/s
Texture rate (bilinear)	1290.2 GigaTexels/second
Transistor count	76.3 billion
Video connections	3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x HDMI 2.1
Max number of displays	4
Max resolution	7680×4320
Power connection	1×16-pin (Adapterto 4x 8-Pins)
TGP	450W
PCI Express interface	Gen 4 x16
Dimensions	304mm (L) x 137mm (W) x 53mm (H)
Weight	2,186g
MSRP	$1,599 USD

The configuration for testing

It's helpful to have a fast PC to ensure that the figures are correct while assessing products such as the newest graphics cards. For readers who are utilizing this review to guide their decision-making, it also helps to keep things grounded in reality. Transparency is thus essential to ensure that, should you choose to spend the money on this card for your construction, you know precisely what you're receiving.We are use the following build for this review:

• AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU
• Custom Corsair CPU cooling loop featuring an XC7 CPU block with a 360mm radiator and XD3 reservoir/pump combination
• Asus X570 motherboard
• 32GB of Kingston Fury Beast DDR4-3600 DRAM
• Corsair RM1000X PSU
• Corsair 5000T RGB Case
• Windows 10 OS

We will test the RTX 4090 on more recent AMD or Intel CPUs with DDR5 memory at some point in the future, but for the very minor performance gain, DDR5 is still not worth the cost. Reviewing the RTX 4090 Founders Edition on a configuration that uses more mainstream hardware but is still regarded as a high-end system makes more sense.Regarding the outcomes, this study mostly concentrates on 4K and 1440p performance. This is based on pragmatic thinking. To be honest, if you're considering buying an RTX 4090 graphics card, you probably aren't even interested in or striving for 1080p gaming.We put eight games to the test. Thanks to early versions that were made available to us, DLSS 3 was enabled for certain tests, while DLSS is completely disabled for other benchmarks. Regardless of the game and visual features available, the aim is to provide you with a clear image of what to anticipate in terms of performance. Nvidia's FrameView application was used to record framerates, GPU voltage, and temperatures in each game in order to produce the data you will see.

Connectivity and power usage

The Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition is packaged with the card, an x4 split PCIe 8-pin to single 12VHPWR 16-pin adaptor, and a tiny instruction booklet. You only need to utilize three of the four provided 8-pin connectors on the adaptor to install the card itself.Certain power supply manufacturers provide replacement cables for older PSUs if you would prefer a neater cable run over using the included adaptor. For the sake of this evaluation, Corsair supplied us with one that is rated up to 600W. These cables lessen overall cable clutter while giving the GPU ample power for both normal and overclocked operation. You should absolutely think about this since an adapter will make your case's inside seem disorganized and jumbled.A Plague Tale: Requiem was the game that used the most power when it comes to gaming.Naturally, power consumption is one of the main issues that many people have with the Nvidia RTX 4090. Given the 450W specification of the card, Nvidia explicitly recommends an 850W PSU for the Founders Edition. As stated before, we tested with a 1,000W PSU and had no problems running games at their highest settings. Our benchmarks revealed that the card's maximum power consumption in A Plague Tale: Requiem was 410W. The average wattage of 282.5W was a really decent result overall.Should you want to overclock this card, power consumption can become a concern. In addition to using the fourth 8-pin connector on the supplied adapter, handling transient power surges more than 450W will need a PSU bigger than 1,000W. If I were to provide advice, those who want to overclock their systems should have a power supply unit (PSU) that is at least 1,200W in order to guarantee system stability. In my opinion, a 1,000W PSU is the safest choice for customers who aren't overclocking in order to get expected performance. If you want to improve your power supply in order to support this graphics card, we have several PSU recommendations here.Many were also concerned about the temperature at which this GPU would operate. Let's set it aside after using it for hours. There shouldn't be any problems as long as you have enough cooling and aren't stuffing an RTX 4090 into a case that it shouldn't be in. During testing, the card's average temperature was 62.3°C. Reasonably cool temperatures also prevented the card fans from overspinning, which in turn reduced the overall loudness.Microsoft Flight Simulator with RTX On (Right) and Off (Left) in view. To larger, click.

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