Alleged Nvidia RTX 4090 factory photos appear showing Zotac model

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We heard recent reports that the Nvidia RTX 4090 officially entered production, and it didn’t take long for the pictures to begin showing up. It appears a factory worker or someone with direct access to the facility was able to snap some images of a Zotac Airo model, and those things look chonky.

Unsurprisingly, the original post on Baidu was quickly deleted, but the internet quickly claimed it as its own. The design itself looks similar in size to the RTX 3090 Ti, which makes sense given the rumored TDP of 450W. That would put the RTX 4090 perfectly in line with the power consumption of the RTX 3090 Ti. It also further reinforces the assumptions that the RTX 3090 Ti was somewhat of a production trial run to work out things like cooling issues. Going by Zotac’s specs for those models, that could put the RTX 4090 around 3.5 slots thick (160mm) and 356mm in length. Frankly, the RTX 4090 looks a tad thicker.

There’s not much else to glean from the leaked photo of the RTX 4090, but you can see the following RTX 3090 Ti images for reference. What does stand out about the design for the RTX 4090 model is the curved edge. There certainly are any cards currently on the market that look like this, so it appears to lend further credence to these indeed being of a new design.

Pictured is the Zotac RTX 3090 Ti for reference. (Image credit: Zotac).

Additionally, there are leaked photos of the boxes these cards will go in. The designs are strikingly high quality, even if the image is not. It’s pretty convincing these are legit. We can see these cards will feature things like dual BIOS, RGB, a zero-RPM fan mode, and more. The minor text is far more difficult to make out, but we are able to make out that the RTX 4090 will only require