GALAX Reportedly Designing An RTX 4090 With Dual 16-Pin Connectors For Extreme Overclocking

Abdullah FaisalUpdated on December 18, 2023
Abdullah Faisal is a certified Google IT Support Professional.
GALAX RTX 4090 HOF | bl4ckdot

NVIDIA’s RTX 4090 introduced the use of the 12VHPWR (12+4 Pin), PCIe Gen 5 power connector. GALAX taking things a step further, is reportedly designing an RTX 4090 with two 16-pin connectors. This on-paper amounts up to a whopping 1200W of power (600Wx2). 

The First Dual 16-Pin Lovelace GPU

Bl4ckdot shared a few pictures on Twitter showcasing the reference design for GALAX’s upcoming RTX 4090. Videocardz mentions that the GPU we are currently looking at belongs to GALAX’s HOF (Hall Of Fame) lineup. From the picture, we can see a 28+4+4 (36) VRM design. In addition, a few voltage measurement points are also present allowing overclockers to take real-time readings.
GALAX RTX 4090 | bl4ckdot

Being a really high end product, it also comes with a BIOS button enabling enthusiasts to switch back and forth between the LN2 and stock BIOS. A white finish really does add to its beauty aesthetic wise, though we still require a full shroud for the final verdict. 

GALAX is probably just testing this GPU for now as we have no release date. 

RTX 4090

The RTX 4090 is powered by the AD102 GPU, which is unparalleled in terms of performance. The GPU features a massive 24GB of Samsung-made GDDR6X memory running at 24Gbps for 1152GB/s of effective bandwidth. Packed with 16384 CUDA Cores, this powerhouse is home to 75 billion transistors in total, more than 2.5x than the RTX 3090 Ti. A price tag of $1599 for the 4090 has had its fair share of criticism from the community.

Ada Lovelace Lineup

SKU Chip FP32/CUDA SMs Max Clock Cache Memory Bus VRAM Memory Spec Speed (Gbps) TDP
RTX 4000 Titan AD102-450 18432 144 3.0GHz+? 96MB? 384/382-bit 48GB GDDR6X 24 ~800W
RTX 4090 Ti AD102-350 18176 142 3.0 GHz? 96MB 382-bit 24GB GDDR6X 24 600W?
RTX 4090 AD102-300-A1 16384 128 2.52GHz 96MB 384-bit 24GB GDDR6X 21
450W+ (TGP) / 660W (Max TGP)
RTX 4080 Ti AD102 14848 116 2.7 GHz? 80MB? 320-bit 20GB GDDR6X 23 420W
RTX 4080 (16GB) AD103-300-A1 9728 76 2.505GHz 64MB 256-bit 16GB GDDR6X 22.5
320W(TGP)/ 516W (Max TGP)
RTX 4070 Ti (4080 12GB Revamped) (Could Be Different) AD104-400-A1 7680 60 2.61GHz 48MB 192-bit 12GB GDDR6X 21
285W (TGP) /366W (Max TGP)?
RTX 4070  AD104-300? 7168 56 2.61GHz? 48MB? 192-bit/160-bit 12GB? GDDR6X 21? 250W
RTX 4060 Ti AD104 6656 52 3.2 GHz? 40MB? 160-bit 10GB GDDR6X (?) 18 200W
RTX 4060 AD106 4352 34 3.0 GHz? 32MB 128-bit 8GB GDDR6X (?) 18 180W

 

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Abdullah FaisalUpdated on December 18, 2023
Abdullah Faisal is a certified Google IT Support Professional.
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With a love for computers since the age of five, Abdullah has always sought to delve into the depths of information, and uses it as his guiding light. He believes success is of utmost importance as history is written by the victor.