ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 Noctua OC

[W1zzard]

ASUS x Noctua is back! This time the GeForce RTX 4080 gets the low-noise treatment, with impressive results. Testing in our review confirms that even at full load, running at 4K with more than 60 FPS, the card is nearly inaudible! We measured less than 24 dBA, which is quieter than the room you're sitting in right now.

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[low]

Coilwhining is still a problem with this noctua edition. Silent but noisy

 

[Space Lynx]

I just don't know who in their right mind would buy this when you can find AIB 4090's for $50 cheaper. All 4090's stay cold as well from what I have seen, its very different compared to AMD gpu's. So it's not like you would be getting a "bad" 4090.

There are crazy af people out there though, so I guess go ahead and get less performance with this for more money...

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

For the same money you could buy a 4090, or a cheaper 4080 and a better CPU....I don't see this product for anyone other than wealthy people who don't want the best performance for their money for some reason and have really sensitive ears? Maybe?

I just don't know who in their right mind would buy this when you can find AIB 4090's for $50 cheaper. All 4090's stay cold as well from what I have seen, its very different compared to AMD gpu's. So it's not like you would be getting a "bad" 4090.

There are crazy af people out there though, so I guess go ahead and get less performance with this for more money...

""Its [sic] very different compared to AMD gpu's"...what does this mean out of curiosity?

 

[Space Lynx]

For the same money you could buy a 4090, or a cheaper 4080 and a better CPU....I don't see this product for anyone other than wealthy people who don't want the best performance for their money for some reason and have really sensitive ears? Maybe?


""Its [sic] very different compared to AMD gpu's"...what does this mean out of curiosity?

well some 7900 xtx run hotter than others, some even throttle without a new fan curve.

every 4090 review I have seen shots even the hotspot temp being quite cold in comparison... so there is no risk of throttle with any 4090 model.

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

well some 7900 xtx run hotter than others, some even throttle without a new fan curve.

every 4090 review I have seen shots even the hotspot temp being quite cold in comparison... so there is no risk of throttle with any 4090 model.

All cards have various temperatures, Nvidia and Intel included, and at least for TPU reviews, I've yet to see a single one on a 7900xt or 7900xtx that mentions throttling

 

[SOAREVERSOR]

For the same money you could buy a 4090, or a cheaper 4080 and a better CPU....I don't see this product for anyone other than wealthy people who don't want the best performance for their money for some reason and have really sensitive ears? Maybe?


""Its [sic] very different compared to AMD gpu's"...what does this mean out of curiosity?

I agree, get the 4090. However there are a fair amount of people who will pay through the teeth on all sorts of components to reduce noise and just want quiet or if at all possible a silent PC and don't want to water cool it, which is not silent cause then you hear the pump!

I'm not saying silent is my jam, but this whole DIY style is not really about gaming, it's about the hobby of doing it your way. For some people that's RGB bling vomit. For others that's massively complex liquid cooling systems. For others it's just making the quietest PC they can. For yet more it's custom cases and art work. Then there is the crowd that just wants the smallest PC possible. All of this is hurling money at something that could better be spent elsewhere. But it makes people happy so why not! Hell there are some that just like building it even when they could get a premade that performs better for less.

 

[P4-630]

Rather go for the coolest running one , MSI RTX 4080 Suprim X...

 

[TheDeeGee]

Coilwhining is still a problem with this noctua edition. Silent but noisy

Yep, Asus is a brand to avoid when it comes to oil whine.

I just don't know who in their right mind would buy this when you can find AIB 4090's for $50 cheaper. All 4090's stay cold as well from what I have seen, its very different compared to AMD gpu's. So it's not like you would be getting a "bad" 4090.

There are crazy af people out there though, so I guess go ahead and get less performance with this for more money...

Just deshroud like i did.

PNY X Noctua RTX 4070 Ti

Capped 60 FPS: ±39C @ 500 RPM Capped 120 FPS: ±52C @ 700 RPM Uncapped: ±63C @ 750 RPM Pictures from inside the case will have to wait, i don't want to show off the tentacle adapter. The CableMod cable is coming some time in March i think.

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[Space Lynx]

All cards have various temperatures, Nvidia and Intel included, and at least for TPU reviews, I've yet to see a single one on a 7900xt or 7900xtx that mentions throttling

you don't remember the 110 celsius fiasco recently? AMD's response was literally "110 celsius is within spec" then they changed course after the backlash... temps hotspot on any 4090 don't even go past like 75 celsius... let alone the 90's which some 7900 xtx's hit... so you are missing my overall point.

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

you don't remember the 110 celsius fiasco recently? AMD's response was literally "110 celsius is within spec" then they changed course after the backlash... temps hotspot on any 4090 don't even go past like 75 celsius... let alone the 90's which some 7900 xtx's hit... so you are missing my overall point.

Wasn't that do to manufacturing errors in the vapor chamber as opposed to the cooler design or gpu architecture? My issue was with your original claim of throttling, of which I've seen no evidence of in any AIB review whether with the default fancurve or otherwise. I've yet to see any AIB 7900XT or 7900XTX have an overall operating temperature in the 90s, but maybe I'm not looking at the same reviews. But yes, I believe I am missing your overall point....is it that a $1600 card has a lower operating temperature than some reference cards with a manufacturing error?

 

[medi01]

So, $450 for "silent coolers" is justified, per TPU, to a point this thing is "highly recommended". Wow.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Anyone who would buy this over a 4090 deserves to get milked by Asus.... Awesome reviews as always just a silly product even vs their own Strix Card.

 

[the54thvoid]

I get the feeling there must be folk in the Asus boardroom laughing at this product, saying, "Wow - they actually fell for our Frankenmod."

It's a 4080, it's one-foot long, and it's four slots thick: of course it's going to cool well. As w1zz says in the review, other manufacturers could easily do this.

Crazy.

 

[Veseleil]

Just deshroud like i did.

Deshroud FTW! Your own fan choice - priceless.

 

[ymdhis]

For that much price markup you can get a custom fitting AIO for the reference card.

edit: or like the others said, remove the puny miniature fans the stock cards come with and zip tie two normal 120x25mm fans to the heat sink. That will cost you only two fans and a pwm splitter, perhaps a 4-pin to gpu fan connector converter (not sure if those still work though, last time I went this route was with the HD6950)... or just connect it to one of the bajillion motherboard fan connector and use a program like FanControl to set up a custom temperature/rpm curve. Even assuming you go for the expensive noctua a12x25, you can get this done from $100 and get much better cooling and less noise.

 

[EmerilLIVE]

I certainly do

For that much price markup you can get a custom fitting AIO for the reference card.

I certainly don't see the appeal of this product at this price point, and have run aio's in several builds as well as custom loops, but pump noise is always a factor with water cooling. The point of water cooling is about performance & it certainly has superior performance at most noise levels, but very low noise levels, to the point of "silent" isn't it. I suppose that there are some people out there who want to build the highest performing "silent" PC that they can, in which case air cooling and a GPU like this one may be the best option.

 

[Vader]

What I love the most in these cards is the ability to mount standard 120 mm fans. I'd like for more gpus to do this, we could buy ones without fans even

 

[GhostRyder]

I have to say I find this to be a very meh product just because of the ridiculous price over the base cost. I mean I already don't like paying the crazy price for waterblock editions but I feel those are more justified than this. Rather buy the STRIX or pretty much any other than this even though I really like the Noctua fans on this.

 

[usiname]

So what make this card better than PNY RTX 4080 OC? Noiser and hotter

 

[Dammeron]

Considering how "over-cooled" are almost all versions of RTX 4080 (using same cooler as 4090), this card doesn't make any sense, even more so with such price.

 

[Dristun]

Yeah, I don't see why anyone would buy this over PNY or Suprim that are also cheaper. Other than, maybe, it fits into a build full of brown Noctua fans out of the box?
There was a certain point for it among the 3080s but now that every 4080 is a 2kg 3+ slot cooler beast it feels pointless.

 

[Panther_Seraphin]

"missed Editor's Choice just barely"

Im Sorry but a 33% increase in price for "a better cooler" does not warrant a recommendation when you can get a the MSI 4090 for the same price which obviously brings a lot more performance for very little extra noise.

 

[ymdhis]

I certainly do

I certainly don't see the appeal of this product at this price point, and have run aio's in several builds as well as custom loops, but pump noise is always a factor with water cooling. The point of water cooling is about performance & it certainly has superior performance at most noise levels, but very low noise levels, to the point of "silent" isn't it. I suppose that there are some people out there who want to build the highest performing "silent" PC that they can, in which case air cooling and a GPU like this one may be the best option.

Get a loop with a silent pump then. I used one on my old Vega card, it was one of the alphacool sets with a very silent pump. The only annoying noise it had was whenever a bubble got into the system (when I opened the quick release plugs) and started making this slurping noise, eventually I had to get a top up kit. But the pump was silent enough that I could sleep next to it.

 

[Dirt Chip]

I just don't know who in their right mind would buy this when you can find AIB 4090's for $50 cheaper. All 4090's stay cold as well from what I have seen, its very different compared to AMD gpu's. So it's not like you would be getting a "bad" 4090.

There are crazy af people out there though, so I guess go ahead and get less performance with this for more money...

It's for the fans of Noctua fans that want an all out Noctua build. About 10 people worldwide or so. It's more a PR card than anything so go light on the criticism.
I'm pretty sure it was deliberately priced more than 4090, just to add to the selectiveness of users- only for the true hard ones.