Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 AORUS GAMING BOX (GV-N4090IXEB-24GD)

The Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 AORUS GAMING BOX is a powerful front-end solution for gamers and professionals to add a high-performance graphics card to a laptop or other device via Thunderbolt 3. The AORUS GAMING BOX uses a WATERFORCE liquid cooling system that includes a heatsink and pump for efficient heat dissipation. Ventilation holes on the top, left and right panels of the case promote additional airflow, preventing overheating even under high loads.

Despite the fact that it is based on the same AD102 graphics chip that is used in the desktop versions of the RTX 4090, the bandwidth of Thunderbolt 3 still imposes certain limitations on the speed of operation. Judging by the tests, the boxed RTX 4090 from Gigabyte is on average one third behind the performance of its desktop counterparts. However, this solution is still a very attractive option for expanding the capabilities of laptops and ultrabooks.

According to all GPUs built on the Ada Lovelace architecture, it supports a new version of hardware ray tracing and an improved artificial scaling system with the DLSS 3 frame generation system. Ray tracing significantly affects lighting, reflections and shadows in games, making lighting more realistic, and DLSS significantly raises the FPS rate due to artificial addition of frames and manipulations with game resolution.

For connectivity, the box is equipped with Thunderbolt 3 connectors (compatible with Thunderbolt 4 and USB 4), HDMI 2.1, three DisplayPort 1.4a, numerous USB ports of various types, as well as an Ethernet port for direct connection to the network, which provides ample opportunities for connecting peripherals devices and network connections. Such equipment, high power density, a solid memory buffer and support for all the most interesting and current technologies in the field of image processing also allow Gigabyte to position it as an extremely powerful tool for 3D rendering, creation of 3D graphics, processing of authoring content, as well as work with AI and neural networks.