GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4090

Wie schlagen sich die neuen CPUs Ryzen 5 9600X und Ryzen 7 9700X im Gaming auf einer Grafikkarte vom Typ Radeon RX 7900 XTX im Vergleich zur GeForce RTX 4090? Wie reagieren die CPUs auf schnelleren Speicher bis hinauf zu DDR5-8000 in Spielen? Der Test liefert die Antworten.

Obviously, I would have loved to have compared this to the Founders Edition from NVIDIA, but they didn’t send us one, so feel free to rant about that in the comments section or on Twitter, not that I think they’d listen anyway, but with the same clock speed, it really comes down to the cooler, and if you think it’s worth the extra $100, and more importantly, because of how quickly all cards have gone out of stock, what you can get hold of at the time.

Gigabyte's card stands out with lower temperatures than other cards, but noise levels are a bit higher, the card also comes with less bling, which can be a good thing. Also, in markets where the FE is not available, Gigabyte's card could be an interesting option, or maybe opt for one of the non-OC models—you won't miss the performance difference, and saving $50-$100 will always help.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming OC is a premium custom-design RTX 4090 product by the company that's positioned just below the AORUS Gaming series. The card features the company's latest iteration of the WindForce 3X cooling solution, which is significantly thicker, and with a lot more surface area, than the previous-generation RTX 3090 Gaming OC. You get plenty of innovations by GIGABYTE that add a premium touch to the product.

The Gigabyte RTX 4090 Windforce 24G is a card which revels in its simplicity, adhering to Viollet-le-Duc's form follows function maxim. It's all the card it needs to be, without compromise, and no excessive add-ons causing an increase in price and wins our OC3D Gamers Choice Award. Buy it, Fit it, Game on it, Love it.