GeForce RTX 4090 overclocking record reaches 3.93GHz

In the realm of personal computing, enthusiasts are renowned for their propensity to push hardware to new frontiers. Just last month, the overclocking maestro, Cens, shattered the world record for graphics card overclocking with an impressive 3.825GHz. Now, the maestro has outdone himself, successfully boosting the GeForce RTX 4090’s frequency to a staggering 3.930 GHz, a mere whisper away from the 4.0 GHz milestone.

Upon the GPUPI 3.3-32B leaderboard on HWBOT, Cens firmly holds the pole position with a time of 46.383s. It is important to illuminate the fact that the HWBOT contest does not rank based on the actual operating frequency of the graphics card. Instead, it employs a software known as GPUPI to compute the value of π. This software is predicated on the Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula and capitalizes on OpenCL or CUDA optimization for parallel computation.

The beast tamed by Cens for this endeavour is the Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 4090 Vulcan LAB, specifically designed for overclocking enthusiasts. A limited-edition piece, with only 300 units worldwide, it possesses a base frequency of 2235Mhz and a boost frequency of 2625Mhz. With a TDP peaking at 525W, it once claimed the world’s top spot in the 3DMark’s Time Spy Extreme test project with a score of 24103, indicating its profound overclocking potential. For this record-breaking feat, the iGame GeForce RTX 4090 Vulcan LAB was paired with the EVGA Z790 DARK KINGPIN motherboard, an Intel Core i9-13900K processor, and G.Skill DDR5-8600 16GBx2 memory. Liquid nitrogen was employed to facilitate the overclocking process.

In the current GPUPI 3.3-32B leaderboard on HWBOT, the top ten spots are invariably dominated by the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card.