NVIDIA released the new generation of flagship GeForce RTX 4090 GPU at the end of last month. As an important partner of NVIDIA, Gigabyte also launched a series of flagship graphics card products based on RTX 4090 GPU. Among them, GeForce RTX 4090 WINDFORCE 24G Wind Mo (hereinafter referred to as RTX 4090 Wind Mo) is a representative of extremely cost-effectiveness. Let's take a look at the strength of this "sweetest" card king.
NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture has evolved comprehensively, refreshing performance ceiling
Thanks to the advanced TSMC 4N process, NVIDIA Ada Lovelace GPU architecture has greatly expanded the chip specifications and increased the frequency, and has brought new upgrades such as SER (shader execution reordering) technology, third-generation RT Cores, fourth-generation Tensor Cores, optical flow accelerator, etc. The performance of ray tracing gaming has reached 2 to 4 times that of the previous generation flagship RTX 3090 Ti, which can be called the new generation of GPU performance ceiling. At the same time, the RTX 40 graphics card with 12GB video memory or above has a built-in dual decoder, which doubles the efficiency in most video editing applications. The powerful computing performance and DLSS3 technology also allow it to provide exponential efficiency growth in 3D rendering applications, so the RTX 4090 is also an extremely efficient productivity tool for designer users.
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 WINDFORCE 24G Wind Magic Appreciation
Gigabyte RTX 4090 Wind Magic is equipped with the family's unique Wind Power cooling system. It has 3 100mm blade fans with precisely adjusted blade angle and shape and dual ball bearing . It supports 3D start-stop, forward and reverse design, and is equipped with a heat-smoothing plate direct contact GPU, supplemented by 10 composite heat pipes and super thick and large heat fins , providing strong heat dissipation performance.
At the same time, the graphics card is also equipped with a full-size metal backplane, bringing more comprehensive protection and a cooler appearance to the PCB. An air intake grille is designed on the front of the back panel, which can use the airflow generated by the graphics card fan to help the air ducts in the entire chassis to dissipate heat, effectively improving the overall heat dissipation effect.
auxiliary power supply part, the graphics card is equipped with a dedicated 12Pin + 4Pin interface, and the graphics card also comes with an adapter cable that is adapted to 4×8Pin, which is convenient for old power users to use. According to the official recommendation of NVIDIA, an 850W power supply can meet the needs. In the material part, the graphics card is equipped with a digital power supply module, which is equipped with a long-life solid-state capacitor , alloy inductor, 2-ounce copper PCB and low-resistance transistor and other ultra-durable materials, providing strong and stable graphics card performance and longer service life.
Overall, the Gigabyte RTX 4090 Fengmo has reached the level of first-class flagship in terms of power supply, heat dissipation and material design, and the price of 12,999 yuan is also stand out among the many RTX 4090 graphics cards, with a very cost-effectiveness. So, let’s go to the practical test section that everyone is most concerned about!
RTX 4090 violent performance improvement! DLSS3 black technology is too powerful
test platform
graphics card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 WINDFORCE 24G Wind Magic
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 Ti GAMING OC 24G Magic Eagle
Processor: Core i9 12900K
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 AORUS MASTER
Memory: Gigabyte AORUS DDR5 6000 16GB×2
Hard disk: Gigabyte AORUS NVMe Gen4 Titanium engraving 2TB
Power supply: Gigabyte UD1000GM PG5
Operating system: Windows 11 Professional Edition
Practical performance test
benchmark performance test part, RTX 4090 has a huge improvement over RTX 3090 Ti. In the FireStike test, which represents the performance of DX11, the leading amplitude is more than 80%. Moreover, with the higher the resolution, the greater the leading amplitude, it can be seen that the CPU has already had a bottleneck in the face of the super-strong performance of RTX 4090. In the DX12 part, the RTX 4090's leading range is also close to 80%. In the DXR ray tracing sector, the RTX 4090 has more than double the RTX 3090 Ti. In Port Royal, the RTX 4090 also leads by more than 80%.
is the 2K test part first. Among the 13 games, 11 of them have obvious improvements, and the advantages of "Doom: Eternal" even reach nearly 60%. Overall, the average advantage of RTX 4090 over RTX 3090 Ti at 2K resolution is about 130%.It is obvious that the pressure of 2K resolution seems too weak in front of the RTX 4090, and GPU is restricted by the limitations of subsystems such as processors and cannot fully exert it. Let's take a look at the situation at 4K resolution.
As the resolution increases to 4K, the performance advantages of RTX 4090 are becoming more and more obvious. In "Killer 3", RTX 4090 leads the RTX 3090 Ti about 80%. Even games like "World of Warcraft: Shadowlands" that are seriously restricted by CPU bottlenecks have also achieved more than 28% of the frame rate improvement with the support of RTX 4090. Overall, the RTX 4090's 4K gaming average frame rate leads the RTX 3090 Ti about 150%.
2K ray tracing is only moderate for GPUs like RTX 4090. Judging from the test situation, except for some games that have a smaller improvement, other games have basically increased by more than 50% compared to the RTX 3090 Ti, and can be increased by more than 80%. Overall, the average increase is about 57%.
4K ray tracing game part, in "F1 2022" and "'s disappearing light 2", RTX 4090 achieves nearly twice the performance of the RTX 3090 Ti! In many other games, RTX 4090 also maintains an advantage of 70% to 80%. In summary, whether DLSS is turned on or off, the average advantage of RTX 4090 remains at around 170%. At the same time, we can also see that after turning on DLSS, the RTX 4090 has achieved huge performance improvements in many games, allowing 4K ultimate ray tracing games to run at smooth frame rates of more than 100fps or even 200fps. In short, judging from the current situation of popular games, only under the 4K ultimate ray tracing image quality settings can the powerful performance of RTX 4090 be tried.
We know that the RTX 40 series also has an optical flow accelerator, which is combined with the DLSS3 technology released at the same time, can generate complete picture frames through AI calculations, thereby greatly improving frame rates and reducing frame delays. From the test results, we can see that in "Cyberpunk 2077", with the frame generation support of DLSS3, the average frame rate of RTX 4090 even exceeds 2.3 times that of RTX 3090 Ti in 4K+DLSS performance mode.
" Anti-water Cold " The test copy ray tracing effect specially created for DLSS3 is a pervert to the pressure on the GPU. Even the RTX 4090 only has 17fps in the 4K DLSS without DLSS. After turning on the DLSS3 performance mode, the frame rate has been directly increased by nearly 4 times to 84fps. The RTX 3090 Ti without an optical flow accelerator has only 25fps in the 4K+DLSS performance mode, and the RTX 4090 is 236% ahead.
It can be seen that the more ray tracing special effects in the game, the more complex it is, and the greater the performance improvement brought by DLSS3. Therefore, facing the future panoramic ray tracing masterpieces, the RTX 40 series with optical flow accelerator supports DLSS3 is obviously a must-have.
For designer users, how strong is the RTX 4090 with 24GB of ultra-large video memory as a productivity tool? From the test results, we can see that the rendering performance of RTX 4090 compared to the RTX 3090 Ti has almost doubled, and most projects have a performance improvement of 80% to 100%. As for the video transcoding part, since the RTX 4090 is supported by dual encoder, the transcoding speed in the clipping is almost twice that of the RTX 3090 Ti. In addition, the RTX 4090 also provides AV1 encoding support, and the RTX 3090 Ti does not have a corresponding hardware encoder, of course, it cannot be supported.
In short, for designers, upgrading from RTX 3090 Ti to RTX 4090 is basically equivalent to achieving twice the work efficiency, and such investment is very worth it.
Power consumption temperature and overclocking test
RTX 4090 Wind Magic is equipped with a powerful 3-fan cooling system, the GPU is accelerated by 2520 MHz by default, and the highest frequency in the game can be measured up to 2820 MHz.
FurMark actual test machine frequency is 2685 MHz, the default test machine power is up to 445.7 W, the GPU temperature is up to 55.2℃, the junction temperature is 63.5℃, and the heat dissipation performance is excellent.
In addition, through repeated attempts, overclocking is performed without adjusting the voltage. The actual GPU frequency in 3DMark can reach 3090 MHz. In the game, the output power of the entire board has been increased to 487W, and the performance has been further improved. It can be seen that its powerful power supply and heat dissipation design can fully accommodate the RTX 4090 GPU. If players are interested, they can further explore its powerful potential.
Summary: Ceiling level performance + super sweet price, RTX 4090 Wind Demon is highly recommended
RTX 40 series The third-generation RT Cores and the fourth-generation Tensor Cores are revolutionary evolutions. The newly added optical flow accelerator brings AI frame generation function to DLSS3, providing 2 to 4 times the performance improvement of ray tracing gaming. At the same time, from the test, we can also see that the RTX 4090 has exponential efficiency increase compared to the previous generation in terms of 3D rendering output and video editing, which is also a very efficient productivity tool for designer users.
Therefore, if you are a fever player who pursues the ultimate gaming experience or a designer user who pursues top efficiency, the RTX 4090 is definitely the strongest choice at present. Of course, in the super public version of RTX 4090, Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 WINDFORCE 24G Fengmo not only has luxurious materials and powerful cooling design, but also has a good overclocking space (GPU frequency can exceed 3GHz). It can be regarded as a super high-performance PKU specially created for gaming enthusiasts and high-performance users, and it is worthy of priority.
