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Effective Speed 
+1,779%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 86,579 user samples
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37,290 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 402% Nvidia(10DE 16F4) ≥ 4GB
Poor bench: 290% Gigabyte(1458 40BF)
Poor: 290% Great: 402%
SPEED RANK: 1st / 713
49,289 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 22% PwrHis(1787 3000) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 17% PwrHis(1787 3000) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 17% Great: 22%
SPEED RANK: 219th / 713
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed 		370 % Insanely faster effective speed.
+1,779% 		19.7 %
Average Score 
+2,081%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		588 fps Insanely better lighting effects.
+2,381% 		23.7 fps
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		586 fps Insanely better reflection handling.
+2,087% 		26.8 fps
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		512 fps Insanely faster multi rendering.
+1,884% 		25.8 fps
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		561 fps Insanely faster NBody calculation.
+1,970% 		27.1 fps
Overclocked Score 
+2,194%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		652 fps Insanely better peak lighting effects.
+2,306% 		27.1 fps
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		780 fps Insanely better peak reflection handling.
+2,646% 		28.4 fps
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		548 fps Insanely faster peak multi rendering.
+1,907% 		27.3 fps
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		611 fps Insanely faster peak NBody calculation.
+1,917% 		30.3 fps
Value & Sentiment 
+966%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.56 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,850% 		0.08 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		93 % Hugely more popular.
+82% 		51 %
Nice To Haves 
+1,323%
Age
Newest 		25 Months Much more recent.
+73% 		91+ Months
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		839 fps Insanely better peak texture detail.
+2,114% 		37.9 fps
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		318 fps Insanely faster peak complex splatting.
+1,157% 		25.3 fps
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		731 fps Insanely better texture detail.
+2,095% 		33.3 fps
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		294 fps Insanely faster complex splatting.
+1,178% 		23 fps
Conclusion 
Average Bench 370%
Average Bench 19.7%

The RTX 4090 is based on Nvidia’s Ada Lovelace architecture. It features 16,384 cores with base / boost clocks of 2.2 / 2.5 GHz, 24 GB of memory, a 384-bit memory bus, 128 3rd gen RT cores, 512 4th gen Tensor cores, DLSS 3 and a TDP of 450W. Performance gains will vary depending on the specific game and resolution. With a 4090 tier card 1080p in-game fps will often get CPU bottlenecked which prevents the GPU from delivering higher fps. At higher (often sub-optimal) resolutions (1440p, 4K etc) the 4090 will show increasing improvements compared to lesser cards. When fps are not CPU bottlenecked at all, such as during GPU benchmarks, the 4090 is around 75% faster than the 3090 and 60% faster than the 3090-Ti, these figures are approximate upper bounds for in-game fps improvements. The fact that the 4090 is currently the fastest performing graphics card available is reflected in its jaw-dropping MSRP of $1,600. Since PC gamers rarely buy AMD GPUs, Nvidia only have themselves to compete with. Surprisingly, $1,600 is actually reasonable value for money, when compared to previous gen. flagship cards. Prospective buyers will need a top of the line system to extract maximum performance from the 4090 and because of its monstrous dimensions, many will also need a new PC case. Consumers that demand value for money, should wait a few more months for the 4060 / 4070 models by which time AMD's 7900 series will also probably be heavily discounted. Alternatively, shoppers looking to buy in the near term should consider the last gen. 3060-Ti, which offers excellent real-world (1080p) performance at a fraction of the price ($400 USD). [Oct '22 GPUPro]

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100% a budget card don't think otherwise. Facebook marketplace they're about 50-90 bucks, cheaper then a GT 1030 and perform better, smothers a gt 1010 which offers the same level of 3 outputs. Personally the XFX I grabbed is very good to OC. I managed to jump mine from the regular 20.4% to 26.5%. Not a substantial increase (think about going from crap to mud, same color different smell) but a bump of generally 10-15 frames on all my games. Was able to run Cyberpunk 2077 at the lowest settings and 720p windowed with 40 fps while OC. If you want a work station that doesn't do video stuff and only older gaming perfectly fine. Because at the end of the day while it may be a budget and a half card for gamers, this card is meant for workstations who don't do any video rendering or anything. 3 monitor outputs vs 2 on the gt 1030, twice the TDP of the gt 1030, however lower wattage is possible with a downclock, and I've never had stability issues at standard settings. It's reliable and perfect for someone who is watching the market all day or wants their stock investments on one screen while they do other things on the two other monitors. Any sort of gaming should really come second to it's utility outputs. Nobody would make the argument that a gt 1030 should be good at gaming or built for it, and this is the same case. [May '21 ThatGuyRandomly]

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