Overclocked ASUS RTX 4090D Seen Surpassing Reference Edition RTX 4090 after ASUS Raises Power Limit to 600W

[Peter_Brosdahl]

An overclocked ASUS RTX 4090D managed to narrowly surpass benchmark scores for its reference model counterpart when power limits were maxed out. A hardware reviewer at HKEPC obtained an ASUS ROG Strix RTX 4090D for testing that showed some interesting results. The GeForce RTX 4090D is NVIDIA's solution to be compliant with the Department of Commerce's regulations which banned the export of the RTX 4090 to China. The RTX 4090D features a different GPU die with a lesser core count that equates to ~11% fewer CUDA cores. Most models also do not allow overclocking and if they do, are usually limited by locked-in power limits. However, the unit that the reviewer tested was able to use the maximum 600 Watts giving it more overclocking headroom.

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