Review Asus RTX 4090 ROG Strix OC Review: Truly Massive

[Admin]

The Asus RTX 4090 ROG Strix aims squarely at the "bigger is better" crowd. You'll need a large case, but in turn you'll get excellent cooling performance and a helpful little support stand to prevent the card from sagging.

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[-Fran-]

Thanks for the review, but I hate to say this: you missed the most important thing here...

Can you do a proper workout with this card? How many calories do you burn by just unboxing it and then installing it in a case (when it fits)? Can you hold two at the same time without breaking your back?

Regards

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

Thanks for the review, but I hate to say this: you missed the most important thing here...

Can you do a proper workout with this card? How many calories do you burn by just unboxing it and then installing it in a case (when it fits)? Can you hold two at the same time without breaking your back?

Regards

I'll be following up with my new "90 Days to a Better You" fitness program.
I may have already injured my wrist while trying to install the card, though...

 

[-Fran-]

I'll be following up with my new "90 Days to a Better You" fitness program.
I may have already injured my wrist while trying to install the card, though...

Hell yeah. Most expensive fitness program ever xD

And I hope your wrist is actually fine. You still have the AIO-cooled one to review, no?

Regards.

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

Hell yeah. Most expensive fitness program ever xD

And I hope your wrist is actually fine. You still have the AIO-cooled one to review, no?

Regards.

Yeah, MSI, Gigabyte, PNY, Colorful, and Galax are still incoming, probably in that order. Maybe a Zotac as well (still waiting for confirmation on that one).

 

[Zizo007]

No one finds it weird that even big OCs on the core and memory only results in minor performance increase, 5% and less? I looked up many reviews online and they all show the same even for the Gigabyte rtx 4090 OC thats been clocked to 3ghz core and 25.6ghz memory. Thats a 22% OC only on the memory. My strix 2080 Ti benefits a lot more from OC. I wonder if we're CPU limited with an OCed rtx 4090.

 

[Geezer760]

This thing will injure your wallet or bank account!!, $1239.00 totally insane,

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

No one finds it weird that even big OCs on the core and memory only results in minor performance increase, 5% and less? I looked up many reviews online and they all show the same even for the Gigabyte rtx 4090 OC thats been clocked to 3ghz core and 25.6ghz memory. Thats a 22% OC only on the memory. My strix 2080 Ti benefits a lot more from OC. I wonder if we're CPU limited with an OCed rtx 4090.

The GPU core overclocks are what really matters, and if you do the math, you'll find that even though the reference 4090 Founders Edition claims a boost clock of 2520MHz, in practice it runs at around 2750MHz. Then you overclock to 2950MHz and that represents a 7% increase in clock speed. Given the memory overclocks are much higher — on the Asus card I managed 24.5Gbps vs. 21Gbps stock, so that's a 17% increase — it just means that the large L2 cache and architecture make raw memory bandwidth less of a factor. I suspect even without the memory OC, the 7% increase in GPU clocks will give you a 3-5% boost in performance, meaning the VRAM only accounts for an extra 2% or so.

 

[Murissokah]

The 4090 is a beast, but I can't look at a 4-slot VGA and see at as anything other than bad design. Watercooled solutions are like MSI's make it more palatable, but I'm still not very happy with almost 500W of power and heat. Hoping AMD can come up with something competitive.

 

[Tenin]

You mention the 4 screws for securing the heatsink to the GPU needs to be installed using a torque screwdriver to avoid overtightening. Any chance you can share the torque value needed ? Thanks in advance

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

You mention the 4 screws for securing the heatsink to the GPU needs to be installed using a torque screwdriver to avoid overtightening. Any chance you can share the torque value needed ? Thanks in advance

I note that you're supposed to use a torque screwdriver. Honestly: I don't have one. I basically check how 'tight' a screw is before dismantling, and try to get roughly the same level of tightness. In general, just tightening until the screw 'stops' is good enough — don't overtighten or force things.

 

[Tenin]

I note that you're supposed to use a torque screwdriver. Honestly: I don't have one. I basically check how 'tight' a screw is before dismantling, and try to get roughly the same level of tightness. In general, just tightening until the screw 'stops' is good enough — don't overtighten or force things.

Ah, okay. Thanks for taking the time to respond.