Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition Review

1. Introduction2. Meet the RTX 4090 Founders Edition3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla7. Cyberpunk 20778. Days Gone9. Dying Light 210. Far Cry 611. Forza Horizon 512. God of War13. Horizon Zero Dawn14. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered15. Red Dead Redemption 216. Resident Evil Village17. Total War: Warhammer III18. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)19. Cost Per Frame Analysis20. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207721. Ray Tracing: Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered22. Ray Tracing: Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition23. Ray Tracing: Resident Evil Village24. Clock Speed25. GPU Temperatures26. Acoustics27. Noise-Normalised Temperatures28. Power Draw: 1080p29. Power Draw: 1440p30. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)31. Performance per Watt: 1080p32. Performance per Watt: 1440p33. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)34. Total System Power Draw35. Overclocking36. Closing Thoughts37. View All Pages

Here we test Cyberpunk 2077, using the Ray Tracing: Ultra preset, but with DLSS disabled.

Starting our look at ray tracing performance, the RTX 4090 offers a true next-gen experience in Cyberpunk 2077. At 1440p, with RT set to Ultra, we see an average of 78FPS, head and shoulders above the competition. Compared to Nvidia's previous fastest RTX GPU, the 3090 Ti, the 4090 is 76% faster.

At 4K, where no other GPU can offer a playable experience, the RTX 4090 is able to keep the 1% lows above 30FPS. It's still not a super-smooth experience, but compared to Ampere, this is a huge step forward – we're talking an 82% improvement over the 3090 Ti, and a doubling of performance versus the vanilla RTX 3090.

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