GeForce RTX 4090: Nvidia promises 2.85 GHz boost clock in Cyberpunk 2077

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The graphics processor AD102-300 (“Ada Lovelace”) with 16,384 shader units is supposed to run on the GeForce RTX 4090, the new top model in Nvidia's GeForce portfolio, according to the official specifications with 2,230 MHz base- respectively 2,520 MHz boost clock work. In Cyberpunk 2077 (test), the manufacturer promises 2.85 GHz.

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In a press briefing as part of GTC 2022, in which the website Wccftech also took part, Nvidia demonstrated a GeForce RTX 4090 to selected members of the press, on which the dystopian action role-playing game with WQHD resolution of 2,540 × 1,440 pixels with the highest settings including ray tracing on Ultra and Psycho was rendered.

The OSD displayed showed all relevant GPU metrics such as the clock frequencies and the temperature of the chip, which was not overclocked for the benchmarks .

  • Up to 2850MHz boost clock
  • Boost clock was between 2810 and 2850MHz

    • < li>The AD102 graphics processor got 50 to 57 degrees warm

  • Up to 3 GHz should be possible with overclocking
  • The consumption was up to 460 watts

3 GHz were already running at Nvidia in the laboratory

After Nvidia's CEO had already announced at the launch of the GeForce RTX 4090 and the two GeForce RTX 4080 that the manufacturer was already able to overclock the latest generation in the laboratory to more than 3 GHz, the already very high boost clock ex works now also seems to be the case to confirm in practice. It is not without reason that Nvidia has highlighted the 2.85 GHz displayed by ODS so prominently.

Ada is incredibly energy efficient, over twice the performance at the same power as Ampere and you can really push Ada! We have overclocked Ada past 3 GHz in our labs.

Jen-Hsun Huang, Nvidia

Nvidia used the Cyberpunk 2077 demo as a benchmark and demonstrated both a run in native 1440p and with the latest AI upsampling DLSS 3.0, which is said to deliver up to four times more frames per second.

DLSS 3.0 didn't get that much out of it in the Cyberpunk 2077 demo, but the result is still impressive. It goes from an average of 60 FPS to 170 FPS, a very significant gain of 183 percent.

Up to 460 watts and with DLSS 3.0 significantly more economical

While the consumption of the graphics card increases with 460 watts was slightly above the official TDP of 450 watts, this could be reduced by 24 percent to around 350 watts by using DLSS 3.0.

Used next to the native resolution, the AI ​​upsampling Nvidia DLSS 3 in the “Quality” preset.

Cyberpunk 2077 demo @ 1440p on a GeForce RTX 4090 FE 1440p 1440p @ DLSS 3 (“Quality”) Gain from DLSS 3.0 FPS (⌀) 59.9 170.7 + 183 percent FPS (1% percentile) 49.3 119.6 + 142 percent FPS (minimum) 40.6 91.2 + 125 percent latency (⌀) 75.4 ms 53.5 ms – 29 percent GPU clock 2,800 – 2,850 MHz (stock) – GPU temperature 50 – 57°C 50 – 53°C – GPU consumption 461.3 watts 348.9 watts – 24 percent

During the demonstration, Cyberpunk 2077 was running Wccftech on a non-factory overclocked Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition (Image: Nvidia)

For more information about the three GeForce RTX 4000, see the following editorial content:

  • GeForce RTX 4090 and 4080: Custom designs bring out the heavy artillery
  • GeForce RTX 4090 and 4080: Ada Lovelace starts for 1,099 to 1,949 euros in October
  • Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000: More details on the architecture , DLSS 3 and Founders Editions
  • GeForce RTX 4000 “FE”: Three graphics cards, two names and only one design