Just last month, NVIDIA officially released the new RTX40 series graphics card at the GTC22 conference. Therefore, every new product release touches the nerves of the majority of players, and it is the focus of everyone's attention. The first RTX40 series graphics cards have been launched in total, including RTX4090, RTX4080 16GB, and RTX4080 12GB. The new GeForce RTX series graphics cards adopt the new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture core, TSMC 4N process, DLSS 3, ATX 3.0/PCIE-5.0 power supply specifications and other technologies are fully applied, comprehensively crushing all gaming graphics cards currently on sale, and announcing the strongest series of GPU in history!
We were also lucky enough to get the new NVIDIA RTX4090 graphics card at the first time, bringing you the first review. The GPU of the new NVIDIA RTX4090 graphics card has a 384-bit video memory bit width, and has been upgraded to the new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture core, using TSMC custom 4N customization process, and an SM unit includes 128 CUDA cores, which doubles the performance.
NVIDIA RTX4090 graphics card has 16384 CUDA cores and uses 24GB, GDDR6X high-speed video memory. Not only that, but this is also the first time that the GeForce series has introduced the AV1 dual encoder design. Compared with the GeForce RTX 30 era, only AV1 decoding is supported. While supporting decoding, NVIDIA RTX4090 graphics card also provides dual encoding support, which has doubled the computing power compared to the previous generation, which means that the content creation performance of live broadcast, video editing, and especially high-definition video editing has been significantly improved.
In terms of gaming, NVIDIA RTX4090 graphics card supports a very important new technology - NVIDIA DLSS 3. DLSS, commonly known as "Popeye" by netizens! DLSS is a revolutionary breakthrough in the field of AI-driven graphics, which can greatly improve performance. In layman's terms, DLSS technology can more fully release the performance of GeForce RTX series graphics cards, which can also bring about a significant improvement in image quality and a huge improvement in performance, thereby making the ray tracing game in the new era smoother and the picture quality more exquisite.
DLSS 3 is powered by the new fourth-generation Tensor Core and optical flow accelerator equipped with the NVIDIA RTX4090 graphics card GPU, which can use AI to create more high-quality frames without affecting image quality and response speed. At the same time, DLSS 3 technical support for GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs.
Appearance
So much has been said before, let’s uncover the true face of the NVIDIA RTX4090 graphics card. Its packaging is still the minimalist style of NVIDIA, which is very low-key. The whole body is black, without the iconic green, only the product model GEFORCE RTX 4090 is marked directly in front of it. Whether it is the packaging or the product itself, the first visual impact it gives is that it is really large.
Open the packaging box and after buying the graphics card, the first feeling I give people is that the texture is extremely strong and can be regarded as a model of industrial design. The new NVIDIA RTX4090 graphics card has not changed much compared to the previous generation. It still adopts a dual fan design with front and reverse fans. The heat dissipation fins have a matte coating, so the touch is more warm. The shell part of the graphics card is wrapped in a large area of metal, with a matte surface. The front is the conspicuous RTX 4090 logo.
NVIDIA RTX4090 graphics card has large matte coating heat dissipation fins on the back. For better heat dissipation, dual-fan dual-axis flow design is adopted, with fans one front and one rear. This design allows cold air from the outside, flowing through the GPU, and draining hot air directly from the back of the chassis. The other pull-on fan on the back also sucks cold air, but flows through the heat dissipation fins on the heat pipe , and is guided to the back of the chassis through the overall heat dissipation system of the chassis. More importantly, the silence effect is several times that of the previous product. The top design of
NVIDIA RTX4090 graphics card is very regular, with full coverage on both sides, which not only affects pressure resistance, but also has a coordinated beauty. And adopts a brand new 16pin power supply interface. The matte-coated heat dissipation fins in the middle embellish it even more. Although it looks very artistic, the breath it exudes is very powerful.The PCI metal bezel design of
NVIDIA RTX4090 graphics card is very interesting. There is an opening below each interface, which is also to better assist in heat dissipation. Equipped with 3*DP1.4 interface and 1*HDMI2.1 interface. There is no problem with daily use.
Next we will pass a series of tests to see how powerful the inner energy of this work of art is.
RTX 4090 parameters and cooling
GeForce The core frequency of RTX 4090 is 2235-2520MHz, which is a huge improvement compared to RTX 3090. Its video memory is GDDR6X 24GB, video memory wide bit is 384 bit, and the bandwidth is increased to 1TB/s. In terms of power consumption, the RTX 4090 consumes 450W. Faced with the improvement of performance, it is understandable that the power consumption of 100W higher than the RTX 3090. The power supply recommended by the author must be above 1000W.
We used FurMark roasting software to conduct a stress test on the RTX 4090 for about 15 minutes. This time, the RTX 4090 heat dissipation surprised the author. During the roasting machine , the temperature throughout the whole process was maintained at around 76℃. In terms of stability, there is no frequency drop in the oven for a long time. The frequency is always maintained at around 2655MHz, while the power consumption is maintained at around 450W. During the roasting process, we also used AIDA64 to perform a CPU roasting machine. The test showed that the total power consumption was about 750W. Although the 850W power supply can also be used normally, it prevents the instantaneous voltage from being too high, and the 1000W power supply is more reliable.
test platform
In terms of configuration, in order to fully utilize the performance of RTX4090, our test platform adopts flagship products. In addition, we also used RTX3080Ti, RTX3090, and RTX 3090Ti and RTX4090 for a comprehensive comparison.
In the DMark test, the RTX 4090 score showed a visible improvement, and the Port Royal score was 24553, 70% higher than the RTX 3090 Ti. The TS kits are 30016 and 19205, respectively, which is 39%-55% higher than the RTX 3090 Ti. The FS package is 48% to 77% higher than the RTX 3090 Ti. Even the previous generation of the RTX 3090 Ti can only lower its head in front of the RTX 4090.
NVIDIA hidden "plug-in"
DLSS 3 technology is the "killer weapon" of the RTX 40 series this time. Unlike DLSS 2, DLSS 2 uses low-resolution pictures to render high-resolution pictures through AI. It can be understood that after we turn on DLSS at 4K resolution, we use 1080P to play games, so the game frame rate has been improved.
and DLSS 3 has further improved on this basis. The original low-resolution picture rendered into high-resolution picture through AI also adds the function of frame generation. Through AI calculation, a brand new frame is inserted between two real frames, achieving the improvement of frame rate. Therefore, the improvement of DLSS 3 is about twice that of DLSS 2.
Of course, some theories need to be proved through practice whether it really has such a "god". We conduct gaming at 4K resolution and benchmark tests at 3DMark DLSS 4K resolution to see the results.
At 4K resolution, we can see through the performance mode test of DLSS 2 that the overall gap between RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3090 and RTX 3090 Ti is not big. In RTX 4090, the frame rate has reached 57 without DLSS being turned on, and after DLSS being turned on, the frame rate soared to 129, which doubled, which is much higher than the frame rate of the RTX 3090 Ti.
When we tested DLSS 3 at 4K resolution, the RTX 4090 frame rate increased again, directly rising to 184FPS. It is 42% higher than DLSS 2.
has excellent results at 4K resolution, while the positioning of RTX 4090 is not in 4K but has crossed to 8K. We tested DLSS again at K resolution , although the frame rate was only 12.92 when DLSS was turned off. However, with the opening of DLSS 3, the frame rate reaches 92.36, which is 614% higher than when DLSS is turned off. This is such a terrifying improvement.But it can also be seen from this that with the innovation of technology, the higher the resolution of DLSS, the greater the improvement effect. In the future, it is not a dream for us to experience high-brush games at 8K resolution.
We can see in the chart that in "F1 22", when DLSS is not enabled, the game frame rate is 92 frames. In DLSS quality mode, the frame rate of DLSS 2 is 137, which is 48%, while the frame rate of DLSS 3 is 176, which is 91%. But under DLSS ultra-high performance, the frame rate of DLSS 2 is 173 and the frame rate of DLSS 3 is 227. The frame rate of DLSS 2 has almost doubled compared to the unopened DLSS, while the frame rate of DLSS 3 is 140% higher than the unopened DLSS .
In the test of " Against the Cold ", even the powerful RTX 4090 can only run to 16 frames, and even the smoothness does not meet the standard. In DLSS quality mode, the DLSS 2 frame rate reaches 34 frames. Although it can be played, it is still a bit worse than the flow. DLSS 3 ran to 58 frames, which was very close to the smooth 60 frames. In DLSS performance mode, although DLSS 2 achieves a 200% frame rate increase compared to when DLSS is turned off, the 52 screen is still quite stuttering for most players. DLSS 3 has been improved by 4 times in performance mode to 83 frames, and you can feel the smoothness and smoothness under the 120Hz high refresh screen.
In the frame rate test of "Plague Legend: Requiem", DLSS 3 still has a huge frame rate increase compared to DLSS 2. In the picture quality mode, the frame rate of DLSS 3 has doubled. Although DLSS 3 is not as much as "Against the Cold" in ultra-high performance mode, DLSS 3, which has increased by 3 times, is really good compared to DLSS 2! In addition to the increase in frame rate of
, I believe that players have a difference in comparing DLSS 2 and DLSS without DLSS in DLSS 3. At this point, we compared the same screen and DLSS mode.
We compare three pictures with the same position and different DLSS modes through NVIDIA's ICAT tool. You can see that in the pictures with DLSS closed, the details of the stones in the circled position are clearly visible, while the stones in the DLSS 3 quality and DLSS 3 performance modes are slightly blurred, and these details can only be clearly distinguished when a certain part is enlarged.
It is worth mentioning that whether it is DLSS 3 quality or DLSS 3 performance mode, the author carefully compared multiple pictures and found that the picture quality does differ when DLSS is turned off, but there is almost no difference between DLSS 3 quality and DLSS 3 performance mode. Although the author tried to zoom in to the mosaic shape, he did not find their difference.
Currently, the DLSS 3 technology-supported games are being updated quickly. In the future, more than 35 games and applications will announce that they will support this technology soon, including:
● "A Plague Tale: Requiem" (A Plague Tale: Requiem)
● "Atomic Heart" (Atomic Heart)
● " Black Myth: Wukong)
● "Bright Memory: Infinite)
●Chernobylite
●Conqueror's Blade
●Cyberpunk 2077)
●Dakar Desert Rally
●Deliver Us Mars
●Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed)
●Dying Light 2: Stay Human)
●F1® 22
●F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch)
●Frost Engine
●Hitman 3 (HITMAN 3)
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● "Imperial Storm" (ICARUS)
● "Jurassic World Evolution 2)
● "Justice Cold" (Justice)
● "Loopmancer" (Loopmancer)
● "Marauders" (Marvel's Spider-Man) Remastered)
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●《Midnight Ghost Hunt》 (Midnight Ghost Hunt)
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●NVIDIA Racer RTX
●《Perised》 (PERISH)
●《Portal with RTX)
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●《Story 2: Heart of Chernobyl》 (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2:Heart of Chernobyl)
●《Scathe》 (Scathe)
●《SUPER PEOPLE
●《Sword and Fairy 7》
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●《The Lord of the Rings: Gollum》 (The Lord of the Rings: Gollum》 (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt》 (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)
●《Ringer and Freedom》 (THRONE AND LIBERTY)
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