Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Review: The Next Level In Graphics Performance

Nvidia’s RTX 4090 delivers a new level in graphics performance, to the point where there’s an argument that in many/most gaming scenarios, you’ll be hitting CPU limits - often, even at 4K resolution. In this review, we go into depth on what the RTX 4090 can deliver in the most punishing gaming graphics workloads, we examine its power consumption and efficiency, we look at image reconstruction, rasterisation and DLSS 3. Just how powerful is the RTX 4090? Find out here. Join the DF Patreon for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to DF Retro, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies or pullovers? Check out our store: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:52 Tech Specs 00:03:50 Energy Consumption 00:05:31 The Founders Edition 00:06:55 1080p - Don’t Bother 00:09:18 1440p - Still Hitting CPU Limits 00:09:52 Ray Tracing Reconstruction Performance 00:16:29 DLSS 3 Frame-Rate Amplification 00:26:00 Rasterisation Performance 00:30:52 And Now, The Conclusion