ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX™ 4090 OG OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 24GB GDDR6X, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a)

I purchased this ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG OC Edition, and it went bad in just two months. When I contacted support, they RMA'd the card and later told me it was unrepairable. Instead of fixing or sending me a new one, they sent me a completely different card that looked worn out but assured me it was from the manufacturer. The tamper seal on top was even gone. Worse, they refused to let me get a second opinion on my original card and said the exchange was part of a process I had supposedly agreed to—but none of this was ever explained to me upfront.Throughout the entire ordeal, no one from ASUS support was helpful or willing to work with me on this terrible replacement. They seemed more interested in forcing their shady practices than providing real support. I feel ripped off, and my advice is to avoid ASUS entirely. Their lack of transparency and customer care is alarming, and dealing with their support has been a nightmare. Good luck if you decide to go with them—you’ll probably need it.

What can be said about the 4090 that hasn't already been said? It's the most powerful graphics card on the market at a ridiculously high price. Despite the price, 4K high refresh rate gaming is finally here. For those privileged (or foolish depending on your resolution preference) to have a quality 4K high refresh monitor, nothing else from the competition will come close. I am a long time PC builder that specializes in custom loop water cooling and have used many other 4090 cards. When purchasing this model, I did not notice it was the OG edition which uses the previous generation's Asus Tuf 3090 TI PCB and cooler, likely for cost reasons (though this is not passed to the consumer) but also gives the card a slimmer profile than the regular 4090 Tuf cards. This is an important caveat for those wanting to liquid cool the card. EKWB, maker of premium GPU waterblocks confirmed their Tuf 3090 TI block IS compatible with this card but your mileage may vary with other Tuf 3090 TI blocks available. Outside of last gen EK blocks, a few Chinese manufacturers like Alphacool and Bykski offer compatible blocks but the pickings are slim. Luckily, Granzon a subsidiary of Bykski makes a gorgeous block for this card which I highly recommend. Another thing to note is the size of the card which is enormous and long like most 4090 cards are. I have a reasonbly large case (Phanteks Enthoo 719) and while waiting for the waterblock, the GPU would not fit either horizontally or on the vertical mount, conflicting with the resevior I am using. I ended up using a vertical slot near the front glass panel and the card stuck out of the case which blocked the tempered glass from closing. Even after installing the water block, there are only a few millimeters between the card and the reservoir so I will be case shopping when I change the rest of my personal rig soon. Cooling and clearance aside the card is still a beast and runs extremely cool and quiet both with stock cooling and watercooling. I have had zero coil whine which some of the other Tuf cards I have used (especially the 4090s) have suffered from. The OG OC has a small core overclock of 45MhZ and at least my card has about zero headroom over that. I was able to get a modest ÷85 on the core and 100 offset on memory. I am not sure how other OG OC cards fair at the silicon lottery and this may not be typical. Performance is on par with all but the highest end 4090s. Thankfully overclocking GPU is not necessary to get the most from demanding games! I replaced my FE 3090 with this card and despite using the 4090 before in builds for clients, I am consistently impressed by this card. As this card seems to be one of the more available cards close to MSRP, I suspect a lot of people will be considering this GPU. Recommending the this particular 4090 variant depends on various factors. If you're going to be watercooling this card look at available blocks before purchasing to make sure they will fit your rig and aesthetic. If there is an opportunity to buy a regular Tuf version or similar card I would simply for the waterblock options available. If you like the blocks available ( the Granzon block is incredible!) and it fits your needs, the card is great. If you are air-cooling, I wholeheartedly recommend this card if it's at MSRP.

This card is an absolute monster. I mean what else can be said? Cooling is pretty good. Has no issue staying under 41c at idle with the fans off, and under 60 at load with the fans at 70-75%. Stock configuration the card seems to consume anywhere from 280-320w while gaming. 15w at idle.Haven't heard any coil whine yet.

Works great very nice card, love ASUS.

Admittedly, I did not get this GPU for gaming; the one game I play is so old that FPS hardly matters. I create 3D content, and that's where a large amount of memory comes into play. Coming from a 3080, the increase in memory and speed is night and day in terms of what the GPU can handle. It handles heat well. I installed the GPU tweak software provided by Asus to adjust the fans slightly, letting them run a bit while idle and stay cooler than the default 0dB setting when idle.In the past, I switched from GPU-based renderers to CPU while working in Houdini to keep large scenes or detailed simulations in memory during renders. Using my CPU brought other issues, and programs like the Unreal editor constantly flagged me for running out of GPU resources in heavily populated levels.Using the 4090, I rarely run out of memory with the Redshift and KarmaXPU engines. The Unreal editor now hardly bats an eye at tens of thousands of hi-poly instances during cinematic sequences. If you use Stable Diffusion, the increased memory also means generating much larger images without the typical memory constraint. If you are a fan of photogrammetry, it handles programs like Reality Capture or 3DF Zephyr incredibly well.Overall, I would not recommend this solely for gaming. It'll likely chew up any game for a while but is also likely overkill. This 4090 is the cream of the crop for content creators, 3D artists, and anyone else using heavier software for work.