Pny 4090 - PCB compared to upper end 4090’s

[samhain]

I’m looking to purchase the Pny verto which is one of the cheaper 4090’s. The reviews show that performance is exactly the same at stock as every other 4090.

I never overclock my gpu and don’t intend to do that with the 4090.

The power phases are a lowly 14 and I’m worried about reliability due to a relatively low number even compared to the FE model.

Am I worrying about nothing and are they over engineered and this will serve me fine for many years in the future or will it be more susceptible to failure even though it won’t be subjected to over clocking

Advice please
Regards
Stewart

 

[LtMatt]

Blimey that’s less power stages than the legendary GameRock!

It’ll be more than fine for stock operation.

 

[Alt0153]

cheaper parts no doubt have a higher chance of failing, main thing is the warranty length, lots of the cheaper cards will have the shortest warranties

 

[samhain]

I know, I think that even had 16!

 

[samhain]

Warranty is 36 months

 

[Alt0153]

Warranty is 36 months

then tbh it should be fine for how you plan to use it

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

Blimey that’s less power stages than the legendary GameRock!

It’ll be more than fine for stock operation.

Where do you look to find out how many power stages it has?

 

[Alt0153]

Where do you look to find out how many power stages it has?

normally have to go looking at tech specs or find a site where someone has compiled known ones

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

normally have to go looking at tech specs or find a site where someone has compiled known ones

I tried that, can't find anything, especially for PNY (for the card mentioned)

 

[Jay-G25]

Wont be an issue at all for your intend use , buy and enjoy

Here is a list of some of the cards and their VRM count .

RTX 4090 VRM meta-analysis and FE/AIB comparison

I've been watching a lot of content on the 4090s and with Buildzoid coming out with his two board analysis videos I wanted a quick reference to all 4090 cards in terms of VRM arrangements. It's interesting seeing the wild variance from the Halo cards (Suprim, STRIX, AIRO) and the OC cards (Trio, ...

linustechtips.com

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

Wont be an issue at all for your intend use , buy and enjoy

Here is a list of some of the cards and their VRM count .

RTX 4090 VRM meta-analysis and FE/AIB comparison

I've been watching a lot of content on the 4090s and with Buildzoid coming out with his two board analysis videos I wanted a quick reference to all 4090 cards in terms of VRM arrangements. It's interesting seeing the wild variance from the Halo cards (Suprim, STRIX, AIRO) and the OC cards (Trio, ...

linustechtips.com

Thanks. I did eventually find another site/forum with stuff on (I won't mention it as I'm not sure if it's a competitor as it's in German).

I honestly didn't realise it was such a minefield buying a 4090. I thought they're all be pretty much the same. Turns out that's not the case an a lot of them seem a bit "meh" in theory (obviously you might get lucky like @LtMatt did) unless you get one of the higher end models.