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NVIDIA 4000 Series

Have to say if you can I'd put up the extra money for the 4090FE - you are still paying over the odds but at least you get an actual top end card for the money. The FEs are decent cards the only reason to look at 3rd party ones is where you want significantly better cooling/quietness.
 
Dicehunter said:
Have you used the free Windows HDR Calibration tool you get from the MS Store ? Makes a huge difference.

As for games, The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, The Last of Us Part 1, Basically all of the recent Assassins Creed games.

Even when games do not have HDR, Window 11's Auto HDR feature is really nice.
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HDR in Cyberpunk is broken, blacks are grey and fixing the blacks makes other things too dark
Using HDR on unsupported games with Windows 11 auto HDR is hit & miss, more miss than hit. Even a simple game like World of Tanks has missing effects and graphic bugs with auto HDR

When HDR works it's really nice though. Resident Evil games, Last of Us, Tomb Raider even the Call of Duty which came out last year, HDR looked good in it.
 
Tom|Nbk said:
Pulled the trigger on the 4090 FE after many days back and forwards juggling it :D
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The FE is a fantastic card. Mine is currently running very cool and quiet within a compact Meshify-C case. I have it undervolted to 975mV, stock Core MHz, and +1500 on the VRAM for 24/7 usage. It benches 2-3% above stock with these settings, and Core temps hover in the mid-60's during gaming. Typical gaming power usage is just 250W to 290W. My particular VRAM can max the slider (+2000), however the core is limited to 3015MHz OC due to latest 4090's being BIOS restricted to 1.07 max volts. I could get an extra 50-100MHz with a BIOS flash, however not worth risking my lovely £1500 toy for a 1-2% gain in benchmarks. It's perfect as it is, and I prefer the undervolt for efficiency and cooler GPU + system temps.
 
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555BUK said:
The FE is a fantastic card. Mine is currently running very cool and quiet within a compact Meshify-C case. I have it undervolted to 975mV, stock Core MHz, and +1500 on the VRAM for 24/7 usage. It benches 2-3% above stock with these settings, and Core temps hover in the mid-60's during gaming. Typical gaming power usage is just 250W to 290W. My particular VRAM can max the slider (+2000), however the core is limited to 3015MHz OC due to latest 4090's being BIOS restricted to 1.07 max volts. I could get an extra 50-100MHz with a BIOS flash, however not worth risking my lovely £1500 toy for a 1-2% gain in benchmarks. It's perfect as it is, and I prefer the undervolt for efficiency and cooler GPU + system temps.
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You can't even max out cp 77 without applying DLSS :(
 
no_1_dave said:
HDR in Cyberpunk is broken, blacks are grey and fixing the blacks makes other things too dark
Using HDR on unsupported games with Windows 11 auto HDR is hit & miss, more miss than hit. Even a simple game like World of Tanks has missing effects and graphic bugs with auto HDR

When HDR works it's really nice though. Resident Evil games, Last of Us, Tomb Raider even the Call of Duty which came out last year, HDR looked good in it.
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Drop the tone down to 1 from 2. It's not perfect hdr but after doing that, blacks are much deeper/accurate
 
Finally received my CableMod 12VHPWR cable using their new revision which is based on CEM5.1 and got my Strix 4090 installed. No tweaks hitting 25K in 3DMark. And best of all no coil whine at all.
 
wunkley said:
I think the FE cards from a design/ look and feel point of view are light years ahead of the other ***** and the best looking GPUs made to date, aesthetically speaking.

The third party cards mostly look like they've been designed by 10 year old boys with ADHD.
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I agree with everything you just said
Most 3rd party cards look like toys
 
wunkley said:
I think the FE cards from a design/ look and feel point of view are light years ahead of the other ***** and the best looking GPUs made to date, aesthetically speaking.

The third party cards mostly look like they've been designed by 10 year old boys with ADHD.
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Agree, it was FE or nothing for me. Feels like a very premium product.
 
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