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5.0 out of 5 starsPowerful + Great Cooling
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2022
4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G
4090 performance is unmatched to any other card (for now). Three fans on the X Trio keep this under 70C during load and the fans have yet to hit max spin. In fact, I haven't heard the GPU fans – my Corsair fans for my liquid CPU cooler are far louder.
From what I've read, these beefy coolers were designed to run hotter temps but a design change (of the chip?) after the fact resulted in better cooler temps, but the fan/heat-sinks were a done deal. Win-win in my opinion.
Real-world results: Cyberpunk 2077 with everything turned to max + ray-tracing (ultra) + 2K resolution provides a steady 50-60 frames (that's w/ a 9900K, 32 GB RAM 3200mhz, on a NVMe m.2). Those frames aren't high enough for my taste, but lowering the settings to high and no ray-trace easily maintains 120+ fps. Game is butter!
Other games run very well on ultra / high settings too.
The card is a beast, both performance wise and size. Measure before you buy! It fits inside very well with my mid-size case (DeepCool Matrexx 55) Large cases should have no problem but always double check.
You micro builders....uh...good luck?
It's hefty and built well; very sturdy, but you MUST use a GPU brace/bracket – it will sag without one and I'm very glad that MSI included a bracket.
The RGB is nice and the add-on software is decent – the lighting app synced with my MSI motherboard without issue. I haven't tinkered with the software much, so not sure if it plays well with other brands or after-market rgb. Supposed to be a fan-curve tool but I've yet to find it (been too busy gaming). Will update on this if/when I remember to.
The price IS ridiculous though; and the only reason I begrudgingly purchased is b/c my recent card was quite dated and I do not see the prices coming down anytime soon for a variety of reasons. If you do not need a card, perhaps it's best to wait, but that's a personal call.
Will update this review if there are any problems with the card, warranty, etc.