NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Titanium and black
Model: 9001G1362510000
SKU: 6429434
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The 3090 was made for enthusiasts who crave the best of the best, even if the price/performance ratio is unjustified. To say the 3090 founders edition is huge is an understatement. You can't know how big this card truly is until you see and hold it in person. Assuming you have the funds (and case clearance) I totally recommend pulling the trigger if you manage to find one in stock. As for as performance, it is obviously a beast. I paired this with an i9 10900k. I play everything at 4K 120hz on my new OLED LG CX48. The HDMI 2.1 connectivity is amazing and allows for 4K, 120fps, gsync, and HDR all at once. From playing many different games (old and recent) at max settings at 4K I can tell you that 10GB (what the 3080 has) won't always cut it in all scenarios. Many recent games, especially those that don't feature DLSS, use 10+GB with everything maxed at 4K 12Ohz. It is a very good feeling to know that I'll be sitting pretty for quite some time with a hefty 24GB of vram. I'm even playing around with scaling 4K to 200% to simulate 8K gaming and I have maxed the vram out in quite a few titles. It's fun. I've got to mention the awesome build quality too. Each of the 30 series founders cards are both beautiful and functional with their striking new design. My temps typically stay in the low to mid 70s with the 3090's flow through design and the sound is actually less noticeable than my old 2080ti XC ultra. Even if AMD's upcoming 6900xt ends up outperforming the 3090 (which I doubt), I'm still partial to Nvidia's rtx, gsync, and dlss tech since they pioneered all of it.
Posted by Benny
Needless to say, this card is an absolute BEAST! I was finally able to get one at the beginning of this year from Best Buy. I was originally going to try and purchase a 3080, but had absolutely zero luck for months. When I saw this in stock on January 5th though, I decided to take the plunge and haven't looked back. I've had it for a few months now and thought it was about time to review. PROS: -This thing rips and tears through every game I've tried to play so far at 4k resolution and beyond, frequently going well beyond 100 fps even at that resolution. I play MSFS 2020 often and even in heavily intense areas it still manage to get over 50 fps at 4k with everything maxed out, which is far more than enough for this sim. Other games like GTA V and even RDR2 feel like a joke at this point, but I'm not complaining. I literally ran Forza Horizon 4 at 8k and recorded it with zero issues and stuck at 60 fps pretty much the whole time. Absolutely insane... -Ray Tracing is definitely way faster and far more mature in this generation compared to before. It is finally justifiable to turn on RTX and not have to worry about losing all my frames. -Rendering some random stuff out in Blender is much faster than it used to be and allows me to tinker more, although I don't use Blender too much. -It stays cool and quiet for the most part (see cons), only reaching a maximum of 65°C on the core under full load, with plenty of room to spare for overclocking. -The build quality is fantastic. Everything from the backplate to the shroud and even the fans are made of metal and it's very heavy, which gives the product as a whole a very premium look and feel to it that you rarely see on any other GPUs out there. The I/O bracket is very strong as well and this card has absolutely zero sagging issues despite its immense weight. -Much easier to disassemble than most previous Founders Edition GPUs. CONS: -The memory on this card gets HOT! The stock thermal pads can't handle the memory on this card at all. I was frequently hitting temps in excess of 105°C and have seen 110°C before. Now, I say "was" because I have recently replaced the stock thermal pads (between the memory and backplate) with some much better ones from Thermalright (image attached). After the mod, my memory temps have dropped an average of 10-15°C! Even the core got a bit cooler too! Now, the memory usually runs in the mid 90s and hasn't touched 100° since I replaced the pads, even with a +1000MHz memory overclock and increased power limits. I highly recommend doing this mod for yourself should you buy this card. -Lots of electrical noise out of the box, particularly coil whine. This has gotten a good bit quieter after a few months of use, but it's still present and noticeable. Not too big of a deal though, since I usually have headphones on. -The included dual 8 to 12pin adapter is very bulky and pretty ugly in my opinion (see images). -RGB isn't that easy to control, and it is not diffused too well in the V-shaped RGB section behind the passthrough fan.
Posted by DarinJ
First, I need to give props to Best Buy: Thank you for keeping these at MSRP price, we truly appreciate this as GAMERS. Secondly, this is perhaps the most exciting GPU for me in the last couple of years I have been building gaming RIGS. Can't say I have ever camped outside a Best Buy the night before for ANYTHING! Not even for a Black Friday sale! But for this BFG, my only viable option was to camp the night before an inventory drop as paying 100% over MSRP is just plain ridiculous. On games: I play Call of Duty and Battlefield at 1440p, on 35 inch ultra-wide screens. This card is off the charts on performance, FPS and gaming experience. I've never experienced this performance before. Truthfully, you can experience great gaming on a 3080 or 3080 TI too, however, that would be boring and with this, you get an extra 5-10% on performance. EVERYTHING is just SMOOTHER, CLEANER, NO DRAMA in my opinion and experience so far. Pros: - 1440p gaming is smooth - 170+ FPS - 24 GB memory (great for multi-tasking, rendering etc.) - Low to Mid GPU temperatures - Easy to overclock - Best Buy sells these at MSRP - Size Cons: - Inventory (of course) - Size (for those with small Cases) - Power hungry (don't use a 750 W psu on this, 850 W is just barely enough, I highly recommend a 1,000 W PSU) My machine: => CPU: AMD Ryzen 5900X => CPU Cooler: 140mm Enermax Aquafusion white edition => Mobo: ASUS Tuf Gaming x570 Plus => Case: NZXT H510i Elite white case => GPU: Nvidia RTX 3090 FE (BFG) => RAM: 32 GB Dominator Platinum RGB @ 3800 MHz => SSD: M.2 2280 1TB drive => PSU: Seasonic Focus GX-1000W PSU => Mouse: Steel series Rival 600 mouse => Monitors: Viotek Ultrawide 35-inch, Asus Tuf Gaming 32-inch => Headset: SteelSeries - Arctis 7 Wireless DTS Gaming
Posted by MooseTrack5
Customers are delighted by the GeForce RTX 3090's outstanding performance and excellent GPU, with many praising its efficient cooling and solid build quality. However, some users find the card's high price and large size to be drawbacks. A few also reported experiencing coil whine and noted its high power consumption and substantial weight.