Everything on the NVIDIA GeForce Lovelace RTX 4000 series

The 4000 series offers a powerful update in terms of processing power. The card has to use this power efficiently. Shader Execution Reordering is a new technology in the NVIDIA 4000 series, which allows the card to sort computing tasks based on available space. In short, the video card automatically chooses the best way to distribute tasks. You mainly notice that with ray tracing. After the first distribution, the effects go everywhere. Thanks to SER, these effects are sorted right away and your images render faster. This means you won't slow down as much while you game.

The 3000 series cards already stood out with ray tracing, but the 4000 series goes further with the third generation of this technology. Thanks to the higher number of cores, the new cards render images faster than old cards. You don't need much processing power for ray tracing, so the new generation processes effects even better. For example, an RTX 4080 has about 1000 more cores than an RTX 3080. In short, do you want an even better experience with sharp effects? The third generation ray tracing is suitable for you.

Just like with the 3000 series, the 4000 series supports a new DLSS version. This technology uses a type of AI that allows the card to increase the resolution without losing fps. The video card creates a frame in a low resolution, but it uses information it learned to increase the number of pixels. You mainly notice the improvement compared to DLSS 2.0 in the framerate. DLSS 3.0 offers up to 30% more frames, even when ray tracing is turned on. This way, you can even game smoothly at the highest settings.

The RTX 4080 chipset is up to 50% faster than its predecessor and up to 25% faster than the RTX 3090 Ti. The RTX 4080 is more future-proof with specifications that are powerful enough for future games. Older games like Assassin's Creed Black Flag run more easily and reach a high fps at a higher resolution. With 16GB GDDR6X RAM, you can perform multiple graphic tasks at the same time. This can be a Twitch stream or rendering large company videos. The RTX 4080 cards have 9728 CUDA cores, so ray tracing looks even more realistic. Are you looking for a powerful card? Choose RTX 4080.

The flagship of the RTX 4000 series is the RTX 4090 series. Just like the 4080, the 4090 performs about 2 times better than the RTX 3090 which came before it. With 24GB RAM, this chipset is suitable for the most demanding graphic jobs. Think of a 4K stream, so your followers can enjoy your sharp graphics. With a total of 16,384 CUDA cores, you can smoothly play in 4K at a high fps. In addition, the card is made with 8K gaming in the future in mind. During the first test, the 4090 reached 83 fps for 8K Fortnite and 85 fps for Red Dead Redemption.

In terms of CUDA cores and RAM, the 4080 performs way better than its predecessor. With average base speeds of 2210MHz and boosted speeds of 2510MHz, the 4080 scores about 25% better than the 3080. In addition, 4080 cards consume about as much energy. The recommended power for a power supply unit stays unchanged at 750W, so you get more power for the same consumption. The only downside is the size of the GPUs. Due to the extra power, they're larger and don't fit in most mid-tower PCs.

As already stated, the RTX 4090 offers the best performance of the RTX 4000 series. The base speed is 2230MHz on average with the option of a boost speed of around 2520MHz. That's a pretty big step up compared to the 1700MHz of the RTX 3090. But this power forms an obstacle. You need a power supply unit of at least 850W and the RTX 4090 cards take up 3 slots in your PC. It's a very powerful video card, but it's large. Make sure you have a full-tower casing, so you always have enough space.