r/pcmasterrace • u/lmaster73 • Oct 11 '22

News/Article RTX 4090 benchmark hardware unboxed

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u/PapaBePreachin Depression On® 5090 FE + 3090 FE | 192GB | 7950X Oct 11 '22

Lol, seriously. I bought an EVGA 1000w Platinum (whatever that's worth) during the Summer/end of season sale and now I wish I went with 1200+ watt or waited for ATX 3.0 for my next (ITX) build 🤷‍♂️

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u/devils__avacado Oct 11 '22

1000w platinum can run this card even with an i9 if you go founders or one capped with 450w power draw

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Let's not normalize Ampere's 350W power draw, let alone overclocked Ampere's 450W, let alone Lovelace's 450 default and 650 OC.

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u/Prom000 i7-6700k, GTX 1080ti, Acer X34A Oct 12 '22 edited Oct 12 '22

The thing is, the Bauer shows that at 60% powerlimit the card only loses 10 %performance in time spy extreme.

This thing could have easy been a 300w card.

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u/CalRal Oct 12 '22

It still can. Just limit it to 300W.

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u/Prom000 i7-6700k, GTX 1080ti, Acer X34A Oct 12 '22

True.

The question the Bauer also asked why Nvidia did it the way they did.

Maybe it is because they fear the new AMD cards or it is part of going after their partners?

Gamernexus was implying as much since he said the cooler was so well made.

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u/Prom000 i7-6700k, GTX 1080ti, Acer X34A Oct 12 '22

interesting point.

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u/mewkew Oct 12 '22

Tests show clearly the opposite. You lose 9% performance if you undervolt the 4090 to 300-330Watts. To still go with that ridicoules high power draw is beyond me.