It's unstoppable, and probably will stay ahead of the pack as AMD sees its two new RDNA 3 cards as more RTX 4080 16GB competitors (opens in new tab). On the one hand, it's a hell of an introduction to the sort of extreme performance Ada can deliver when given a long leash, and on the other, a slightly tone-deaf release in light of a global economic crisis that makes launching a graphics card for a tight minority of gamers feel a bit off.īut we can't ignore it for this guide to the best GPUs around simply because, as it stands today, November 2022, there's no alternative to the RTX 4090 that can get anywhere close to its performance. But it's no model, and it's no moon, this is the vanguard for the entire RTX 40-series GPU generation and our first taste of the new Ada Lovelace architecture.Ī hell of an introduction to the sort of extreme performance Ada can deliver.

It looks like some semi-satirical plastic model made up to skewer GPU makers for the ever-increasing size of their cards.

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