ASUS RTX 4090 TUF Gaming OC Review

1. Introduction2. Meet the ASUS RTX 4090 TUF Gaming OC3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Time Spy Extreme5. Game Benchmarks6. Clock Speed7. GPU Temperatures8. Memory Temperatures9. Acoustics10. Noise-Normalised Temperatures11. Power Draw12. Overclocking13. Closing Thoughts14. View All Pages

For our temperature testing, we measure the peak memory temperature under load. A reading under load comes from running Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition for 30 minutes.

As for memory thermals, the TUF Gaming is quite middle of the road here, and I was hoping for slightly better. A peak of just 74C using the Performance BIOS is still well within safe limits and really won’t cause any problems, and even the Quiet BIOS’ peak reading of 82C is still cooler than the Founders Edition. Compared to the likes of the Inno3D X3 OC and particularly the Gigabyte Gaming OC however, the TUF Gaming does lag behind somewhat. I do just wonder whether or not the lack of full thermal pad coverage across those four memory modules (as shown earlier in the review) is contributing to this.

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