A couple of weeks back, we got to you show a pair of GeForce RTX 4090 cards, NVIDIA’s own Founders Edition and the MSI Suprim Liquid X. As expected, both cards offered monstrous performance that clearly outmatched any previous-generation card, not to mention and array of new technologies. The GeForce RTX 4090, however, also commands a price premium commensurate with its high performance levels and bleeding-edge feature set. As such, cards like the GeForce RTX 4080, which sit one-notch below the flagship RTX 4090, are typically more popular with enthusiasts. With this generation, however, NVIDIA has taken a somewhat different approach with its gaming GPU line-up. Unlike the GeForce RTX 3090 and RTX 3080, which were both based on the GA102 GPU, the new GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 are based on completely different slices of silicon. That has all sorts of implications in terms of performance, power, and pricing, as we’ll explore a little later...



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