SeekerNvidia GeForce RTX 4090
The RTX 4090 delivers on the technological and performance fronts, easily besting previous generation offerings. With major enhancements to all the core hardware and significantly higher clock speeds, plus forward looking tech like DLSS 3, the new bar has been set very high — with an equally high price tag.
-- As reviewed by Tom's Hardware
Product details
- 16,384 NVIDIA CUDA Cores
- Supports 4K 120Hz HDR, 8K 60Hz HDR, and Variable Refresh Rate as specified in HDMI 2.1a
- New Streaming Multiprocessors: Up to 2x performance and power efficiency
- Fourth-Gen Tensor Cores: Up to 2x AI performance
- Third-Gen RT Cores: Up to 2x ray tracing performance
- AI-Accelerated Performance: NVIDIA DLSS 3
- Game-Winning Responsiveness: NVIDIA Reflex low-latency platform
PROS
+ Fastest GPU currently available
+ Major architectural improvements
+ DLSS 3 addresses CPU bottlenecks
+ Excellent for content creation
+ AV1 support and dual NVENC
CONS
- Extreme pricing and power
- Limited gains at 1440p and lower resolutions
- DLSS 3 adoption will take time
- We need to see AMD RDNA 3
- The inevitable RTX 4090 Ti looms
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Expert reviews and ratings
By Tom's Hardware on October 11, 2022
The RTX 4090 delivers on the technological and performance fronts, easily besting previous generation offerings. With major enhancements to all the core hardware and significantly higher clock speeds, plus forward looking tech like DLSS 3, the new bar has been set very high — with an equally high price tag.
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By TechRadar on October 11, 2022
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 is an absolute unit of a graphics card that features an astounding gen-on-gen performance jump without a proportional jump in price, making it the best graphics card on the enthusiast scene, hands down.
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