GeForce RTX 4090 Review, Nvidia's Stupid Fast GPU!

[Music] and there you go RTX 4090 unboxing hope you guys enjoyed the video [Music] welcome back to Harbor unbox today we are taking our first look at nvidia's new GeForce 40 series with the current Flagship model the GeForce RTX 4090 and as I'm sure many of you are aware it's a chunky graphics card you're probably also aware that it has a fairly disappointing asking price as Nvidia did provide all the pricing information in their keynote four weeks ago now but if you haven't heard the bad news pricing does start at 1600 U.S so there's a lot to talk about here but before we do let's quickly touch on the specifications and then take a look at the founders Edition model and then of course we will get into those blue bar graphs the RTX 4090 is based on the ad-102 Silicon which measures 608.4 millimeters squared so it is three percent smaller than that of g0102 used by the GeForce 3080 and 3090 series but of course Nvidia is moved from the Samsung 8N process with ampere to tsmc's 4N process for Ada Lovelace and quite incredibly this has seen the transistor count increase by 170 from 28.3 billion to an insane 76.3 billion when compared to the RTX 3090 TI there's 52 more streaming multi-processors Cuda cores tensor cores RT cores and texture units The Rock count has increased by 57 and the Boost clock has been wound up by 35 that said the same 21 gigabits per second gddr6x memory has been used and they're still 24 gigabytes of the stuff on a 384-bit wide memory bus and this results in the same 1008 gigabytes per second of memory bandwidth and Nvidia is still using the PCI Express 4.0 times 16 interface now Nvidia claims a total Graphics power rating of 450 Watts for the RTX 4090 and that's the same rating that was given to the 3090 TI though the maximum GPU temperature has been slightly downgraded from 93 degrees to 90 degrees the minimum power supply requirement is 850 watts and as luck would have it that's what I'll be using for all of my testing now in terms of design the founders Edition 4090 looks very similar to the 3090 though there are some fairly significant changes the most notable of which is the width on paper and video claims a triple slot form factor for both models which is accurate but whereas the 3090 is 52 millimeters wide the 4090 is 17 wider at 61 millimeters though despite that rather large increase both models weigh about the same amount and at 2 190 grams the 4090 is less than a percent heavier than the 3090. so that's surprising but what's not surprising is the absence of the NV link connector which Nvidia has now killed off and will instead just use the PCA 4.0 bus the only other major change here is the 16 pin power input which has been upgraded to the PCI 5.0 spec otherwise known as the super catchy 12v HP WR power connector a single pcie 5.0 connector can deliver up to 600 watts and previously that would require four eight pin power connectors however you won't need a new PCI 5.0 compliant power supply as RTX 490s do come with a four times eight pin two single 16 pin adapter similar to the times 3 8 Pin 216 pin model supplied with the 3090 TI's I should also note that it was falsely reported the 12v HP WR power connector could only survive 30 Cycles so 30 connects and disconnects but that's not the case and connector longevity will be similar to what we saw with the eight pin connectors so that is to say you basically never they're going to wear one out now apart from the increase in cause the inclusion of fourth generation tensor cores and third generation RT cores the GeForce 40 series also introduces DLS S3 a feature that at least for now is exclusive to the GeForce 40 series now this new frame rate multiplying technology is super exciting stuff and I will only very briefly show some results here but please note our full analysis of DLS S3 will be available a few days after this review goes live DLS S3 requires a significant amount of testing and Analysis Which is far beyond the scope of a day one review so please be patient as we work on that content to provide a dedicated video shortly now for testing all gpus have been tested at the official clock specifications so no Factor over clocking the CPU used was the ryzen 7 5800x3d with 32 gigabytes of dual rank dual Channel ddr4 3200cl14 memory on the MSI MPG x570s carbon Wi-Fi motherboard and in total I've tested 13 games at 1440p and 4K so let's get into the data starting with Watchdogs Legion at 1440p the RTX 490 doesn't look that impressive here sure it's the fastest thing we've ever seen but just a nine percent boost over the 6950 XT is hardly awe-inspiring we did see a more substantial 22 uplift over the 3090 TI but even so given today's GPU prices that's not amazing all of that said the issue is less with the RTX 4090 here and more with the ryzen 750 800x 3D which has now become the primary system bottleneck therefore when increasing the resolution to 4K we get to see just how brutally fast the RTX 4090 really is we're now looking at a monstrous 60 boost over the 6950 XT and a 64 uplift from the 3090 TI that's incredible and we are now getting a truly High refresh rate experience at 4K it does appear though that we have a lot more CPU Headroom and Rainbow Six extraction at 1440p is here the RTX 4090 was 59 faster than the RTX 3090 chai while it was also 71 faster than 3090 and 6950 XT again this is a seriously impressive performance uplift then jumping up to 4K didn't really change too much this time as we were at CPU Limited at 1440p so the 4090 was again almost 60 faster the 3090 TI though the margin to the 650 XT did grow and now we're looking at a 102 deficit here for AMD so that's extremely brutal to say the least now Far Cry 6 is a better title for the Radeon brand and at 1440p we're pretty heavily CPU limited so the 49er was only able to push ahead of the 6950 XT by a 9 margin rendering 187 FPS though the one percent lows were boosted by 13 again jumping up to the 4K resolution releases the RTX 4090 resulting in incredible performance gains averaging an impressive 164 FPS that's a 34 uplift from the 6950 XT so not as big as some of the gains we've seen but still very much a commanding lead and the jump up from the RTX 3092i was certainly more sizable as here we're looking at a 50 boost and almost 60 percent over the standard 30 90. Assassin's Creed Valhalla is another title that works well with Radeon gpus and the excellent support for resale bar certainly helps the red team as a result at 1440p the RTX 4090 was 27 faster than the 6950 XT which is a decent game but certainly far less impressive than most of the margins we've seen so far it was also just a 37 improvement from the 3090 TI and not the typical 60 margin seen at 4K speaking of which at 4K the 4090 rendered 116 FPS on average making it 33 faster than the 6950 XT and 38 faster than the 3090 TI and again while certainly solid margins these results are a little bit disappointing given what we've seen so far and we're certainly not CPU Limited at 4K hunt Showdown fans after the ultimate in performance will love what the RTX 4090 has to offer serving up over 300 FPS at 40 and 40p with one percent lows of over 260 FPS that's a massive 62 increase from the 390 TI 67 from the standard 3090 and a 71 increase over AMD 6950 XT so the RTX 490 is again brutally fast even at 1440p where we've often run into CPU limitations with the 5800 X 3D unexpectedly though the margins shrink at 4K and now the 40 90 is 50 faster than the 3090 CI and 62 faster than the 3090 so that's not at all what we're expecting to find the margin to the 6950 XT though remained much the same at 70 percent in any case those are some pretty big margins and it means that those wanting to play hunt showdown at 4K and still receive a high refresh rate experience can do so with the RTX 4090 the outer World saw a 55 performance increase for the 4090 over the 3092i at 1440p and a mega 71 increase over the 6950 XC I'm not sure you need 268 FPS in the outer worlds but it's now possible using the highest quality preset at 1440p the 4K results are probably more impressive despite the fact that the Gap to the 309 HR has shrunk slightly to 51 that's because we're now able to receive a truly High refresh rate experience at 4K in this title when using the RTX 4090 whereas most other gpus struggle to hit 100 FPS The Hitman 3 results of 1440p are quite clearly CPU limited and no surprises here we often use this title for CPU testing as it is very CPU demanding when compared to the 3090 TI we're looking at just a seven percent uplift so this will be a good configuration for testing CPUs such as zen4 and of course Intel's upcoming Raptor Lake series moving to 4K demonstrates very clearly just how CPU limited the 1440p results were as here the RTX 4090 pulled ahead of the 3090 TI by a massive 60 margin while pulling a similar margin on the 6950 XT again the RTX 4090 is brutally fast here this is incredibly impressive stuff moving on to Horizon zero Dawn we again find another example of CPU bottlenecking at 1440p and this time we're using the highest quality visual preset so 212 FPS is the limit of the 5800x3d when running the new RTX 4090 which is a 20 increase from the 6950x10 31 from the 3090 TI but again we find that the 4K resolution is required to better demonstrate the power of the RTX 4090 and hear the new GeForce GPU is good for 157 FPS on average so a 54 Boost from the 39 TI and 67 over the 6950 XT unfortunately I haven't had enough time to upgrade our GPU data to f122 so we'll have to stick with my recently gathered F1 2021 numbers which are based on the maximum quality preset with the default level of Road tracing enabled here the RTX 4090 pumped out 245 FPS making almost 60 faster than 3092i and 76 faster than the 6950 XT so a mega result here at 1440p jumping up to 4K extended the margin over the 3090 TI as here the 490 was seen to deliver 71 more frames and an insane 104 more than the 6950 XT though amd's weak RT performance will be letting down the radio and GPU here still incredible stuff even over nvidia's own previous generation flagship we know that cyberpunk 2077 is both a very CPU and GPU demanding game but with the RTX 4090 installed we'll almost certainly CPU bound at 1440p here the 4090 was good for 145 FPS on average making it 33 fast and the 6950x10 36 faster than the 3090 TI the margin scene at 4K aren't quite as Extreme as I was expecting but still 51 over the 392i is hardly anything to scoff at especially given that the RTX 1490 pushed well past 60 FPS while all other gpus fell short of that Target next up we have Dying Light 2 and this time the 40 90 was 51 fast and the 6950 XT at 1440 being a massive 68 faster than the 3090 ti so another incredible generational uplift there and we see that it's much the same story at 4K 49 faster than the 6950 XT and 58 faster than the 3090 TI the second last game tested as Halo infinite and here we're looking at fairly typical gains at 1440p 52 faster than the RTX 39 TI and 60 faster than the 6950 XT then at 4K those margins are extended now the 40 90 is 72 faster than the 390 TI which is an incredible performance leap and then we see that it's also 86 faster than the 6950 XT which as I've said before is a brutal margin over previous generation flagships finally we have a shot of the Tomb Raider and for our zen4 CPU testing we found that this game was GPU Limited at 1080p with the RTX 309 Hui moving to the RTX 4090 we see that this is no longer going to be an issue as this thing cranked out an insane 237 FPS at 1440p using the highest quality preset that's a 55 boost over the 6950 XT and a 59 increase over the 30 90 ti so more jaw dropping results here speaking of jaw-dropping results at 4K the RTX 49er is an incredible 70 fast on the RTX 2090gi and 84 faster than the 6950 XT pumping out 160 FPS at 4K pretty amazing stuff especially given that previous generation models couldn't even reach 100 FPS okay so here's a look at the 13-game average which has been calculated using the Geo mean the RTX 4090 pumped out 219 FPS making it on average 44 faster than the 6950 XT and 45 faster than the 3090 TI both of which are huge margins but somewhat underrepresented the 4090 as the 5800x3d was limiting performance here on multiple occasions and it's pretty crazy to think that one of the fastest gaming CPUs available today can be a serious bottleneck for the 4090 at 1440p and in many cases we were using the highest or very high visual quality settings I feel this is the point where Technologies such as Ray tracing become truly viable and we'll look at that in a moment but before we do here's the 4K data and on average the RTX 490 was 59 faster than the 3980i and 71 faster than the 6950 XT those are some massive margins especially given they represent the average scene across the 13 games tested just as impressive is the fact that the 4090 averaged 145 FPS at 4K this is truly the first 4K GPU capable of delivering a high refresh rate gaming experience so very impressive stuff here by Nvidia now I haven't bothered looking at the 1080p results for the 13 games tested though I did gather all of that data and the reason I didn't bother looking at it was because we already had a lot to go over with the 1440p and 4K data and of course the 1080p results were often very heavily CPU limited still overall the 4090 was 28 fast and the 3090 TI at 1080p using the ryzen 7 5800x3d and 24 faster than the 6950 XT so it's still a very impressive here and if anything a great tool for testing CPU performance okay time for a look at the ray tracing and upscaling results and we'll start with f122 at 1440p the 40 90 was just 11 fast and the 3090 TI and 24 faster than the 6950 XT When comparing standard rasterization performance so the ultra high quality preset but with rtfx disabled then with rt plus dlss enabled the 4090 was just 17 faster than the 3090 TI or 29 faster than the 6950 XT which was using FSR for upscaling then with just RT enabled so no upscaling methods enabled the 4090 was a massive 78 faster than the 390 TI and 167 faster than the 6950 XT so while the 6950 XT was still able to deliver playable performance with more than 60 FPS at all times the 4090 provided a true High refresh rate experience the 4090 also affords you the ability to enjoy maximum visual quality at 4K with Ray tracing enabled comparing the standard rest authorization results the 40 90 was 61 faster than the 39 TI then a massive 86 faster with rt and dlss enabled and a breathtaking 91 faster with just RT and no dlss going from 54 FPS with the 3090 Shire to 103 FPS for the 4090 simply amazing and that's also more than three times the performance you'll get with the 6950 XT next we've got Watchdogs Legion and we'll start with the 1440p data which shows a fairly small margin between the 6950 XT and RTX 4090 due to a CPU bottleneck now this game doesn't support FSR and therefore the 6950 XT lacks upscaling support so I've just tested two Ray tracing modes comparing the 3090 TI and 4090 sees no difference in performance using dlss with rt enabled the dlss bottleneck appears to be about 109 FPS in this title interestingly the 4090 doesn't even require dlss here as it produced the same performance with ultra quality Ray traced effects enabled making it 33 faster than 390 and 91 faster than the 6950 XT as usual though we did get a better picture of just how powerful the 49er is at 4K this time using dlss with Ray tracing saw a 43 gain for the 40 90 over the 3090 and then with upscaling disabled the 40 90 was 68 faster and 155 faster than the 6950xt next we have Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and at 1440p we find another example where dlss does very little for the already Mighty impressive RTX 4090 as a result when comparing the array tracing Ultra quality plus dlss results between the 3092i and 4090 the new Ada Lovelace GPU was just 13 faster however if we ditch the upscaling we see that the 4090 is now 47 faster of course it's the 4K results where we see the biggest margins and this time dlss is of benefit for the 4090 pushing it ahead of the 3090 TI by a 54 margin and then 131 faster than the 6950 XT using FSR then with no upscaling but with rt Ultra enabled the 4090 was 58 fast and the 3090 TI and 88 faster than the 6950 XT now the ray tracing performance in Dying Light 2 is quite brutal especially without the aid of dlss for example at 1440p the 30 90ci is only good for 52 FPS on average though that performance can be bumped up to 86 FPS using dlss quality Mode still that means using dlss with rt enabled the 4090 was 98 faster than the 3090 TI and an insane 117 faster without the aid of upscaling the 4K data is just as impressive I'm not exactly sure why but the 3090 TI does quite poorly using the ray tracing quality preset In Dying Light 2 but with the RT settings turned off so what should be just standard rasterization performance using DirectX 12 sees the 4090 delivering 122 greater performance so again I'm not sure why that is even with dlss enabled the 490 was still 110 faster and then 115 faster with the upscaling disabled now the last game I'm going to look at Ray tracing and dlss performance with is cyberpunk 2077. at 1440p the RTX 4090 with rtfx disabled was 36 fast and the 3090 TI and that margin is again same with rt Ultra Plus dlss quality enabled but it does blow out to a massive 69 margin when using RT without dlss as here the 4090 was still good for 86 FPS then at 4K the RTX 4090 crushes the RTX 3092i delivering 72 greater performance with rt and dlss enabled and that 80 was just Road tracing enabled though we're only looking at 45 FPS in average here lastly here's a look at dlss3 performance and please note we will have a detailed analysis of this technology in a dedicated video shortly Now 1440p using the higher quality preset the RTX 4090 was good for 145 FPS on average in some 2077 making it around 35 faster than both the 3090 TI and 6950 XT however with DLS S3 enablement performance appears to have been boosted by 90 to 276 FPS and with limited testing the game did feel smooth but of course I'm very keen to see what Tim digs up in his detailed testing now the real advantage of dlss3 can be seen with ultra quality Ray tracing enabled as here the 4090 was good for 191 FPS on average making almost 70 percent faster than DLS S2 and of course the real Advantage can be seen at 4K where the 4090 pumped out 113 FPS using DLS S3 in conjunction with ultra rtfx a 43 boost over dlss2 incredible stuff and again with my limited testing the game did look good it felt very smooth but putting these numbers into context will be Tim's detailed analysis which again will be available in a few days from now okay so here's a look at total system power consumption when playing Halo at 1440p and as you can see the RTX 490 actually isn't bad in fact it's very good delivering 50 more performance in the RTX 39gi while using less power now both the 49 and 39 TI are 450 watt graphics card so technically they should consume about the same amount of power but the reason the 3090 shower can be seen pushing total system usage about 50 Watts higher is because there's no Founders Edition model of the 390 TI and instead we're using an MSI card which uses above spec voltage so although I have clocked it down to the official Nvidia specification which shaves a few percent off in terms of performance the higher voltage means power consumption is still higher than what it would be for a base model anyway the point is the RTX 4090 is a 450 watt product so power consumption isn't anything we haven't seen before from Flagship graphics cards here's a look at just how power efficient the RTX 490 is by locking the frame rate at 90fps we can see how much power each GPU uses and I'll be comparing the 4090 with the 3090 TI and 6950 XT at this locked frame rate the 4090 consumes just 215 watts and that means for the same level of performance the 30 90i required 93 more power and the 6950 XT 40 more power so despite all the talk of the 4090 being just this outrageous out of control Beast it's actually extremely impressive when it comes to power efficiency now when it comes to cooling performance the founders Edition RTX 49 he peaked at 83 degrees for the hot spot after an hour of load in a 21 degree room installed inside an ATX case with the doors closed the average GPU temperature peaked at 72 degrees and the memory temperature peaked at 84 degrees so all those temperatures are very acceptable especially given the low operating volume with a fan speed of just 1600 RPM the operating volume was just 42 decibels which is quieter than most high end and even mid-range graphics cards that I've tested in the past and during this testing the core clock speed held pretty steady at 2730 megahertz and of course the memory ran at 21 gigabits per second and finally the GPU power drill averaged 415 Watts now via overclocking I was able to push the Founder's Edition cores up to 2895 megahertz so a fairly typical six percent boost there and the memory hit 24.5 gigabits per second this increased the GPU power to 470 Watts on average we which is a 13 increase though the fan speed didn't really increase but the hot spot temperature did climb to 86 degrees so a five percent increase there and the memory also jumped up by four degrees when it comes to performance figures we're looking at a fairly mild seven percent boost in Hitman taking the RTX 4090 from 182 fps to 194 FPS and it's a similar story in watchdog's Legion where the overclocked 40 90 was six percent faster going from 141 fps to 150 FPS and we also saw a six percent boost in cyberpunk 2077 so nothing crazy there but as you'd expect from a product like the 4090 it's pushed pretty hard out of the box okay time for the cost per frame analysis and I'll start with the 1440p data using the suggested retail pricing for each model based on the MSRP the 4090 looks very good even when using the more CPU limited 1440p data in terms of cost per frame it's roughly on par with the 6950 XT and 6900 XT but crucially it is over 30 more costly than what we believed were the sensible previous generation high-end options in the RTX 3080 and 6800 XT actually it's more like 50 more expensive when compared to the 6800 XT still when compared to what I call the dumb options like the RTX 3080 TI 3090 and 3090 TI even at 1440p the 4090 is comparatively good value the 4K data using the MSRP is even more favorable and here the 4090 appears far better value than the 6950 XT and 6900 XT offering around 15 greater value still it is 16 more costly per frame when compared to the RTX 3080 and 21 more costly than the 6800 XT still it does have 24 gigabytes of vram so when compared to the 3090 we're looking at significantly better value with a saving of 38 per frame now looking Beyond msrps and instead focusing on current real world pricing the RTX 490 is a lot less attractive using the 1440p data we see that it's actually slightly worse than the 3092i in terms of value making it the most expensive GPU on the market today in terms of cost per frame and overall price the 4K data though better represents the RTX 4090 but even here we see that at sixteen hundred dollars it is slightly more costly than the 6950 XT though also slightly better than the heavily discounted RTX 3090 so I guess that's pretty good for a stupid high-end Class Type product let's say that said you're looking at a 21 premium in terms of price and performance over the RTX 3080 which frankly isn't good still we're comparing a brand new product to a two-year-old GPU that's now selling below MSRP so while a valid comparison for those of you looking to buy right now older discounted products are almost always going to represent better value so what to make of the GeForce RTX 4090 well it's obviously very fast it's brutally fast in fact as I've said a number of times now but I don't think performance was ever really the issue here I think the key concerns people seem to have with the 490 was the price and power consumption now the price is obviously understandable and it is a real issue but the power consumption I think it's clear now that the rumors have just absolutely insane power consumption were wrong that the 4090 isn't absurd in that sense using slightly less power than the 3090 TI in our testing so while still a very hungry GPU it's nothing we haven't seen before from Flagship products and given the exceptionally high performance the performance per what you're getting with the RTX 49er is incredibly good we also saw when cap to the same frame rate in cyberpunk 2077 the 4090 consumed almost 50 percent less power than the 3090t on almost 30 less than the 6950 XT and this then leaves the issue of the price and that's not an easy one to get around based on the 4 okay data using msrps we sort the 4090 is 16 more costly per frame than the 3080 which actually isn't that far off the margin seen previously When comparing the 30 90 and 2080. and although I didn't have time to include the 2080 data here the 3090 upon release was 13 more costly per frame than the 2080. so that means the 4090 is pretty similar in terms of value to that of the 3090 which wasn't a good value product because the 3080 was just 13 slower on average while costing 53 less so when looking strictly at ultra high in GPU pricing the 4090 it isn't terrible and I guess for people with Deep Pockets who buy these products that's a win of course what made ampere great my eyes was the RTX 3080 and although the crypto boom did spoil it for a moment it was pretty great so the hope is the RTX 4080 at least one of them represents Great Value and that's something we'll explore at a later date my point is though until more Ada Lovelace gpus arrive and of course amd's Arduino 3 gpus it is how hard to say just how good dumb or bad value the RTX 490 is for this new generation not only that but I can sit here all day and complain about the 1600 us asking price but It ultimately will change nothing accomplishes very little and won't discourage those who plan on buying an RTX 4090 from doing so there is clearly a market for these extreme high-end gpus and if enough people are willing to part with sixteen hundred dollars US or more for an RTX 4090 then this segment will continue to exist and nothing I say will change that so moving past the cost per frame or any kind of value analysis to just look at the RTX 4090 for what it is a brutally fast GPU how excited should high-end Gamers be again ignoring the price I am very excited about the RTX 4090 it's the first time I've enjoyed a truly High refresh rate gaming experience at 4K without having to compromise on visuals Ray tracing is finally a Carefree option and while dlss is still important here enjoying games such as Dying Light 2 cyberpunk 2077 and Watchdogs Legion at 4K with ultra quality Ray tracing enabled while frame rates stayed above 60 FPS it's a special experience DLS S3 is obviously a very exciting new feature but as I've said more investigation will be required here before I can comment on just how much of a selling point it is and we'll have more information on that shortly so in short the gaming experience with the GeForce RTX 4090 founded Edition was breathtaking and surprisingly practical as well I was able to run it just fine using my old Corsair rm850x 850 watt power supply using the included adapter the founders Edition model running Under full load for extended periods of time is very quiet no louder than a quality mid-range graphics card and as I've said power consumption wasn't outrageous less than that of custom 3980is that I have and again my 850 watt power supply doesn't look as though its life's going to be cut short now I know Nvidia made several bold claims when announcing the new GeForce 40 series but I really don't care to delve into that here companies saying dumb stuff has become the norm in fact it's pretty much always been this way you can argue AMD doesn't misrepresent their products nearly as much as Nvidia and maybe that's true I really don't care to get into that debate here they're both guilty of stretching the truth or at the very least focusing on Extreme outliers or highly unrealistic test conditions and that's kind of their job I suppose at this point you have to get over it and accept that that's just what they do that said I'm all for stamping out really anti-consumer Behavior such as commissioning or paying for third-party benchmarks something both Nvidia and Intel do and have done quite a bit of as for the RTX 4090 there's really not much more to say at this point in time personally I'd never pay sixteen hundred dollars US for a graphics card because as good as it is Gaming's just not worth that kind of investment to me and I suppose more to the point I can enjoy gaming almost as much with a GPU that costs at least four times less so I still feel we're firmly into dumb GPU pricing territory here but like I said how dumb depends on the price to Performance offered by the RTX 4080 models and of course amd's upcoming rdna 3 Series so rather than rush out and buy a 40 90 I just wait to see what AMD has to offer and it won't be too long now till we get a look at amd's rdna gpus and really from what I'm hearing you really shouldn't have too much trouble buying a 49 Johnny anyway should you decide to go that way I've heard that stock is apparently very plentiful and with that I'm going to end this review here very impressive stuff again but yeah Keen to see what else we end up getting so make sure you are subscribed for that if you enjoyed this video you know what to do and if you'd like to become a hardware box Community member then we do have float plane and patreon you can sign up to either one of those things that'll get you access to behind the scenes content a monthly live streamer to myself and our exclusive Discord server along with a few other cool perks so yeah if you're interested check that out but if not perfectly fine and I would like to thank you for watching this video I'm your host Dave and I'll see you again next time [Music] thank you [Music]

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Reddit Comments

[u/DongLife]

I was considering this for 3440x1440 gaming but seems more like a 4K card or for raytracing maxed out. Interested to see what amd will offer now

[u/DrKrFfXx]

Performance looks awesome. 2000€+ still seems steep.

And the only sub 1000€ 4000 series probably won't be that much faster than a 3000 series. So very little progress in the cards that matter to the general population.

What impresses me the most is the power to performance ratio, I usually cap my frames to something that fits the genre I'm playing, so 90 fps on CP would seem about fine, and to get there with half the power of a 3000 card seems out of this world. Specially since my 3080ti really makes me sweat on the summer.

[u/EfficiencyLower7230]

absolutely fucking insane performance, after several false prophets this is the real 4k gaming GPU

[u/FuriousDucking]

This thing is fucking bonkers. The price is bs but holy shit.

Now I'm interested how the 4080 performs and what AMD has up its sleeve against this.

[u/LustraFjorden]

Has anyone ran some under-volted tests?

[u/Glorgor]

Even at 1440p the 5800x3d bottlenecks it and i bet people would still pair it with a 7700K or something

[u/Category5x]

No test should be run at anything lest then Ultra Quality, Custom enabled if needed to max out everything, and RT should be on Max too. Nobody is considering this card to run anything at medium, or vanilla high settings.

[u/AFAR85]

I wonder how many of those people saying the performance would be underwhelming will show their faces now.

Things a monster.

[u/Unkzilla]

Almost 3x the 6950xt in rt at 4k, that is brutal