NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 FE + 6x Custom Design Unboxing

W1zzard · Oct 5, 2022

Today we're allowed to show you the GeForce RTX 40 cards that we'll be reviewing soon. So far we have seven cards in our labs, including the NVIDIA Founders Edition, the ASUS STRIX, the new water-cooled MSI Suprim Liquid, Gigabyte Gaming OC, Palit GameRock, Zotac and Colorful Vulcan OC.

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birdie · Oct 5, 2022

OMG.

This is actually a brick.

@W1zzard

Can you take a photo of this card next to a brick?

ray7heon · Oct 5, 2022

IMO Zotac has one of the more stylish designs this time. Wish the Zotac was in here as well!

rrrrex · Oct 5, 2022

IMO, 2+ kg should come with support bracket by default.

kapone32 · Oct 5, 2022

The size of these cards is insane.

wolf · Oct 5, 2022

behemoths the lot of them, even if I was crazy enough to pay the early adopter tax in this tiny window before AMD launch, I couldn't fit any bar the founders in my damn case.

Fluffmeister · Oct 5, 2022

Damn, those are some hefty cards, makes my 3080 FE look tiny

CGi-Quality · Oct 5, 2022

I have a 3090 Ti FTW3, so these don't look that "thicc" to me.

Dirt Chip · Oct 5, 2022

If you can`t lift a 2+ kg brick, this card isn't for you...

Just by the absurd look of it you can tell this thing is wrong.

Animalpak · Oct 5, 2022

The chip and the PCB itself is perhaps the smallest that has ever been made. But the heat produced is so concentrated that it has become inevitable to mount mastotonditic heatsinks.

W1zzard · Oct 5, 2022

ray7heon said:
Wish the Zotac was in here as well!

There was an issue with DHL, the card is on its way and should be here this week, so I expect to have it in my launch-day reviews

Chomiq · Oct 5, 2022

ray7heon said:
IMO Zotac has one of the more stylish designs this time. Wish the Zotac was in here as well!

I don't.

QUANTUMPHYSICS · Oct 5, 2022

I'm not as exciting for the 4090 as I was for the 3090.One thing is certain, I'll buy the HYBRID AIO version, rather than the fan cooled version.

Can someone explain to me why USBC for VR on the 2080Ti was abandoned in the 3080/ 3090 and doesn't make a comeback on the 4000 either?

DeathtoGnomes · Oct 5, 2022

W1zzard said:
There was an issue with DHL, the card is on its way and should be here this week, so I expect to have it in my launch-day reviews

Its really delivering you a bag full of Florida hurricane whipped sand.

Emboldi · Oct 5, 2022

Hmm, for all other cards than FE you need to buy an xtra adapter cable?

junglist724 · Oct 5, 2022

Which one has the shortest PCB when you rip off the air cooler?

TheLostSwede · Oct 5, 2022

In case someone is interested in some comparable measurements/features between different cards.

NVIDIA RTX 4090

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1577654919917543425

GrimReaper85 · Oct 5, 2022

Gigabyte is not heavier than FE, it's 160g lighter.

thegnome · Oct 5, 2022

Wonder how large the FE fans are this time, seems like 110-120mm?

Count von Schwalbe · Oct 5, 2022

Kind of depressed and not a little turned off by the lack of innovation in the looks of the FE. Makes me wonder what else they didn't care about improving.

I guess 780 Ti and 980 Ti did look the same, and I get that they find a design that works and stick with it, but I can't shake the feeling that they are just going for MOAR POWER instead of innovating.

I nearly posted 3090 and 4090 swapped.

chodaboy19 · Oct 5, 2022

That Palit card certainly has a unique aesthetic. Maybe their designers hang out with G.Skill designers during lunch?

W1zzard · Oct 5, 2022

Emboldi said:
Hmm, for all other cards than FE you need to buy an xtra adapter cable?

Adapter cables are included with all cards

DonKnotts · Oct 5, 2022

What's the weight of the MSI Suprim Liquid X without the radiator and fans?

Kissamies · Oct 5, 2022

2KEUR+ 2kg+ cards with a gimped chip, later on they'll milk more with a Ti one.

Chomiq said:
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I don't.

What has their post about Monopoly cash from over 1½ years ago to do anything with this?

Count von Schwalbe · Oct 5, 2022

Lenne said:
What has their post about Monopoly cash from over 1½ years ago to do anything with this?

That was in the middle of the GPU shortage, clearly ZOTAC was handing out product to miners and flexing on gamers (see the hashtags) about it. A really dirty move IMHO.

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