it's here guys it's finally here
the Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition GPU
currently the fastest gaming graphics card available
looks like Big Red is going to get an upgrade sooner than I thought
so this is how the new 40 series cards
are going to come packaged in
it's supposed to be more ecologically friendly
the box design uses less overall material and packaging
and is classified as biodegradable
it's basically made mostly of paper
all right guys here it is first time I'm opening it up
since I got it in earlier today
I'm actually shaking a little bit
Whoaaa!
I like the presentation actually
look at that it kind of folds up into a display
yo this thing is an absolute chunker
oh my God it's so freaking heavy
I feel like 2023 is going to be the year of GPU sag brackets
watch all new case manufacturers next year
come out with like GPU sag brackets already included in the case
or optional add-on for GPU sag brackets
oh my god dude this thing is freaking thick
it's a thick boy
so after opening the box it basically
becomes a pretty cool stand or display for your graphics card, I guess ?
Nvidia says that they noticed a lot of GeForce Gamers
holding on to their Founders Edition boxes as collectible items
So I guess if you're not planning on using your 4090 you can just display it in here
like that I don't see the point of it honestly
I guess you can Flex on your friends who are still rocking a peasant RTX 30 series cards
speaking of peasant cards I don't have a 3090
but I do have a 3090 TI to compare this card against
so both these cards are very similar in size
the 4090 is slightly smaller in terms of length but it makes up in girth
very similar to my situation in bed.....
you get the same ports in the back and the same 12 pin power layout
which is in the same stupid location as before
it's actually slightly more towards the right
compared to the 3090TI
the biggest difference however is that the 40 series cards
now come with a quadruple eight pin PCI connector
instead of a Triple Eight pin like the 30 series cards
however the last eight pin is optional
and you don't have to plug it in if you don't want to
it's more so for extra overclocking Headroom
but if you do have the cable for it might as well plug it in
because it's going to look really stupid with just one cable hanging loose
out of your graphics card
alternatively the 4090 Founders Edition can also accept a single 450 watt or greater
PCI 5 16-Pin cable from a compatible power supply
like this Corsair HX 1500i
so here are what the new PCI Gen 5 16-pin cables look like from the new power supplies
you got your standard dual 8-Pin that plug into any dual 8-pin PCI
or CPU connectors in the back of your power supply
and then you got your 16-pin that plugs directly into your 40 series card
personally I think this is the better option
you use less cables so the build looks a lot cleaner
and you get much better airflow in your case
because there are less cables cluttering
inside the power supply shroud
in terms of pricing the 4090 is supposed to launch for 1600$
which is a lot more than, what's the word I'm looking for? attractively priced
than the 3090 TI's price tag of 2000$
of course take the pricing with a grain of salt
we'll see what the actual pricing and availability will be like
when it hits the shelves
another thing worth mentioning is that the power consumption of the 4090
is still going to be 450 Watts just like the 3090 TI
I'm obviously comparing the fastest Nvidia graphics card available
to the last generation fastest GPU
which in this case is the RTX 3090 TI
you also get nearly double the teraflops
coming from the 3090 TI
however Nvidia does recommend using at least an 850 watt power supply in your build
with the RTX 4090
in terms of performance
it's supposed to be two times faster than the 3090 TI in the current games
and about four and a half times faster in next-gen games
but of course that remains to be seen
until the benchmarks come out in the next few weeks
the cooler has also been improved
the fans are slightly larger than before with a different thin design
you can see how they had to shave off a piece of the chamfered edge
to make space with a slightly larger fan
it's supposed to bring you 20% more airflow or 15% more airflow
than a 3090 at the same acoustic level
so this is the PC I'm currently working on
I'm calling it Big Black...
I know the name sounds weird off context
but it's basically Big Red's bigger brother
I'm tossing in the new 13 gen 3900k with the RTX 4090
it's gonna be an awesome build will be available in the next few days
so stay tuned for that
but in the meantime I do want to pop this card in now
to see how much it's going to Sag without any support
wait! is that enough?
how many slots is this card?
oh it's a three slot card. For sure! okay.
oh my God! that poor PCI slot!
oh wow that's actually pretty impressive
barely any sag at all
this portion is hanging out a little bit but....
I'm actually very impressed I thought there was going to be way more sag than this
even just using a built-in sag bracket
like the one in this Asus case
will help fix this issue, look at that!
but yeah overall very impressed no sag at all
that's not something you guys should be worried about
now if I had a choice I would Mount the graphics card vertically
especially being a Founder's Edition card
I feel like they look the best in a vertical position
plus it's going to be a lot easier to Route the stupid 12 Pin cable towards the back
but unfortunately I can't do it in this build because I don't have the vertical GPU bracket
so there you have it
RTX 4090 Founders Edition from Nvidia
unboxing and Hands-On
I got to go and work on the PC build
because shortly after I'm going to be upgrading my personal rig
and I'm going to bring you guys a final setup tour
thank you so much for watching and I'll see you very soon in the next one!