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Driver Notes
- Acer and Nvidia RTX 4090 were benchmarked with the 546.17 driver.
- All other RTX 4090s used for comparison purposes were benchmarked with the 521.90 driver supplied to press.
Test System:
We test using a custom built system from PCSpecialist, based on Intel’s Rocket Lake platform. You can read more about this system HERE and configure your own PCSpecialist system HERE.
| CPU |
Intel Core i9-13900KS
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| Motherboard |
Gigabyte Z790 Gaming X AX
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| Memory |
32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5 6000MHz
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| Graphics Card |
Varies
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| SSD |
4TB Seagate Firecuda 530 Gen 4 PCIe NVMe
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| Chassis | Corsair 5000D Airflow Tempered Glass Gaming Case |
| CPU Cooler |
Corsair iCUE H150i Elite RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
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| Power Supply |
Corsair 1600W Pro Series Titanium AX1600i Digital Modular PSU
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| Operating System |
Windows 11 22H2
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| Monitor |
MSI Optix MPG321UR-QD
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| Resizable BAR |
Enabled for all supported GPUs
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Comparison Graphics Cards List
- Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition 24GB
- Inno3D RTX 4090 X3 OC 2GB
- Palit RTX 4090 GameRock OC 24GB
- MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X 24GB
- Gigabyte RTX 4090 Gaming OC 24GB
- ASUS RTX 4090 TUF Gaming OC 24GB
Note on comparisons for this review
Please note that we have included all of our previous test data from our last set of RTX 4090 reviews, which is about a year old at this point. In that period we have since updated our test system so the data is not apples-to-apples. However, as we are running the same thermal test (a 30 minute loop of Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition), I decided to keep our older thermal and noise level data in the charts to provide some context to the results of this Acer RTX 4090. I was also able to re-validate the results of Nvidia's 4090 FE, with thermals coming in within 1C of the results I showed previously, while the card averaged just a 9MHz difference in operating clock speed. This is not a perfect scientific approach as we are changing a key variable (the test system) but I am confident the results are close enough to still be useful as part of this review. I am only doing that for the thermal, noise and clock speed data however – for our game benchmarks, I will only be comparing the Acer 4090 to the Nvidia Founders Edition.
Software and Games List
- Alan Wake II (DX12)
- Assassin's Creed Mirage (DX12)
- Cyberpunk 2077 (DX12)
- Forza Horizon 5 (DX12)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (DX12)
- Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition (DX12)
We run each benchmark/game three times, and present mean averages in our graphs. We use FrameView to measure average frame rates as well as 1% low values across our three runs.
