htmlOn September 20, NVIDIA officially released the new generation of GeForce RTX 4090 GPU. 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!
As the core AIC partner of NVIDIA Asus , of course, it also launched the new Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card at the first time. The 384bit video memory bit width 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.
Appearance
From the outer packaging, we can roughly see that this generation of Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card is a bigger size than the previous generation flagship card emperor. The larger size seems to highlight its stronger performance. We can also quickly understand some performance and technical upgrade parameters from some pictures and labels of the outer packaging.
When lifting up its "veil", the graphics card itself is exposed. The visual impact on people is very strong. The Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card is like a warrior wearing black armor. It is majestic and domineering and restrains all its breath. The overall feeling is full of power, low-key and calm, and it is also extremely oppressive.
The most eye-catching one is the three giant cooling fans in front of you. The Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card is equipped with 3 Axial-tech axial flow fans with a 10.5cm diameter diameter. The middle fan is reversed to avoid airflow interference and enhance heat dissipation performance. The fan itself uses dual ball bearing , which has doubled service life. The fan supports intelligent stopping technology, which can achieve complete silence under low load.
ASUS TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card is a whole alloy back plate. The back plate and the upper cover plate are perfectly fitted to effectively protect the PCB from deformation. The rear end of the back plate adopts a hollow design, which allows the airflow generated by the cooling fan to pass directly through, taking away the heat from the heat dissipation fin , and achieving the purpose of improving the efficiency of graphics card heat dissipation . The hexagonal pattern on the front part of the back plate is also free of incongruity, and the echoes of the front and back create a very good visual effect.
And the GeForce RTX logo that first catches your eye on the top of the graphics card, and the 16-pin PCIe Gen5 power supply interface of the graphics card in the middle. In order to enhance the heat dissipation effect, the Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card adopts a large-area open air guide design, which even displays its solid materials in front of you. Since we talk about the materials, we can also see from this part that its upper and lower covers are die-cast, which also has the overall stability effect of graphics card . In terms of
IO interface, the Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card is equipped with 2 HDMI 2.1a and 3 DP1.4a video output interfaces, which can meet the high-definition display output needs of different users. It supports up to K resolution display, and also supports up to 240Hz 4K 12-bit HDR display output, or 120Hz 8K HDR display output. Meet the daily needs of most users.
RTX 4090 parameters
The new NVIDIA RTX4090 graphics card has a GPU of 384bit video memory bit width. It uses 24GB, GDDR6X high-speed video memory, and has been upgraded to the new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture core, using TSMC customized 4N customization process. The graphics card has 16384 CUDA cores, and an SM unit includes 128 CUDA cores, which doubles the performance. The core frequency of the graphics card is 2235/2565MHz, and the graphics card power consumption is 450W. When the occupancy rate of
graphics card is full, the Furmark copying machine will last for more than ten minutes, the graphics card frequency is stable above 2700MHz, the temperature is stable at 67℃, and the overall power consumption of the graphics card is around 430W.
test platform
In order to enable the new Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card to perform its performance, we also chose the current flagship product in the world in terms of configuration.
3D MAKRK
D Mark stress test detects whether the performance of the graphics card will decline under continuous scores. In the past, the score line has always been above 97% to be considered a qualified score. The Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card also achieved a good result of 99.6% in this test, which can be regarded as a very stable pass.
We pull the target power consumption to 133% and then pull the frequency to 2731MHz, adjust the fan speed to 100 for an overclocking score.
Next is the 3DMark TimeSpy DX12 test, and the Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card score reached 33688 points.
The second was the 3DMark Fire Strike DX11 test, and the Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card score reached 75177 points. This extremely high score also tells players that the Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card can also allow players to enjoy all the games on the market smoothly at 4K resolution. These include ray tracing games and VR games, and the Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card can also meet the players' high refresh rate needs.
The last test is DMark Portal Royal ray tracing test. The Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card performed stably and got a high score of 26161. This also means that the 40 Series graphics card will also be able to run ray tracing games smoothly at 4k resolution.
DLLS 3
If the performance improvement is significant, then another major technology added to the 40-series graphics card this time will completely attack the players' sight, that is, the NVIDIA DLSS 3 technology. DLSS 3 is an AI-powered performance multiplier powered by a new optical flow accelerator for the new fourth-generation Tensor Core and GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs. It is the latest version of NVIDIA's well-received deep learning supersampling technology, and has pioneered optical multi-frame generation capabilities that will usher in a new era of NVIDIA RTX neural network rendering games and applications.
DLSS essentially improves the low resolution of a single frame to high resolution through deep learning algorithms, which greatly improves the game frame rate . But this is not enough. On DLSS 3, a more three-dimensional analysis method is built using the combination of optical flow accelerator and DLSS: the previous frame and the current frame are used to generate data such as optical flow field, game motion vector and depth by the optical flow accelerator. DLSS compares the newly rendered frame with the previous frame, and considers the motion vector and optical flow field information to understand the scene changes, thereby generating a new high-quality frame. To a simple understanding, AI does not need to take up too much GPU resources to generate frames, and is calculated by AI.
Simply put, in the past, DLSS 2 was rendered with a low-resolution image and then zoomed in to high resolution to achieve both image quality and frame rate. On the basis of compatibility with DLSS 2, the new DLSS 3 has also added a new frame insertion function, which can insert AI-derived virtual frames between two real frames to double the frame count. Combined with the super-resolution feature of DLSS 2, AI can rebuild up to seven-eighth of display pixels, bringing an unexpected performance improvement compared to the lack of DLSS. It can be as high as 4 times the maximum.
Currently, many games on the market have successively added support for NVIDIA DLSS 3 technology. Since as long as DLSS 3 is adapted to DLSS 3, can be backward compatible with DLSS 2, the development difficulty is very low, and more and more developers will definitely join the DLSS camp in the future. "Cyberpunk 2077", "F1 22" and " Anti-Shui Cold " appearing in the game test below are the first games that support NVIDIA DLSS 3 technology. These games have been adapted to DLSS 3 for testing.
, known as the graphics card killer, "Cyberpunk 2077", is an action character game developed by CD Projekt RED. The 3D engine technology used in the game production allows players to have a super high picture experience, and the ray tracing technology added in the game also brings the picture quality to the next level. The addition of NVIDIA DLSS technology also allows players to have smooth action pictures while ensuring the quality of the picture and enjoy a smooth gaming experience. With the powerful performance of the Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card, even at 4k resolution and NVIDIA DLSS 3 technology, the frame rate can reach 52 frames without turning on DLSS mode. When the DLSS3 super performance mode is turned on, the frame rate can reach close to 180 frames at one point. It can realize 4K displays to play, which is 4K resolution. Such a silky experience can even satisfy 8K60 frames for super enthusiasts. Of course, if players do not pursue the ultimate picture quality, they can also choose the DLSS 2 super performance mode. After turning on this mode, the performance will be nearly doubled.
The Chinese style game "Against the Cold" launched by NetEase will also be one of the first games to support NVIDIA's DLSS 3 technology. This update "Against the Cold" has joined hands with NVIDIA to achieve the world's first innovative new scene "Fuyunting". "Against the Cold" will also be the first game equipped with path ray tracing technology in the real machine. With the support of NVIDIA DLSS 3 technology, the game screen will be in a new height. Also when ray tracing technology is turned on at 4K resolution and the image quality is set to the highest setting, the frame count of "Against the Cold" only reached 20 frames. This means that if players pursue picture quality, they will not be able to play the game smoothly. However, the addition of NVIDIA DLSS 3 allows it to enjoy 4 times performance and faster response speed than traditional rendering, which greatly increases the in-game picture expressiveness of "Against the Cold". After turning on NVIDIA DLSS 3 performance mode, the frame count reaches 80 frames and other excellent data. This will mean that players will be able to enjoy beautiful pictures like the real world in "Against the Cold" while maintaining a super smooth gaming experience.
For friends who like racing games, "F1 22" is familiar with everyone. In order to allow players to experience the authenticity and fun brought by F1 more realistically, this game supports a variety of ray tracing effects, including transparent reflections of ray tracing, ambient shading and ray tracing shadows to enhance the immersion of the game. Through ray tracing lighting, players can get a perfect F1 racing experience with precise reflections, and see shadows when racing on the F1 track with incredible details, which can also make players more immersed in it. The actual measurement is running at the highest image quality with 4K resolution. The frame rate without DLSS can reach 92 frames, which can meet the needs of 4K displays. Also turned on DLSS3 super performance mode, the frame rate skyrocketed to 227 frames, which is a quality-to-quantity overflow. Of course, if I make a choice for players like me who are extremely demanding about picture quality and smoothness, I will tell you that I want it.
In terms of image quality, we chose a detail in a scene. It can be seen that DLSS does reduce the rendering resolution, but in terms of scales like 4K displays, the difference is not big.
If you don’t look carefully, you can’t notice any problems at first glance. However, when you stay on it, you will find that there will be a difference in the quality performance of the two images. With DLSS off, the gloss on the stone statue is not so full and natural, and there will be shadows later. In DLSS3 performance mode, it looks very full and shiny and more three-dimensional.This is also why NVIDIA also recommends that you choose DLSS3 performance mode at 4K resolution.
From this screenshot of the selected "Against the Cold" game scene, we can also clearly see that the picture quality in DLSS 3 performance mode is also very excellent, with performance that is not inferior to native picture quality. In terms of visual appearance, it is even slightly better than the native picture, and the overall saturation and the Ryzen level of the picture are better than the original picture quality. From this point of view, DLSS 3 has achieved both image quality and high frame rate of and . Although there is only a slight picture quality difference between turning on DLSS and turning off DLSS, it is hard to see on a 4K monitor. From this we can see that ray tracing technology is also a favorite among players. DLSS 3 can only allow players to experience the virtual game world under 4K ray tracing, enhance more realism and achieve an immersive experience. Therefore, 4K ray tracing games are the future trend and are also the standard configuration for major games.
summary
ASUS TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card adopts the new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture core, TSMC 4N process, and has 16384 CUDA cores. It is indeed very strong in performance. The new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture core has brought a huge performance improvement to the Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 OC graphics card. In the RTX 40 series graphics cards, the launch of DLSS 3 technology has also brought pioneering optical multi-frame generation to the public. It will directly generate a completely new full frame picture, no longer a single pixel point as before. This allows players to enjoy the 4K ultimate ray tracing screen and e-sports-level smooth frame rate at the same time. At the same time, for some players who want to play flying and racing simulators on multiple screens, they can finally have a high-quality and smooth gaming experience. It also allows players to calmly deal with future panoramic ray tracing games and 8K ultra-clear games.
