apparently you can run the RTX 4090 at like 70% of the stock power target with a negligible performance drop in video games, so they could've just made the card 1/3 smaller and barely anyone would have noticed
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in reply to @vogon's post:
Igor has some theories about why it’s so big, especially the partner cards: https://www.igorslab.de/en/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-where-the-mistake-with-the-600-watt-really-comes-from-and-why-the-cards-are-so-giant/