| Product Description: | FEATURES
NVIDIA Ampere Streaming Multiprocessors
2nd Generation RT Cores
3rd Generation Tensor Cores
Powered by GeForce RTX 3080
Integrated with 12GB GDDR6X 384-bit memory interface
WINDFORCE 3X Cooling System with alternate spinning fans
RGB Fusion 2.0
Protection metal back plate
Core Clock
1755 MHz (Reference Card: 1710 MHz)
WINDFORCE 3X
COOLING SYSTEM
The WINDFORCE 3X cooling system features 2x 90mm and 1X80mm unique blade fans, alternate spinning, 7 composite copper heat pipes, large copper plate direct touch GPU, 3D active fan and Screen cooling, which together provide high efficiency heat dissipation.
ALTERNATE SPINNING
Alternate Spinning can reduce the turbulence of adjacent fans and increase air pressure.
SMOOTH AIRFLOW
GIGABYTE turns the adjacent fans in the opposite direction, so that the airflow direction between the two fans is the same, reducing the turbulence and enhancing the airflow pressure.
3D ACTIVE FAN
The 3D Active Fan provides semi-passive cooling, and the fans will remain off when the GPU is in a low load or low power game.
UNIQUE BLADE FAN
The airflow is spilt by the triangular fan edge, and guided smoothly through the 3D stripe curve on the fan surface.
GRAPHENE NANO LUBRICANT
Graphene nano lubricant can extend the life of sleeve bearing fan by 2.1 times, close to the life of double ball bearing, and is quieter.
SCREEN COOLING
Extended heatsink design allows air flow to pass through, providing better heat dissipation.
LARGE COPPER PLATE & HEAT-PIPE
With direct contact to the GPU and VRAM, the large copper plate combines the composite heat pipes to efficiently transfer heat generated from the interior cores to the heat sink.
RGB FUSION 2.0
With 16.7M customizable color options and numerous lighting effects, you can choose lighting effects or synchronize with other AORUS devices.
PROTECTION METAL BACK PLATE
The metal back plate not only provides an aesthetical shape, but also enhances the structure of the graphics card to provide complete protection.
DUAL BIOS
Silent mode will provide a qui |
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The 12GB 3080 is pretty close in performance to the Ti version, so $800 isn't that bad of a price at the moment. It still probably makes sense to wait for the 4000 series, given it's just around the corner, but those new cards could be impossible to get for months or even a year after release. This $800 card isn't a bad deal at all for anyone that needs a card at this moment.
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Further looking into last gen, the 2080 Ti was the best performing card save for the Titan, and it had an MSRP of $1k. That card's equivalent in the current generation is the 3070 with an MSRP of $500. Of course MSRPs are meaningless these days but eventually these cards will drop to MSRP because they are propped up by the crypto market and to a lesser extent to the ship shortage (although that's clearly not an issue anymore, at least for GPUs).
The 3080 line of cards is really overkill for 1440 P gaming and you would be wiser to grab a 3060 Ti or a 3070 and that will probably get you a good 2 generations (~4 years) of > 60 fps gaming on high settings. The 3080 is really a 4K card, but with 10-12 GB of RAM it's unclear how well it will hold up, given that some high res texture packs can already cause it to stutter, especially if you have all the bells and whistles like RTX turned on. Also the games out right now don't benefit THAT much from a 3080 even at 4K, maybe Cyberpunk as it's very demanding or flight simulator, likely the next generation of cards will really be made to compete at that 4K range.
If you're looking at 4K, I would say wait till the 4000 and 7000 series cards, you'll probably grab something as performant as a 3080 Ti for 50-60% of the cost and it will probably have better raytracing hardware. Paying outrageous prices right now (even MSRP for 2 year old cards) at the high end is just throwing money away.
DON'T FORGET they will raise the price on father's day weekend because screw you.
How many years have we been waiting for this moment?
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