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NVIDIA 4000 Series

Robert896r1 said:
Any 4070 models to avoid?
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If warranty with the quickest turnaround is important:
If you stay in the UK-about a 2 to 3 week turnaround by a manufacturer with a UK based rma centre:

Zotac who has the longest 5 yr warranty-if you register within 30 days.

I think GByte has one too.

Don't know if there's other UK based manufacturers, you'd have to check.

If you go for the cheaper models they have 2/3 year warranty rtb which involves filling in customs forms, and who knows how long going through the process takes if worst case scenario your GPU gets lost.

If you weren't aware about warranty, it's food for thought.:)
 
tommybhoy said:
If warranty with the quickest turnaround is important:
If you stay in the UK-about a 2 to 3 week turnaround by a manufacturer with a UK based rma centre:

Zotac who has the longest 5 yr warranty-if you register within 30 days.

I think GByte has one too.

Don't know if there's other UK based manufacturers, you'd have to check.

If you go for the cheaper models they have 2/3 year warranty rtb which involves filling in customs forms, and who knows how long going through the process takes if worst case scenario your GPU gets lost.

If you weren't aware about warranty, it's food for thought.:)
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I dare to say that Nvidia Founders Edition cards will have the fastest turnaround.
Not had a single experience with board partners but considering that I had to post my 4090 to Hong Kong and replacement was sent from the same place it was as fast as physically possible and shipping was paid by Nvidia.
Not to mention that they accept RMAs for the silliest of reasons just like Apple does.
 
tommybhoy said:
You've literally just dismissed me with trust me bro because I can see artifacts on a massive extremely bright high clarity screen. :cry:
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I have a 65" QD-OLED and the Alienware QD-OLED and can't say that I agree with you...

I notice DLSS quality often looking better than native, other times it looks the same

DLSS balanced is a noticeable downgrade tho imo, I don't understand it when people say balanced looks better than native, I've never come across that

FSR always looks worse than native, there is always a fuzzyness or blurryness to things in the scene which shouldn't be there

Frame-gen is hit & miss. Most of the time it's hard to notice, but then there will be the odd tell tale sign. It's definitely worth using it though and something that would be hard to go back to not having
 
no_1_dave said:
I have a 65" QD-OLED and the Alienware QD-OLED and can't say that I agree with you...

I notice DLSS quality often looking better than native, other times it looks the same

DLSS balanced is a noticeable downgrade tho imo, I don't understand it when people say balanced looks better than native, I've never come across that

FSR always looks worse than native, there is always a fuzzyness or blurryness to things in the scene which shouldn't be there

Frame-gen is hit & miss. Most of the time it's hard to notice, but then there will be the odd tell tale sign. It's definitely worth using it though and something that would be hard to go back to not having
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Same screens here and in full agreement.
 
My mini review of the 4090FE!!!

The 4090FE is beautifully presented in its packaging and a really pretty piece of kit. It’s chunky and reassuringly metal-based / heavy. You could use it as a weapon. It’s so study that it barely sagged at all mounted horizontally, it holds its own weight. I don’t think a mounting support bracket is essential actually, which surprised me, but I used one anyway.

Coming from a 3090, the performance was incredibly impressive, effectively doubling my previous GPU benchmarks on Timespy Extreme (over 20k with a mild overclock), with the card temp in the early 50s and the fans blowing quietly. Wow.

Perhaps more impressive was that it still pulled a score of around 18,500 with an undervolt, pulling only 250 watts, reducing the temps and fan noise massively.

The 4090 cuts through games like a hot knife through butter. The jump up from the 3090 is really substantial. Shadow of the Tomb raider was running 4k native at 120fps with everything maxed (inc. ray tracing) during the undervolt, no issues.

I was so impressed that I would actually say it IS worth the upgrade from the 3090… this is not a mere incremental leap, it’s a whole new ballpark altogether. What an absolute beast!!!

But… the coil whine. Maddening. Here’s a short recording with the phone mic in the case at a mild quick and dirty overclock:

https://voca.ro/15C040bIMzNP

All that chittering! :(

To fix the issue, I tried my PSU’s native adaptor, different wall sockets, the Nvidia octopus adaptor, different sockets on the PSU… but nothing could stop it. PSU is a 1200watt Corsair RMX Shift ATX3.0, so it’s definitely not struggling to supply power.

At idle the whine was OK, but the PC was sat behind my TV, around 11 foot from my sitting position… I could still hear it chittering away over the fan noise during in game pause menus even during the undervolt. Unlike droning fans, this is a more obnoxious and piercing noise that is just rather unpleasant to sit through.

Unfortunately, that’s just unacceptable to me at a £1500 price tag, coming from a zero whine 3090 that pretty much draws just as many watts. So I’ve now returned the card :(
What a shame as it was otherwise perfect - even the fan noise was low :/

Now I’ve had a taste of that raw power, I’m excited to get back to that level of performance, but I’m not sure what do to next. It’s disheartening. I don’t fancy having to worry about the melted cables / warranty issues from the aftermarket cards… and I’d feel silly buying another FE in the hope that is has no whine.

Hmm!
 
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Nitefly said:
But… the coil whine. Maddening. Here’s a short recording with the phone mic in the case at a mild quick and dirty overclock:

https://voca.ro/15C040bIMzNP

All that chittering! :(
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That's unlucky, my FE has barely any coil whine, only noticed some in the odd menu when fps shoots up near 1000. Limiting fps to my monitor refresh rate pretty much eliminated it
 
I'm still happily gaming on my gsync 1440p monitor which hasn't seen an upgrade since I bought my GTX 970!

Recently bought a RTX 4080 with no thought to upgrade monitor. But then I thought am I missing out?

I've seen an ultra wide 4k gsync ultimate with hdr and it got me thinking....

Thing is if I had planned to go 4k I'd probably had bought a 4090. At 4k the 4080 is gonna struggle no? Especially with all the bells and whistles on.

If I see the monitor get an offer over Black Friday well then I might do it.

What other 4k hdr high refresh rate monitors with gsync do people recommend?
 
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opethdisciple said:
I'm still happily gaming on my gsync 1440p monitor which hasn't seen an upgrade since I bought my GTX 970!

Recently bought a RTX 4080 with no thought to upgrade monitor. But then I thought am I missing out?

I've seen an ultra wide 4k gsync ultimate with hdr and it got me thinking....

Thing is if I had planned to go 4k I'd probably had bought a 4090. At 4k the 4080 is gonna struggle no? Especially with all the bells and whistles on.

If I see the monitor get an offer over Black Friday well then I might do it.

What other 4k hdr high refresh rate monitors with gsync do people recommend?
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Missing out on a lot actually. I would rather a 7900 XT and a Alienware QD-OLED. OLED and proper HDR make a big difference. Especially when the game has good HDR implementation.
 
Too bad the Alienware and oled in general is **** for anything outside gaming/movies so I'll have to find a decent ultrawide compromise, especially for a bright room, and just hook up the PC to my C2 for games that have great HDR implementation.

From other news, almost bought a sealed 4070 for 415 quid but was too late:p No proof of purchase most likely but it's Zotac so it's like having no warranty anyways, should've risked it:p
 
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I see the 4090 FE are available..

Sorely tempted as a move from my 3080 but have gone back and forwards back and forwards and just can't justify it in my head for the amount of gaming I do.

Would be an awesome upgrade on my res 3440x1440.
 
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Amatsubu said:
Too bad the Alienware and oled in general is **** for anything outside gaming/movies so I'll have to find a decent ultrawide compromise, especially for a bright room, and just hook up the PC to my C2 for games that have great HDR implementation.

From other news, almost bought a sealed 4070 for 415 quid but was too late:p No proof of purchase most likely but it's Zotac so it's like having no warranty anyways, should've risked it:p
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How dare you. My monitor is not **** :p

Wouldn't risk it myself. I only risk it here on members market as most members are reputable.

opethdisciple said:
Funny you mention Alienware. The monitor that piqued my interest was the Alienware AW3423DW.
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That's what I have :)
 
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