Even when I played back ProRes, 8K UHD (7680×4320) files I was pleasantly surprised at the smooth, real-time playback. From UHD ProRes files to UHD Red R3D files, the RTX 4090 handled all of them.
Inside of DaVinci Resolve 18, I was able to playback all my standard testing files in real time without any effects on them. We always hear about 8K or 4K, but you don’t always hear how much computing and GPU power you need to play these large resolutions back in real time, especially when you are editing with CPU/GPU-hogging codecs like Red R3D, H.264 and more. That doesn’t typically mean much for us post nerds, unless you also play games, but with artificial intelligence-adapted features becoming so prevalent, we are beginning to see speed increases in editing apps as well.Īs editors, we need faster rendering, faster exporting and more efficient decoding of high-resolution media. Those features are typically gaming-focused and embrace technologies like optical flow to “create” higher resolutions and frames to increase frame rates. It’s faster and contains new updates, like DLSS 3 (an artificial intelligence-powered performance booster). For the most part, the RTX 4090 performance is as expected, with a generational improvement over the RTX 3090. In this review, I am focusing on features that directly relate to video editors and colorists. You can find more in-depth technical specs on the Nvidia site, where you can also compare previous versions of Nvidia GPUs. I was sent the Founder’s Edition, which features the new Ada Lovelace architecture, two FP32 streaming processors, the DLSS 3 platform, 16,384 CUDA cores, 24GB GDDR6X memory, 2.23 base clock speed with up to 2.52 boost clock speeds, and much more. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 GPU comes in a few different flavors and iterations. (For a tech guru perspective, check out Mike McCarthy’s review.
But for now, there are still some gems in the RTX 4090 that are worth checking out. Whether they do or not, I plan on doing a more-in-depth review once I’ve settled in and found the RTX 4090 sweet spots that will help editors and colorists. When the product was released, I initially held off filing this review to see if Nvidia or Blackmagic (who showed a prerelease version of Resolve with AV1 encoding technology that only works with the new 4090 series) would release any Easter eggs, but so far it hasn’t happened. It’s big and power-hungry, and I’ll provide more details on that later in this piece. Nvidia has released its much-anticipated RTX 4090 GPU.
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