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ASUS TUF Unleashes a Pair of GeForce RTX 4090 OG Custom Cards

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Late last week ASUS posted a cryptic announcement, as well as giveaway product questions, on its Twitter page about an upcoming product launch event (scheduled for today - May 10). Hopeful commenters were guessing that a TUF-edition RTX 4070 was incoming, or that a very premature (and potentially surprising) RTX 4060 Ti reveal was due. ASUS has in fact shown off a few new GeForce RTX 4090 custom designs, including a pair of "OG" TUF offerings: "TUF Gaming graphics cards have always been known for their rugged styling, rock solid stability, and excellent gaming performance. The TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG and TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG OC Edition feature three Axial-tech fans, with the center fan rotating in the opposite direction for less turbulence and fan noise. Dual ball bearing fans, military-grade capacitors, and other TUF components assembled via our Auto-Extreme manufacturing process guarantee reliability for years to come."

The two TUF OG cards look identical from the outside, but the OC edition adds some customized clock speed tunings: 2595 MHz (OC mode) / 2565 MHz (Default mode). The brand new OG models are slightly smaller than their older TUF siblings - 325.9 x 140.2 x 62.8 mm compared to 348.2 x 150 x 72.6 mm (respectively). ASUS thinks that this shrinkage in overall card dimensions will accommodate customers with tighter PC enclosure conditions: "What makes the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG truly stand out is its size. Its sleek 3.2 slot design allows for much better case compatibility than other RTX 4090 graphics cards. If you've been looking for a flagship GPU but couldn't find one that fits in your current build, the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG might be for you."



ASUS, ROG & TUF are giving the GeForce RTX 4090 cards an old-school face lift:


ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB GDDR6X OG OC Edition with DLSS 3, lower temps, and enhanced durability
  • Powered by NVIDIA DLSS 3, ultra-efficient Ada Lovelace arch, and full ray tracing.
  • 4th Generation Tensor Cores: Up to 4x performance with DLSS 3 vs. brute-force rendering
  • 3rd Generation RT Cores: Up to 2X ray tracing performance
  • OC edition: 2595 MHz (OC mode) / 2565 MHz (Default mode)
  • Axial-tech fan design has been tuned with a reversed central fan direction for less turbulence
  • Dual ball fan bearings last up to twice as long as conventional designs
  • Military-grade capacitors rated for 20K hours at 105C make the GPU power rail more durable
  • Auto-Extreme precision automated manufacturing for higher reliability
  • GPU Tweak III software provides intuitive performance tweaking, thermal controls, and system monitoring



ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB GDDR6X OG Edition with DLSS 3, lower temps, and enhanced durability
  • Powered by NVIDIA DLSS 3, ultra-efficient Ada Lovelace arch, and full ray tracing.
  • 4th Generation Tensor Cores: Up to 4x performance with DLSS 3 vs. brute-force rendering
  • 3rd Generation RT Cores: Up to 2X ray tracing performance
  • Axial-tech fan design has been tuned with a reversed central fan direction for less turbulence
  • Dual ball fan bearings last up to twice as long as conventional designs
  • Military-grade capacitors rated for 20K hours at 105C make the GPU power rail more durable
  • Auto-Extreme precision automated manufacturing for higher reliability
  • GPU Tweak III software provides intuitive performance tweaking, thermal controls, and system monitoring



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It's great to see they took this refresh as an opportunity to improve the orientation of the power port. No, wait... . :)

I looked at the images here, including ASUS's site, but didn't easily see it.
 
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Looks like the cooler on my old 3080 TUF. Still too big to fit into my Meshify C though.
 
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Why was the power port relocated to the middle of the videocard in the 1st place? Maybe so it would be centrally located in between the VRM circuitry?

I had to cut out the HDD cage in my case to fit my full size 4090 in my case, so I can understand why they came out with 4090 light models. Isn't it kinda late in the game to be coming out with new 4090 models though? I thought they were supposed to be working on 4080 ti/4080 super or 4090ti/4090 super models now?
 
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Looks like the cooler on my old 3080 TUF. Still too big to fit into my Meshify C though.

So our Ampere cards already qualify as old, "classic" designs to draw from... It's like the deepest mockery memes I've ever come up with are becoming a reality.

Let's be real Asus was probably sitting on unsold and unusable inventory of 3090 Ti TUF coolers and decided to use them, while poking in a bit of fomo.
 
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Annoyed we didn't get a ProArt 4090 personally.

That said, there is not much choice of short 4090s if you can't get a FE in your country, so as dumb as it is, I welcome it
 
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They took the RTX 3080/90 TUF coolers are slapped in RTX 40? thats it?

New PCB to go with it. I'm no VRM expert so can't comment on that, but can comment that the new PCB moves the power connector closer to the edge which is a godsend.
 
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After Gamersnexus's last video, I would stay away from anything ASUS. Most of my boards back as far as nForce2, up until the x570 were ASUS, as well as a few GPUs. I never had to use their warranty service. Their lastest BS with their BIOS releases and trying to NULL warranties makes me think its better to not gamble with ASUS. If your ASUS product needs support or warranty, they might decide to retcon support or some other BS. Look elsewhere.
 
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