Exellent Card Very Good Performance.
by va02stephen
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i wont lie i have always had fancy high end cards for example my last card was a 3090ti suprim x and the build quality was outstanding but the price for these "high end models" are not worth it, the Gainward phantom has excellent build quality much better than i expected and the performance is next to none if you take a look at guru3d review on the (gs) model you will see it is identical and sometimes beats £1800-2000 cards, not sure if i hit lucky with silicone lottery but i see 2805mhz in game usually 2790mhz which is very good considering the boost clock specs on paper are 2520mhz, if you want a 4090 buy this model you wont be disappointed i know the (gs) version has higher power limit but don't let that worry you anything over 450w is wasted on these cards as they just do not scale well past that if you watch der8auer on YouTube he tells you all about this and explains it well, Anyway back to the point this card is absolutely outstanding if you want one buy it don't waste £400 more on a "high end" model that's going to give you 2fps more and honestly at this price point for a 4090 insane, overclockersuk thank you :)
The only model for me
by Darkauscus
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Incredible how hard it was to find an all black GPU with RGB only on the side. Gorgeous, gorgeous GPU imho. On top of that it's the smallest 4090 there is (mind you it's still HUGE).
No need to talk performance, if you're interested in buying one you've seen the benchmarks.
Fans usually sit at 30%, dead silent (max fan speed I've seen was 41% during synthetic benchmarks). At 70% power limit uses the same power as a 4080, whilst performing virtually the same as a stock 4090 (70% pw limit never went above 313W, cannot recommend this simple tweak enough).
RGB can be customised using Expert Tool II available from Gainward website, not a bunch of options RGB wise but enough to fit any builds theme. One caveat, the Expert Tool software needs to be running on boot to apply the RGB theme, so during boot it has the default rainbow RGB until the software kicks in the background.
This is NOT THE GS model (golden sample), that model is more expensive and offers no real world advantage, in fact I would not pay more for any model of any brand that tries and put OC on the box and overcharge to offer a 15% OC that offers no FPS gains and give you a 4x12 adapter with the excuse of a higher power limit. DO NOT FALL for that, all you gonna do is use a ton more energy for no gains at all. This model comes with a 3x12 adapter and goes up to 450W at 100& power limit, and even that is too much, stick to 70%.
The anti sag bracket supplied is really easy to install and does not ruin the look of the card.
All in all this was the model for me, from the looks to the size.
I got it at the time of review for £1679, the KAF2 model was cheaper but I did not like the look of that card. (side note the White ASUS ROG Strix 4080 costs more than this 4090...lmao)
Brilliant
by Brian
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Sleek, fast, not as big as other 4090’s and runs nice and cool.