Test Setup
We are using an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for testing. We are using the motherboard’s current default BIOS settings on the latest release BIOS. We have enabled PCI-Express Resizable BAR in the motherboard BIOS. We have enabled EXPO I in the BIOS for the memory. We are using a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro with the latest Windows Updates, including the 24H2 update. We have the latest drivers installed including the latest chipset drivers from AMD. We are using the “Balanced” power profile in Windows Settings.
NVIDIA provided a press driver for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, and we are using this driver (571.86) also on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 testing data. We are using the latest Radeon RX 7900 XTX driver available.
Discussion (19 replies)
Join Discussion →A lot to unpack indeed. I'll be re-reading this review a few times, at least. Thanks @Brent_Justice !
Me too, me too, it's a long one boys! I attempted to include some relevant topics and testing, considering the new technologies. It's just the tip of the iceberg on potential testing. Frame Generation is one of the hardest things to convey.
Nice review I love it . THANK YOU!
Seems to be getting the 9950x3d will be wise for this one... It's been a long time since we've seen a new video card need more than the current gaming champ CPU can push.
Were you all seeing utilization less than 100% in the video card when you called that out?
Is reflex enabled on the native 4k latency tests? they seem quite high.
Except that an AMD exec was quoted a few days ago as saying the performance will more or less be the same. AMD needs to make a CCD with more cores/threads, that or really bump up the clock speeds, or both.
BTW the card kind of looks somewhat small.
That's the magic in their engineering.. It looks like a great card, in that small(ish) footprint..
Do you notice any IQ difference between DLSS4 and DLSS 3? DLSS is supposed to have better IQ
I don't really see a reason it's not somewhat shorter. Pretty much all 3rd party cards I've seen look gargantuan.
Watch the gamers nexus video on the cooling. They are the only source that go's into it and it's actually VERY interesting. That card is engineered very well... from a cooling perspective and density perspective.
Higher density = lower cost because less materials for PCB, but more cost in the cooler itself that was engineered very well by all appearances to be minimal on materials to effectiveness. So in effect they spent a lot to engineer the board but it will pay off in dividends on production costs needing less materials. :)
Really like the angled 12V-2x6 port. Makes so much more sense than previous ports on FE and custom cards.
As much as I want one with an AIO I'm seriously considering this FE version. I normally don't care about FE models but really liking this one. I'll probably still try to get an custom with AIO (MSI more than likely) but feeling tempted by this one.
since nvidia claims the RTX5070 beats the RTX 4090, wouldn't it be fair to claim that the RTX4090 is faster than the RTX5090 (when using dlss 3.5 frame generation vs no frame gen)? :p ;):rolleyes: