Nvidia's RTX 4090 delivers a new level in graphics performance, to the point where there's an argument that in many/most gaming scenarios, you'll be hitting CPU limits - often, even at 4K resolution. In this review, we go into depth on what the RTX 4090 can deliver in the most punishing gaming graphics workloads, we examine its power consumption and efficiency, we look at image reconstruction, rasterisation and DLSS 3. Just how powerful is the RTX 4090? Find out here.
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:52 Tech Specs
00:03:50 Energy Consumption
00:05:31 The Founders Edition
00:06:55 1080p - Don't Bother
00:09:18 1440p - Still Hitting CPU Limits
00:09:52 Ray Tracing + Reconstruction Performance
00:16:29 DLSS 3 Frame-Rate Amplification
00:26:00 Rasterisation Performance
00:30:52 And Now, The Conclusion
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:52 Tech Specs
00:03:50 Energy Consumption
00:05:31 The Founders Edition
00:06:55 1080p - Don't Bother
00:09:18 1440p - Still Hitting CPU Limits
00:09:52 Ray Tracing + Reconstruction Performance
00:16:29 DLSS 3 Frame-Rate Amplification
00:26:00 Rasterisation Performance
00:30:52 And Now, The Conclusion
