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Customers commend the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Strix Graphics Card for its exceptional performance, impressive cooling capabilities keeping temperatures low, and high frame rates, resulting in smooth gameplay. Many appreciate the build quality and quiet operation, although some note the card's large size and high price point. A few users mentioned experiencing coil whine, but this seems to vary between units. Overall, the card is praised for its power and performance.
Pros: - Best out of box performance - Lots of OC headroom - Incredible temps - Great build quality Cons: - Loud coil whine I was very excited to see best buy had the ROG Strix 4090 in stock again. I already had the MSI Suprim X 4090 but had planned to move that to my living room PC and put this in my office/game room PC. Unfortunately, after firing up the first game, there was unbearable coil whine. I tested in MW2, Hogwarts Legacy, Hitman 3, and Cyberpunk. I tried undervolting, power limiting, and capping fps to 144 at 4k. Although this made it a little bit better, it was still far from acceptable. I could even hear mild whine at 60 fps! I understand that coil whine can be common in high end GPU's, and it is more common than ever with the 4090's with how much power these things draw, but there is a limit to what should be considered acceptable. My Suprim X, has very mild whine. In order to hear it, you'd have to be in a completely quiet environment and actively looking for it. On the Strix, it is so loud, I could hear it even from outside the room. If you game exclusively with headphones or have a very well insulated case and keep it far from you, then this is going to be a fantastic card in terms of performance and thermals. Otherwise, this may not be the model to play the coil whine lottery with. Sadly, I will be returning.
Posted by SDMav760
Probably the best option now that EVGA is out of the game. I knew this thing was big.. but wasn't expecting it to be an absolute behemoth! It dwarfs the EVGA 3080ti it replaced. It runs cool, is nearly silent when at full tilt, and is built like a tank. Double the score vs the 3080ti in Port Royal. No complaints, other than the price.
Posted by Jaffy
Best card ever made, and I've owned every high end NVIDIA GPU since Geforce 256 and mainly Asus brand. With my current rig, I started with a 4090 FE but wanted the extra uplift and aesthetics being my set up is ROG Strix so I switched over to the 4090 Strix. Installed the latest NVIDIA drivers . Left the GPU bios as is. 0 issues. If you can afford the up charge in price and prefer ROG hardware, this is the one ! I cannot recommend this GPU enough if you can get your hands on one.
Posted by BillyD