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A few days ago, we just finished the evaluation of the Sotai RTX4080 16GB apocalypse OC graphics card, and the RTX4090 version of the apocalypse OC has also come. Sotai RTX4080 16GB apocalypse OC left a deep impression on me in the evaluation, so what kind of height will the apocalypse of RTX4090 achieve in performance?

In this test, we will use the following configuration to ensure the performance level of the graphics card, as shown in the figure

Appearance ID design Sotai RTX4090 apocalypse OC this time the packaging accessories are more abundant. When you open the package, you can see a glittering Tianqiji card, which is suitable for collection as a colored paper. The lower layer of the package provides a quarter 8pin adapter cable, a set of graphics card brackets, instructions and quick installation instructions.

The appearance of Sotai RTX4090 apocalypse OC continues the design style of apocalypse 4080, the front is still the iconic silver scale armor, supplemented by black painting, the fan is blackened, and the collision between black and white makes the visual impact of the card body stronger.

The fan of Sotai RTX4090 apocalypse OC is designed with three 11cm bionic shield scales 2.0. the area of a single blade is larger than that of the previous generation. The surface is designed with scale village bionic stripes and optimized blade curvature to increase the fan air volume, air pressure and air flow, and support FREEZE fan start and stop technology.

The black alloy backplane is used on the back of the video card, which provides anti-collision and anti-static protection for the internal PCB of the video card to a certain extent. The backplane section also provides two removable RGB fans installed through contacts and buckles, one for air blowing and the other for ventilation, helping the overall airflow and heat dissipation of the video card. At the same time, the fan cooperates with the apocalypse wing pattern on the back panel to form the glowing complete apocalypse wing 2.0, making the appearance more distinctive.

On one side of the video card, you can see a luminous sign of Sotai Logo in the center, with the words GEFORCE RTX next to it. At the top is the exposed large area thickened heat dissipation fin module. The newly upgraded VC cooling system of Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC graphics card consists of a large area cooling version, high density nickel plated fins and convective penetration heat dissipation.

Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC graphics card adopts semi-package design, and the fan part adopts double ball bearing design to reduce fan running friction, further reduce fan running noise and prolong fan life.

There are double BIOS switch buttons at the top of the video card to provide players with two fan control modes of acceleration and silence, and you can use the buttons on the video card to switch fan cooling strategies during the game. The 124p power supply interface is gold-plated on the metal terminal to effectively reduce oxidation and reduce the contact impedance of the power cord and interface.

There are three RGB light display areas on the front, back and top of the Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC graphics card, all of which support hundreds of thousands of lamp cycle modes with 1600 million colors. The front light is composed of transparent drill-cut color breathing lamp branches, and the design of only one large fan in the middle is very rare.

After the machine is lit, the Suotai Logo light plate at the top will show the effect of a mirror translucent breathing lamp, further increasing the sense of lighting atmosphere in the chassis. And the two fans on the back will naturally light up at the same time, and show the streamer effect, together with the pattern on the back of the graphics card, to form the true wing of the apocalypse.

Simple technical analysis Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC is based on the most high-end AD102 core of NVIDIA, with 16384 CUDA cores, 512 Tensor cores, 128optical cores, 512 texture units and 176ROP units, which is more than half the size of the previous generation of RTX 3090 cores. The core frequency of Sotai RTX4090 apocalypse OC is 2235-2580MHz, which is slightly higher than the public domain. The video memory is the 24GB GDDR6X of 384-bit, but the frequency reaches the equivalent 21Gbps. ‎

The architecture of RTX 4090 has also changed a lot, upgrading to the latest NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture. It is based on the TSMC 4N NVIDIA custom process, thus achieving a leap in performance and power consumption of up to 2x. In particular, great breakthroughs have been made in AI and ray tracing capabilities. In terms of specific functions, the new architecture brings a lot of new functions: due to the introduction of Ada optical flow accelerator, DLSS 3 can predict the motion changes between frames in the scene, realize AI frame insertion, and improve the frame rate while maintaining the image quality. At the same time, it supports the application of dual AV1 encoder, which can not only shorten the video export time, but also have better picture quality.

Next, we conduct a theoretical test, the first is a single-baked doughnut, after 15 minutes, the core temperature is stable at 66.5 ℃ and the power consumption is about 450W. This power consumption and heat dissipation performance is basically the same as that of the public version of RTX 4090. But the fan has a lower speed and is quieter to use than the public version of the double fan, so the RTX 4090 series non-public cooling system is obviously superfluous. In the grill, we also carried out the double baking of CPU, and the final power consumption of the whole machine is about 750W, but it is recommended to go up to 1000W power supply.

Then there is the 3DMark FireStrike stress test, which can test the continuous load capacity of the graphics card. Generally speaking, only a score of more than 97% is qualified. The measured score of ‏ Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC is 99.5%, which perfectly passed the test.

In the 3D Mark individual test, first of all, in the Time Spy test that reflects the DX12 game performance, the score of Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC graphics card reached 34456 points, compared with 18981 points for RTX 3090 and 21862 points for RTX 3090Ti. Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC graphics card leads the RTX30 system in an all-round way.

In the Fire Strike test that reflects the performance of DX11 games, the score of Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC graphics card reached 76950 points, compared with 46045 points for RTX 3090 and 52630 points for RTX 3090Ti.

In the 3DMark Portal Royal light pursuit test, ‏ Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC scored 24906 points, almost double that of RTX 3090, and basically consistent with Lao Huang's presentation at the press conference. In the past, RTX 3090 can experience light-chasing games smoothly at 2K resolution, so RTX 4090 can play smoothly at 4K resolution.

One of the most important technology upgrades at the launch of NVIDIA DLSS 3 parsing ‏ is DLSS 3 technology. The DLSS 3 is an AI-driven performance multiplier powered by the new fourth-generation Tensor Core and GeForce RTX 40 Series GPU's new optical flow accelerator, the latest version of NVIDIA's acclaimed deep learning supersampling technology and groundbreaking optical multi-frame generation that will usher in a new era of NVIDIA RTX neural network rendering games and applications. ‏

The optical flow accelerator based on NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture can analyze two consecutive game images and calculate the motion vector data of objects and elements from frame to frame without the need for traditional game engine modeling. The multi-frame generation model simultaneously acquires the motion vector and optical flow data in the game engine, which greatly reduces the visual anomalies of AI when rendering elements such as particles, reflections, shadows and lights. ‏

To put it simply, in the past, DLSS 2 improved the image quality and the number of frames by rendering a low-resolution image, and then AI zoomed in to high resolution. While the new DLSS 3 is compatible with DLSS 2, it also adds a frame generation function, which can insert a new frame calculated by AI between two real frames to double the number of frames. In practice, DLSS 3 is more suitable for adding a higher number of frames to a higher number of frames. Therefore, it is necessary to combine the super-resolution function of DLSS 2 to make the original low frame count higher first, and then use DLSS 3 to become higher. AI can reconstruct up to 7/8 pixels in a set of operations. ‏

There is no evidence of word of mouth, let's go straight to the test. The latest version of 3DMark has been adapted to the BenchMark of DLSS 3. We can directly see the difference between the test results of ‏‏ Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC and the control variables of DLSS 2.

In the DLSS 2 mode of the test, the average number of frames of the ‏ Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC card is 133 frames, which is about 2.3 times higher than that without DLSS 2.

After turning on the latest DLSS 3, the average frame number of Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC cards has further increased to 166.80 frames, which is roughly three times higher than that without DLSS 2.

Of course, the biggest problem with the new technology is whether it can adapt to new games quickly. Obviously, NVIDIA has done a very good job in this respect. Not only is the first DLSS 3 game lineup very luxurious, but as long as it is adapted to DLSS 3, it will be downwards compatible with DLSS 2, which will greatly reduce the difficulty of adaptation for developers and maximize the benefits of players. This time, we selected "Cyberpunk: 2077", "Super Human", "Magic Tower" and "reincarnation of Life and death" and other games that have adapted to DLSS 3 to test the Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC card.

The DLSS 3 option is available in Super Human, a new book by PUBG developer Blue Hole. After opening the DLSS 3 performance file, the number of frames increased by 30%, and the number of frames under DLSS 3 super performance can be increased by nearly 65%.

Next, let's test an online PC game "Magic Tower" that eats GPU performance very much. Once upon a time, "Magic Tower" was just a mobile game, but I didn't expect that the PC side actually pulled the picture quality to the maximum. NVIDIA's new graphics card features are almost all used, it provides complete RTX+DLSS 2+DLSS 3 support, and after opening RTX, the reflection on the ground is obviously more real, and the feeling of Cyber City is lifelike.

Of course, after actually turning on the light tracking effect, it is really a great test of the performance of the graphics card. The highest picture quality of 4K can only reach 60 frames, so it certainly won't be very smooth to play, but when we open the performance file of DLSS 3, the number of frames will soar to three times, to 180 frames, which will suddenly become a competitive experience. You know, this is 4K light pursuit quality.

The game "reincarnation of life and death" pays great attention to the performance of the light pursuit effect. When the DLSS 3 is turned on and off, the projection of the ground puddle is obviously different. The DLSS 3 is basically a perfect reflection of the buildings on the street, while when there is no DLSS, there is only the projection of the characters.

In the domestic game "reincarnation of Life and death", the DLSS 3 performance gear can also bring about 289% improvement in the number of frames compared with DLSS. So if you have an 8K display device, you can also try it with a challenge.

"Cyberpunk: 2077", which is a great test of GPU performance, carries out its own BenchMark test under the highest picture quality of 4K Super Light pursuit. From the results, RTX4090 has been able to control it. The number of frames when DLSS is fully off is 94, while after opening DLSS 3 and selecting the performance file, the number of frames is increased to 139frames, an increase of up to 47%, directly promoted to the 3A light pursuit experience of e-competition level.

Game delay testing, of course, the essence of DLSS 3 technology is that AI generates new frames, so it is bound to bring the side effect of increased delay. For games that require high precision, ms-level delay differences will also affect the player's experience and feel. So after turning on the frame generation function of DLSS 3, NVIDIA Reflex will also be forced to open to minimize the rendering delay caused by the generated frame.

In the game "Watchman: return", the NVIDIA Reflex low latency option is provided, which allows CPU to start submitting rendering work to GPU before the previous frame is completed, thus greatly reducing or even eliminating the rendering queue and faster response time. After testing, the latency is reduced by 59% when the enhanced Reflex option is turned on.

In addition to supporting DLSS 3's masterpiece, CTOnews.com has also tested several mainstream games for everyone. After all, at present, the number of "old" 3A games that support DLSS 2 is very large.

In Tomb Raider: shadow, it is measured that the Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC can run to 137frames while running the benchmark even without turning on DLSS at the highest resolution of 4K, which is good enough for a 4K / 144Hz monitor.

The game also supports DLSS 2 technology, and after turning on DLSS 2, the performance improvement is relatively large, with a 37% improvement in the DLSS performance file.

Light chase 3A masterpiece "Control: ultimate", 4K highest quality and highest light can not chase DLSS, the number of frames is less than 80 frames, but after turning on DLSS, the number of frames reaches 136frames, this experience is better.

Finally, there is "Wild Dart 2". Although the game has been around for some years, it is still very popular today, and the landscape experience is excellent at 4K resolution. Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC has 120 frames when DLSS is not enabled, and the average number of frames has increased to 145 after opening. After some testing, Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC can control 4K games without any problems.

Creative production test Sotai RTX4090 apocalypse OC has a huge improvement in computing power and video memory. With these hardware and technical upgrades, RTX4090 graphics cards will certainly bring higher efficiency and greater potential in creative production and in-depth learning. By installing the NVIDIA Studio driver, you can support more than 75 creative software to call the AI computing power of the NVIDIA CUDA core.

In modeling and rendering software, GeForce RTX4090 can use CUDA to provide hardware acceleration for work. At present, almost all modeling software will optimize the GPU of NVIDIA, so it can achieve the coexistence of efficiency, stability and compatibility. For example, in the commonly used rendering tool V-Ray, you can use RTX accelerated ray tracing to achieve high-performance final frame rendering. With the noise reduction feature of AI, GPU can further speed up interactive rendering.

In V-Ray Benchmark, Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC scored 4209, which can handle most of the modeling rendering needs.

Thanks to the new flagship architecture of Ada, the performance of light chase has been greatly improved, and the score of Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC in V-Ray GPU RTX has increased to 5537 points, even the high rendering pressure of real-time light chase can be handled calmly.

In addition, dual NVIDIA encoders support AV1 coding. AV1 is the next generation video coding technology, which can provide faster video coding and higher quality streaming media transmission performance while occupying the same space. This encoding format is already very common in mainstream multimedia applications. For example, domestic editing software clipping professional version already supports AV1 video encoder acceleration, as well as OBS live streaming software, which also supports NVENC AV1 coding recording.

The trend of AV1 is not only the result of technological advances, but also the pain point of the industry's demand for productivity, which is to significantly compress the size of video files while ensuring that the image quality is almost unaffected.

We also carried out a simple test, through the editing professional version of the software to use H264 and AV1 these two different coding to export the same video material. In the end, the file size encoded by H264 is 159MB, while the file size encoded by AV1 is only 127MB, and the size has been reduced by 21%, but there is no difference in image quality.

Finally, there is the rendering test of PugetBench For Davinci. GPU acceleration effects based on NVIDIA CUDA technology can achieve faster real-time video editing and frame rendering, and the output speed using NVIDIA coding can be increased by up to 5 times. Sotai RTX 4090 apocalypse OC scored 2660 on the test, and 8K video clips no longer need to be an agent.

Summary of Geforce RTX4090 as the highest positioning of the new generation of consumer graphics card, whether in the overall performance, or NVIDIA DLSS 3, NVIDIA Reflex low latency, real-time ray tracing and other product technology, is very shocking. Sotai RTX4090 apocalypse OC, as the first batch of non-public version RTX4090 graphics cards, has carried out more personalized customization and detailed adjustments in appearance and performance than public domain graphics cards.

In the design, Suotai RTX4090 apocalypse OC unique transparent drill cut fantasy color call lamp, the apocalypse wing painting on the back of the card, or the two small fans designed into the air on the back, are unique in similar products, which is very interesting for players who like personalized DIY. And 4K light chase game experience, Sotai RTX4090 apocalypse OC also left a deeper impression on us. In the past, everyone thought that the concept of next-generation games was somewhat metaphysical, but with graphics cards like RTX4090, it is believed that 4K games will also be popular among players in the near future.

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