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The PGF series has always been Sotai's flagship graphics card line. And in mid-2023, we finally got Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF. As a top flagship, Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF is not stingy with its stock. Sotai used all his housekeeping skills and introduced a whole new design style.

CTOnews.com also received Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF. In this test, let's take a look at the performance of this flagship card King.

Design Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF is a giant graphics card with 3.5 slots, BWH for 381*154*74mm, the weight is also quite heavy, you can hardly hold it in one hand, you can see that the stack is sufficient. However, we should also note that because its length has reached 381mm, so many chassis can not be packed, when installing the machine, we must pay attention to chassis compatibility.

The graphics card bracket is also included in the package. Because the video card itself is very heavy, the video card bracket must be installed, otherwise the PCIe slot is easy to bend.

The radiator of the Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF graphics card consists of three fans, each with a diameter of 11cm, with 9 white blades. The middle fan rotates in the opposite direction with the fans on both sides, forming a positive and reverse air duct, which can improve the heat dissipation efficiency. The fan leaves have a black brushed texture, and the PGF series Logo, the black and white panda color looks different from the general flavor.

The back of the Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF graphics card also has a circular design, with a large pattern Logo on the left side of the back.

The PGF diamond Logo on the right can display RGB lights, synchronizing them with lights elsewhere in the video card.

There is a large metal opening on the right side of the back, which allows the radiator to blow through directly, which is conducive to the discharge of heat.

The outermost ring of the backplane of the video card is a white edge, which is integrated with the white of the backplane. Geforce RTX and ZOTAC marks are printed on the edge of the outer ring. Below there is a streamlined color light belt, these LOGO and light belt can achieve light synchronization, and through Suotai official App to customize.

The newly designed 1600 million color ARGB lamp effect, the soft curve design four lighting areas and the overall appearance set off each other. Dozens of lighting modes are adjusted freely, and the look and feel is quite cool.

Seen from the side, the cooling system of the Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF is well wrapped.

And the tail is also covered with a light belt, so there are cool lights no matter where you look.

In terms of heat dissipation system, Suotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF is equipped with a newly upgraded high-performance ice core VC cooling system with shield scales 2.0bionic blades, large area VC soaking plate, ice vein 2.0heat pipe fully covered with high density nickel plated scales.

The fan adopts convection penetrating heat dissipation design to improve the heat dissipation efficiency of the graphics card and release the full potential of the core.

In terms of power supply interface, it is naturally a new 16Pin interface of the brand-new ATX 3.0standard. A double BIOS switch button is also provided next to the graphics card power supply interface, and the player can choose one of the silent frequency and overclocking modes to adjust the core and fan strategy. Make overclocking easy.

The I / O interface bezel uses dark gray color matching, and the interface is equipped with 3*DP1.4 interface and 1*HDMI2.1 interface, which up to support 8K60 frame output.

‏ theoretical performance ‏ Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF 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 RTX 3090 core. The core frequency can be up to 2625MHz, which is much higher than the public domain frequency. The video memory is the 24GB GDDR6X of 384-bit, and the frequency reaches the equivalent 21Gbps, which is the absolute flagship of consumer graphics cards at present. To support this flagship core, the Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF uses a 24-phase luxury power supply, which can withstand more than 500W of high power consumption.

‏, how does ‏ Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF perform in terms of performance release? ‏ next we conduct a theoretical test, the first is a single-baked doughnut, after 15 minutes, the core temperature is stable at 67.8 ℃, power consumption is stable at about 450W, this power consumption and heat dissipation performance is basically the same as the public version of RTX 4090. But what amazes the author is that its display memory temperature control is quite good, only 76.6 ℃. This means that its internal homogenizing and heat conduction measures are quite good. ‏

‏ then carries out the 3DMark TimeSpy stress test, which can detect whether the performance of the graphics card has declined under continuous running minutes. Generally, more than 97% of the graphics card is considered qualified. The measured score of ‏ Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF ‏ is 99.4%, which perfectly passes the test, and the performance release is extremely stable. ‏

‏ in the 3DMark TimeSpy DX12 test of ‏ Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF ‏ graphics card score of 35555, much higher than the public version of 34720, you can see the excellent performance release. ‏

‏ and in the 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme that represents the performance of DX11, the score of ‏ Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF ‏ graphics card reached 45955 points, even 2000 points higher than the public edition. ‏

Finally, let's test the PORT ROYAL light pursuit performance test, the measured Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF reached 25165 points, it can be said that it has the first echelon light pursuit performance on the market.

‏ game measurement ‏, then we will conduct a game measurement. Now that we locate the top flagship, we will adjust the resolution to 3840mm 2160, the image quality to the highest, and the DLSS to the DLSS performance file. If there is DLSS 3 technology, the switch will be tested separately. The first is the competitive game "CS:GO", which shows the performance of RTX 4090 in high frames. After running its own BenchMark, the average frame reaches 409 frames, which is able to run all kinds of electronic competition screens.

In another high frame rate competitive game, APEX Legends, the average number of frames in the training ground is as high as 240. it can run not only all over the 165Hz screen, but also the ultra-high refresh rate screen of 240Hz, and the game experience is excellent.

Next, the author also tested two classic 3A masterpieces. "Wild Dart 2: redemption" in the case of opening the performance file DLSS, Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF can reach an average of 162frames, which has been able to meet the high frames above 4K144 frames, completely conquering the eldest cousin.

In another classic 3A masterpiece, Tomb Raider: shadow, the built-in BenchMark with the highest picture quality of 4K has reached an average of 269frames, fully satisfying the video game screen above 240Hz.

These are just appetizers, and the most attractive thing about the RTX 40 series is its DLSS 3 technology, which used to improve picture quality and frame rate by rendering a low-resolution image and then zooming in to high resolution through AI. On the basis of compatibility with DLSS 2, the new DLSS 3 technology adds a frame generation function, which can insert a new frame calculated by AI between two real frames, so as to double the frame rate. At the same time, combined with the super-resolution function of DLSS 2, AI can reconstruct up to 7/8 display pixels, and the game performance can be up to four times better than without DLSS! And the stronger the performance of the graphics card, the better the effect of DLSS 3, because the higher the base frame, the more frames can be filled.

Let's first take a look at the frame number of the most stressful "cyber punk 2077" at + 4K resolution. By default, RTX 4090 can't even play, with an average of about 41 frames.

If the DLSS 2 performance file is enabled, the average number of frames can reach 107 frames.

However, if you open the exclusive cool techs DLSS 3 of the RTX 40 series, it will soar to an average of 148 frames, meeting the requirements of 4K144Hz high-frame play.

The next-generation version of "Wizarding 3: hunting" also can't play with 4K resolution without DLSS, with Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF averaging only 51 frames.

If you open the performance file DLSS 2, the number of frames will be guaranteed to 106frames in an instant, and the game experience will be very smooth.

If AI-enhanced DLSS 3 technology is enabled, the number of frames will soar to an average of 153frames, making it possible for 4K144Hz to play freely.

In another next-generation 3A masterpiece, the Legend of the Plague: Requiem, the optimization is relatively much better. Even if you do not turn on any AI technology, you can play smoothly at 4K 68 frames.

If you open the DLSS 2 performance file, you can achieve an average of 123frames, and the game experience is already very smooth.

If DLSS 3 frame insertion is enabled, the number of frames will soar to an average of 168frames, satisfying the high frame rate of 4K144.

From our above tests, most online games in Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF can meet more than 240frame play, while 3A masterpieces with the blessing of DLSS 3 technology can also meet the requirements of high-score high-frame games above 4K144 frames, and the game experience is very excellent.

Creative production RTX 4090 is also glowing in the creative production field due to its 24G large graphics memory. Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF supports the installation of NVIDIA Studio drivers to accelerate more than 110most popular creative applications, so it also has a certain degree of productivity. Proprietary SDK makes these applications run faster and provides exclusive features such as Optix, DLSS, and Maxine. NVIDIA Studio has a full range of creative applications, including NVIDIA Omniverse, Broadcast, Canvas and RTX Remix. At the same time, the blessing of the big show also makes it have a certain computing power of generative artificial intelligence, so it is no problem to use it for AI painting training.

Let's first measure the performance of V-Ray Benchmark. Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF has a score of 4251, which is almost double that of RTX 4070 Ti, and the rendering ability is very strong.

Thanks to the improvement of light pursuit performance, the score of Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF in V-Ray GPU RTX has also increased to 5946, which can also meet the needs of some heavy load light pursuit modeling rendering.

In the later part of the video, the Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF is equipped with a dual NVENC encoder. And it also supports the next generation video coding technology AV1,AV1, which can provide faster video coding and higher quality streaming media transmission performance while occupying the same space. As the major video platforms want to save the cost of server traffic, AV1 coding will become the mainstream coding method in the future.

CTOnews.com also tested PugetBench For Adobe to see if it could do the job of video editing. The measured score of Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF is 1459, and there is no pressure to render multi-channel 4K timeline.

In the commonly used modeling software Blender, the score is as follows, the rendering performance is 30 times faster than that of i9-13900K pure CPU rendering.

Finally, we tested the BenchMark of the commonly used renderer octane, and the results are as follows. From the ratio point of view, its rendering speed is generally 10-20 times that of the GTX 980 graphics card, which shows the strong productivity.

‏ concluded that from the moment ‏ picked up the Sotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF, I could feel the abundance of its stock. Under the overweight, it is its heavy heat dissipation fins, synchronized lights on all sides and 24-phase surging power supply. As Sotai's most flagship graphics card, PGF clearly lives up to its flagship name.

If you are looking for a top-of-the-line RTX 4090 graphics card for your pure white transparent chassis, take a look at this new card. At present, Suotai GeForce RTX 4090 PGF has been put on sale, the price can come to 16999 yuan, if you are interested, you can go and buy it.

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