Could you help on which 4080 super to buy plz?

[chrcoluk]

I meant tiny for it's stock wattage, not in general

Fully agree that choice should be more variable. Ada generation shows tendency of cards coming with overkill coolers and it's a double edged sword - even cheap models are like that, so you can have card quiet and cool without paying traditional premium, but on the other hand people needing something smaller have almost nothing to choose from. Hopefully Nvidia will help here with this new, kinda certification standard they shown during Computex.



The plastic shrouds are garbage which sadly is a standard to the point of full metal cards being exceptions confirming this norm. If we talk Nvidia higher power cards, I find the most value in TUFs - overally great and not that expensive, because cheaper ones are only worse. Sadly there's rather no dual slot TUF. You have my opinion about 4070TiS vs 4080(S) above, so how about 4070TiS Gaming X Slim?

Looks interesting but a lot above MSRP. (found the non super 12 gig version below MSRP).

UK prices the 4070 ti super has a £70 premium even though it should actually be slightly cheaper. MSRP £770, 4080 Super FE £960, MSI Gaming X Slim non super £640, super £840. They discounted the non super, I guess 12gig vram hard to sell now.

 

[Ruru]

I'm not a fanboy when it comes to AIBs, but I've had Gigabyte cards more than others and never had anything to complain.

I know they had problems recently. And I haven't got any newer Gbyte card than 1080 Ti

 

[Vario]

@chrcoluk If you already refreshed this thread, recently I noticed video below showing Pro Art's behaviour, even comparing with TUF. Maybe somebody would find it helpful.

Guy talks with irritating manner and is from the kind specializing in doing sponsored videos, so I recommend muting him and focusing on HWInfo starting ~9:40:

Like I suggested before, 300+W is much for such tiny cooler, but honestly not expected it being that bad. 2200+ rpm will be on the louder side and then hitting 75C means barely any room to avoid throttling during hot weather or just working in not so airy case, not even mentioning sacrificing thermals to lower noise.

EDIT: BTW mind this moron was testing both cards with "5-7C" different ambient, so don't suggest with comparison numbers.

Man, it is hard to see the HWInfo print out, I would have rather seen that comparison much larger then the giant eye of sauron and his ugly mug in the center. Given the different clock speed and ambient, it seems worthless.

 

[#22]

Looks interesting but a lot above MSRP. (found the non super 12 gig version below MSRP).

UK prices the 4070 ti super has a £70 premium even though it should actually be slightly cheaper. MSRP £770, 4080 Super FE £960, MSI Gaming X Slim non super £640, super £840. They discounted the non super, I guess 12gig vram hard to sell now.

I wouldn't buy 12GB card to play AAA games above FHD. I also wouldn't buy non-reference close to MSRP, cheap model - they are built to be cheap, so may only be less reliable. On the other hand with you wanting dual slot ~300W GPU, you are sentenced to choose from such. Btw summing it all and adding you already having pretty good card, I mean 3080 from your Specs, I would definitely wait for next gen. If we talk higher end models, it's not far from now and if Nvidia happens not having competition, they are likely to focus on energy efficiency. Add mentioned program of models being SFF friendly. As you can see, what we have today does everything to not fit your likings when near future seems opposite, not counting rather getting more perf for the price.

Man, it is hard to see the HWInfo print out, I would have rather seen that comparison much larger then the giant eye of sauron and his ugly mug in the center. Given the different clock speed and ambient, it seems worthless.

I laughed hard from this ugly mug This guy made a comparison video without caring about the most important and rather obvious need of keeping equal testing conditions - he just sucks.

 

[Vario]

I wouldn't buy 12GB card to play AAA games above FHD. I also wouldn't buy non-reference close to MSRP, cheap model - they are built to be cheap, so may only be less reliable. On the other hand with you wanting dual slot ~300W GPU, you are sentenced to choose from such. Btw summing it all and adding you already having pretty good card, I mean 3080 from your Specs, I would definitely wait for next gen. If we talk higher end models, it's not far from now and if Nvidia happens not having competition, they are likely to focus on energy efficiency. Add mentioned program of models being SFF friendly. As you can see, what we have today does everything to not fit your likings when near future seems opposite, not counting rather getting more perf for the price.



I laughed hard from this ugly mug This guy made a comparison video without caring about the most important and rather obvious need of keeping equal testing conditions - he just sucks.

I got the PROART RTX 4070Ti Super OC yesterday, seems to be a solid card. It should be very similar to the 4080 in the video. It seems to cool fine, the PROART does in fact have a very big heatsink, its just not as big as the TUF.
If it was any bigger it would be hard to fit in a smaller-midsize case, I have it in my Lian Li O11 Air Mini and it fits well in there. Its twice the size of my Evga 3060 12GB XC Gaming.
The PROART is probably the largest card I've had since the Gigabyte HD7970 OC 3GB Windforce 3x.

 

[#22]

I got the PROART RTX 4070Ti Super OC yesterday, seems to be a solid card. It should be very similar to the 4080 in the video. It seems to cool fine, the PROART does in fact have a very big heatsink, its just not as big as the TUF.
If it was any bigger it would be hard to fit in a smaller-midsize case, I have it in my Lian Li O11 Air Mini and it fits well in there. Its twice the size of my Evga 3060 12GB XC Gaming.
The PROART is probably the largest card I've had since the Gigabyte HD7970 OC 3GB Windforce 3x.

Fact is Pro Art ~300W cards have one of the smallest and least effective coolers. And it's not like they make wrong impression of being small, because even on photos man can see thickness or how card's size compares to universal PCIe connector and slot. Good to know that you like how it performs, but it doesn't make sense to compare it to your previous cards

 

[Vario]

Fact is Pro Art ~300W cards have one of the smallest and least effective coolers. And it's not like they make wrong impression of being small, because even on photos man can see thickness or how card's size compares to universal PCIe connector and slot. Good to know that you like how it performs, but it doesn't make sense to compare it to your previous cards

As long as the card works, thats what matters to me. It cools within spec. I re-use old cards when I upgrade so having the utility of it actually fitting into my other pcs later in life is worth it to me.

 

[GhostRyder]

Hello guys, i wanna buy 4080 super and i have 2 options:
1. GALAX GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER SG 1-Click OC (1300 USD)
2. ASUS ProArt GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER OC (1550 USD)
And between these two, there s like 250 USD difference at price (Asus one is expensive). Asus one is more durable and futureproof considering "i dont wanna change my gpu again for like 3-4 years" or it wud be ok to buy Galax one also?
And one more thing these are the prices of 4070ti super also:
1. GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER SG 1-Click OC (1030 USD)
2.ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER OC (1440 USD)
4080 super worth the price difference? Which one u wud buy guys? Thx for helping

I would go a Galax over Asus right now. Mostly because their warranty has been sketchy in recent years (I am not even talking specifically that Gamers Nexus report, just in general). Plus the price difference is pretty high for not any real gain.

 

[#22]

As long as the card works, thats what matters to me. It cools within spec. I re-use old cards when I upgrade so having the utility of it actually fitting into my other pcs later in life is worth it to me.

The most important here is card meeting your likings, so great :]

I would go a Galax over Asus right now. Mostly because their warranty has been sketchy in recent years (I am not even talking specifically that Gamers Nexus report, just in general). Plus the price difference is pretty high for not any real gain.

Sadly ASUS is this company awful, but tending to make the best products, especially if we talk GPUs - TUF and Strix beat all competition, so their prices are somehow justified.

 

[GhostRyder]

The most important here is card meeting your likings, so great :]



Sadly ASUS is this company awful, but tending to make the best products, especially if we talk GPUs - TUF and Strix beat all competition, so their prices are somehow justified.

Personally I don't agree with that, I think they are on par with many of vendors at best. They used to be top tier but recently they have cut back alot in my book.

 

[#22]

Personally I don't agree with that, I think they are on par with many of vendors at best. They used to be top tier but recently they have cut back alot in my book.

I won't argue with what you find being on par

 

[Vario]

I'd consider PNY and Zotac, I have had great luck with both those brands, while often disparaged as lesser brands for some reason. I know that Asus and Gigabyte are terrible for warranty service.

 

[wheresmycar]

I'd consider PNY and Zotac, I have had great luck with both those brands, while often disparaged as lesser brands for some reason. I know that Asus and Gigabyte are terrible for warranty service.

Yep my mates got a non-super 4080 Zotac Trinity which i recall at the time of purchase was one of the cheapest 4080s available. I was a little sceptical at first, assuming the worst w/ build quality and cooling performance. But nope, the card simply works a treat!

Some of these lesser celebrated brands when reviewed with a thumbs up deserve better recognition over the usual ASUS/MSI/GIG/etc brand tax and measly feature/perf enhancements.

 

[Dr. Dro]

Yep my mates got a non-super 4080 Zotac Trinity which i recall at the time of purchase was one of the cheapest 4080s available. I was a little sceptical at first, assuming the worst w/ build quality and cooling performance. But nope, the card simply works a treat!

Some of these lesser celebrated brands when reviewed with a thumbs up deserve better recognition over the usual ASUS/MSI/GIG/etc brand tax and measly feature/perf enhancements.

The catch with these is that they have a reference design/reference spec PCB and the power limit is not adjustable. If you're gonna run the card stock for the rest of its life and don't mind throttling if the card is pushed too hard, it'll do the trick.