ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC, ROG-STRIX-RTX4090-O24G-GAMING, 24GB GDDR6X, 2x HDMI, 3x DP

Die ROG Strix von ASUS kann im Test mit hoher Performance und einer soliden Kühlung überzeugen. Während die Lüfter im lastfreien Betrieb komplett zum Stehen kommen, erreicht die Karte auch unter voller 3D-Last lediglich rund 39 dB(A). Auch die maximale GPU-Temperatur erreichte gerade einmal 58 °C, was das enorme Potenzial der wuchtigen Quad-Slot-Kühlung verdeutlicht. Wo Licht ist, fällt bekanntlich auch Schatten: Die ROG Strix ist die erste Grafikkarte in unserem Testfeld, welche die Leistungsaufnahme des Gesamtsystems auf über 600 Watt ansteigen lässt. Das untermauert auch noch einmal, dass ein leistungsstarkes Netzteil als Grundvoraussetzung benötigt wird. Abgerundet wird die Darbietung der ASUS-Karte durch Features wie den Dual-BIOS-Switch oder die RGB-Beleuchtung mit umfangreichen Sync-Möglichkeiten. GPU Tweak steht obendrein als umfangreiches Softwaretool zur Verfügung.

Wie schlagen sich die neuen CPUs Ryzen 5 9600X und Ryzen 7 9700X im Gaming auf einer Grafikkarte vom Typ Radeon RX 7900 XTX im Vergleich zur GeForce RTX 4090? Wie reagieren die CPUs auf schnelleren Speicher bis hinauf zu DDR5-8000 in Spielen? Der Test liefert die Antworten.

As we said in the beginning, the ASUS ROG Strix 4090 OC has been reviewed on many websites and YouTube channels by now. These reviews mostly revolved around its use in gaming setups. It clearly tops all charts in performance, in many cases by a large margin in performance results. With the new lineup of NVIDIA Ada Lovelace series 4000 graphics cards, we see a drastic increase in power draw, and many may need to upgrade their power supplies to run these new cards. The next problem is the sear size of these new cards. The ASUS ROG Strix 4090 OC is 3.5 slots wide, which on our ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero with the ASUS ROG Strix 4090 OC installed in the first PCIe slot will cover most of the second PCIe slot leaving only the GPU that can be installed. This can be a real problem if one wishes to run other cards. There are other motherboards with enough spacing that would allow a second card to be installed, but space is very tight, leaving little room for airflow. Out of the bunch of GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs that were released, the ASUS ROG Strix 4090 OC is about the largest of them all, so case size is another important factor. For those purchasing higher-end workstations like the Threadripper Pro systems we reviewed, a bit selling point is expandability. This card takes a lot of those PCIe expansion slots out of the equation just due to its sheer size. While many may say that the GeForce RTX 4090 is a gaming card, given the purchase price and operating costs, it is going to find its way into many professional settings as well. A disappointment is NVIDIA did not use DisplayPort 2.0 and instead stuck with DisplayPort 1.4a. The power connector is another controversial topic. Very soon after launch, we started seeing reports of power connectors burning up. It turns out to be a small number of the total number of units sold, but care must be taken when inserting the connector seems to have been the answer. In the lab, we installed and reinstalled our cards many times with no issues. It is clear that the performance of the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4000 Ada Lovelace series cards is a huge jump in performance to the last generation of graphics cards. It even outperforms 2x NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 SLI configurations in some cases. Workstation users can get very high-performing setups with a single card which will cut down on production times. With a single graphics card giving higher performance than SLI rigs of the past, drawing less power and heat, the new 4090s are hard to beat and can really speed up applications that use GPUs.

ASUS is using a 24+4 phase VRM design on their card, using only the most premium components available. Unlike nearly all cards reviewed today, which default to 450 W power limit out of the box, the ASUS STRIX ticks at 500 W by default, which adds a little bit of extra headroom for the card to boost higher out of the box. In terms of cooling, the card can impress too. This is the strongest air cooler tested today, only the watercooled MSI Suprim Liquid X does better in our apples-to-apples cooler comparison test, and only by a surprisingly small margin.

We unbox the next-gen ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition and MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM LIQUID and SUPRIM X graphics cards... oh boy!

The ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 4090 O24G is the company's premium air-cooled RTX 4090 custom-design. It introduces a slick new, cyberpunk-looking design, which isn't just the largest air-cooled graphics card ASUS ever built, but is also the largest RTX 4090 we have with us right now. Bold, matte-design elements, pair with black, blue, and red accents, and several zones of addressable RGB LED lighting. The cooler shroud is made entirely of metal, and the best parts of it, near the flow-through vent, has an ROG logo made from diamond-cutting this metal surface.