Yes, DLSS 3 is the real deal.
To many, if not most PC owners, that ALL probably looks like unfathomable riches.
It’s a high-maintenance component, then, though at least the specs are appropriately monstrous.
The RTX 4090 packs in 16,384 CUDA cores, over 6,600 more than the next-bestRTX 4080 16GB.
Do not do this.
In specific, supported games, of course.
On Ultra quality, the RTX 4090 cruised to 100fps, a 40fps advantage over the RTX 3090 Ti.
That should just anyone who owns one of thebest 4K gaming monitorswith a 120Hz or 144Hz refresh rate.
Its also worth noting that inForza Horizon 4, both GPUs actually scored evenly: 159fps apiece.
The Ampere-based RTX 3090 Ti?
That dropped from 83fps to 53fps with RT, a 36% loss.
Thats a 31% reduction for the newer GPU, and a 44% reduction for the older one.
But on several occasions, the gains from upscaling were unexpectedly tiny.
In all three cases, DLSS made proportionally higher FPS gains on the RTX 3090 Ti.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 review: 1440p performance
Dropping the resolution to 2560x1440 presents another performance oddity.
On 144Hz monitors, that will look even slicker than the RTX 3090 Tis 103fps.
Not that these make up for the RTX 4090 struggling with 1440p elsewhere.
And what a boost it is.
The ‘fake’ frames usually look surprisingly accurate, too.
Hell, it’s hard to spot when therearebig differences.
The algorithm is getting properly confused due to the lack of data from similar-looking frames nearby.
The result is that this blurry mess becomes as nigh-invisible as the minor UI hiccups.
It’s fine, honestly.
Still, I don’t think that’s a ruinous problem for DLSS 3.
As for the RTX 4090 specifically, I can at least see the point of it.
Add DLSS 3, and its the truly imposing PC conqueror that the RTX 3090 Ti never was.
To my fellow members of the great un-rich, though, all is not lost.
