Zotac RTX 3090 Trinity 24GB GPU Review

Nvidia’s RTX 3090 announcement has been one of the most exciting announcements in several generations. The xx90 naming scheme has previously been used only for cards built around dual GPU configurations, such as the GTX 690 which consisted of two Kepler-based GTX 680 cores on the same board.  Nvidia’s RTX 3090 is only a single GPU, but with more than 10,000 CUDA cores and 24GB of GDDR6X memory, it’s about as powerful as two cards. Nvidia has positioned the RTX 3090 as a replacement for the Titan family of cards, rather than as the GeForce gaming flagship of this generation (which belongs to the RTX 3080). The RTX 3090 platform is built to be equally great at work AND play. Zotac takes this monster platform and gives it the new Zotac Trinity treatment which is the new IceStorm 2.0 cooling system with triple fans and an improved heat pipe layout to ‘Bring Down the Mercury”.

PC Test Bench would like to thank Zotac for loaning us the new RTX 3090 Trinity to test out!

Zotac’s take on the RTX 3090 Trinity:

Get Amplified with the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 30 Series based on the NVIDIA Ampere architecture. Built with enhanced RT Cores and Tensor Cores, new streaming multiprocessors, and superfast GDDR6X memory, the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity gives rise to the amplified gaming experience with ultra graphics fidelity

Quick Specs:

• GPU – GeForce RTX 3090
• CUDA cores – 10496
• Video Memory – 24GB GDDR6X
• Memory Bus – 384-bit
• Engine Clock Boost – 1695 MHz
• Memory Clock – 19.5 Gbps
• PCI Express – 4.0 16x
• Display Outputs – 3 x DisplayPort 1.4a (up to 7680×4320@60Hz), HDMI 2.1* (up to 7680×4320@60Hz)
• HDCP Support – 2.3
• Multi-Display Capability – Quad Display
• Recommended Power Supply – 750W
• Power Consumption – 350W
• Power Input – 2 x 8-pin
• DirectX – 12 Ultimate
• OpenGL – 4.6
• Cooling – IceStorm 2.0
• Slot Size – 2.5 slot
• SLI – NVLink Ready
• Supported OS – Windows 10 64-bit (build 2004 or later)
• Card Length – 317.8mm x 120.7mm x 58mm / 12.5″ x 4.75″ x 2.28″
• Accessories – 2 x Dual 6-pin to 8-pin cable, Manual

Features:

• GDDR6X Graphics Memory
• 2nd Gen Ray Tracing Cores
• 3rd Gen Tensor Cores
• VR Ready
• SPECTRA 2.0 RGB Lighting
• IceStorm 2.0 Advanced Cooling
• Active Fan Control with FREEZE Fan Stop
• Metal Frontplate and RGB LED Backplate
• NVIDIA NVLink (SLI-ready)
• NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA G-SYNC compatible