With the GeForce RTX 3080 ROG Strix Gaming OC, Asus undoubtedly has a very fast graphics card on the market. All the latest games can be played smoothly with it. But this graphics card only starts to feel properly good when it goes beyond a native resolution of 1080p. The current Ampere generation can clearly distinguish itself from Turing here. If you add DLSS or Ray Tracing on top, the advantage of the newer architecture becomes even bigger. However, users must live with drawbacks compared to an RTX 2080 Ti in terms of VRAM, because at 10 GB on the RTX 3080, this is smaller than on the 2080 Ti (11 GB). On a long-term basis, though, that could become the downfall of the RTX 3080, because AMD has already announced its three top models of the 6000 series and consistently uses 16 GB of VRAM here. Nvidia’s rumor mill is buzzing, and an RTX 3080 Ti with more shaders and 20 GB of VRAM is already supposed to be in the works.
But what good is a fast graphics card if it’s not available to buy? Nvidia, and thus its board partners as well, already wasted a lot of potential here, because the demand still can’t be met. According to internal reports, this situation is expected to continue into 2021.
The Asus GeForce RTX 3080 ROG Strix Gaming OC is one of the fastest RTX 3080 graphics cards that also comes with good cooling. The well thought-out cooling unit is convincing, and with the discreet RGB lighting, there’s also something to feast your eyes on.
Those who have already managed to get their hands on an RTX 3080 model will be rewarded with a good amount of graphics power. But this also results in high energy consumption, which should be considered when buying. The correct power supply unit choice is important here so as to not suffer from ugly system crashes under load. Asus recommends at least an 850-watt power supply for our test sample.
The Asus GeForce RTX 3080 ROG Strix Gaming OC is currently priced at 999 Euros (~$1,185). That’s 300 Euros (~$356) more than the MSRP of the Founders Edition; but the small quantities drive the prices extremely high, so that even the Founders Edition is partly offered at over 1,000 Euros (~$1,186). Our advice is, therefore, to wait and see what the competition does, so that you don’t regret your purchase decision later.
All benchmarks and test values for the RTX 3080 can be found on the graphics card site for the GeForce RTX 3080 (regularly updated).
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