Издеваемся над RTX 3080

Hello everyone, friends in touch with MK. The RTX 3080 went on sale a month ago with no refs in early October. I have this card for 2 weeks ASUS had only 3 samples, one went to Pro Hi-tech, the other for Brigman, and the third for me. The real price of this cards, and not the one that requires outbid - 83,000 rubles. But the fact is that even the majors cannot buy it now, because there is no RTX 3080 on the market at all and the head of Nvidia said that the deficit will last until the end of this year. Therefore, I was in no hurry with the release of the review, but decided get confused and do something interesting.

Who’s guilty 00:59 - in this deficit? The head of Nvidia believes that everything is to blame frenzied demand and Samsung with its unfinished 8 nm nothing to do with, although recently there was information that NVIDIA will purchase chips from TSMC from 2021. Others think it’s a controlled deficit, Nvidia needs to be resold 2000 lineup, or the green ones are waiting for Big NAVI to come out. I do not know the exact answer to this question, perhaps you know, write about it in the comments. But since friends you can’t buy this card yet, for various reasons, I suggest you find out its a real advantage over the flagships of previous generations, and also see how I mock her. We will torment today RTX 3080 from Asus - TUF Gaming OC.

And so 01:44 - who will watch this video carefully, I will give this TUF Gaming K3 mechanical keyboard, completely made of aluminum with magnetic stand, RGB lighting, weighs almost 900 grams, on red switches, but that’s not all, I also have a TUF Gaming M3 mouse and a TUF Gaming H3 headset. These are all 3 prizes we will play, but first you need to like this video is the first condition, the second - look in the video. Also in the description there will be a link to the Asus website, where using the moycomputer promo code you will receive a 10% discount on absolutely range. In this video, I will not only tell you about the new product, but also closely compare it with the flagships previous generations - RTX 2080 Ti and GTX 1080 Ti in 4K in games and in work tasks. And also we will spend crazy experiments - turn an RTX 3080 into a 2080 Ti and compare them, as well as make fun of the cooling system.

Let’s take a 02:48 - closer look at this card, disassemble it and take a look what’s inside her. Go! In the box, except for a map and pieces of paper, there was nothing. Even my favorite drives no firewood. The video card is 30.5 cm long, 5.5 cm thick - 1 cm longer than the reference, for comparison, my RTX 2070 is from gigabytes to 1 cm shorter, but almost 1 cm thicker. In general, the card’s dimensions are not surprising. 3080 performed ASUS TUF has a thick heatsink riddled with 6 heatpipes that takes up almost 3 slots.

03:27 - In terms of power supply, everything is quite standard - two 8 pin connectors are required, there are no adapters as in the case of a ref. By the way, the card consumes at its peak an impressive 350 W, recommended PSU 750 W. The card is made entirely of aluminum, and the casing and backplate are metal. Card weight 1.4 kg, for your PCI-E have to sweat. To connect we have 3 DisplayPorts and 2 HDMI ports. If you remove the cover, you can see that the board itself is short, so that one of the three 90 mm fans blows the radiator through and through, and the turntables turn on only when the card heats up over 56 degrees.

Remember information 04:11 - that the memory chips of the reference are heated up to a hundred degrees? So, ASUS TUF has a second full-fledged radiator with a heat pipe on memory chips and VRM. Immediately please everyone who is afraid for capacitors - here we have six groups of ten MLCC capacitors, no POSCAPs. Concerning power phases, then there are as many as 20 of them - two more than the Founders Edition. Well, and of course the sites under the memory chips the back is also covered with thermal pads, so there is no overheating GDDR6X chips shouldn’t be. Let’s move on to GPU-Z. We have 10 GB GDDR6X memory. The video chip received the minimum overclocking Boost-frequency up to 1785 MHz, which is 4% more than the reference.

The 04:57 - TDP is raised to 340W, which is 20W more than the ref. I wonder what will happen if you replace the thermal paste with dental? Will this be the first such RTX 3080 review on the Internet? Let’s do it, but let’s first run tests on the factory cold oil. Go. It would be boring to simply test the RTX 3080 in 3Dmark Time Spy and compare it with the tops of previous generations. So let’s also check the performance of the new Ampere architecture versus Turing in RTX 2000. How can you to do? It’s very simple - let’s take and reduce the heat pack in MSI Afterburner from 340 to 260 W, which are the standard value for the RTX 2080 Ti, and slightly higher standard 250 for 1080 Ti.

05:44 - The results turned out to be interesting: for example, the GTX 1080 Ti is hopelessly behind by 30% or more. But the butting of the 2080 Ti and 3080 looks interesting: if you do not limit the TDP of new items, then it is faster by 20%. If we bring them to a common denominator, then RTX 3080 beats previous Nvidia top by 7% - not very much, but still it is clear that 8nm Ampere will be more efficient 12nm Turing. It is also, of course, interesting how such a strong decrease in the thermal package affected the temperature of the novelty. Launch hairy donut - it gives an unrealistic load to a video card that you most likely will not see in games.

06:26 - However, this allows you to find out what is capable of cooling system. And then Asus did their best - in my not very successful building, why not successful, I told in the video about my workplace, the temperature settles at 71 degrees at a TDP of 340 W. If remove the side cover, the temperature does not rise above 62 at all - an excellent indicator. Reducing the TDP to 260 W allowed us to win back a considerable 8 degrees, losing about 15% of performance. There is not much sense in this, the card is already cold, but users of cheaper and hotter versions may find it useful.

07:07 - It’s time to make fun! Let’s complicate the task. We will make the case as breathable as possible, for this we will force it inside with such figures and close through hole on the backplate. In this state, I tortured the card in a fairmark for 2 hours! during this time the temperature the card has not risen above 72 degrees! The turntables spun at 2600 rpm, which is about 90% of the maximum, and the noise at this was about 40 dBa, which allows you to play even without headphones, and often the noise from the processor cooler happens louder. In general, even if your PC case is a cardboard box, the RTX 3080 from Asus will forgive you. But let’s move on to more real tests. Test stand: 8-core Core i7-9700K light overclocked to 4.8 GHz and 32 GB DDR4 RAM at 3400 MHz.

In Blender with a test render scene 08:04 - that does not include BMW turn signals, a fresh flagship Nvidia did it in half a minute, which is twice as fast as GTX 1080 Ti, which took a minute and 4 seconds to render. The difference with the RTX 2080 Ti is already smaller, about 30% - however, this is still a very good gain per generation. I do not like testing cards in the premier because there is no 100% GPU load. But you asked. Compared to mine the current RTX 2070, it coped with the rendering of a 6 minute 4K video in 05:36 seconds. The RTX 3080 did 15% faster and took 4 minutes 47 seconds.

08:47 - Nvidia calls it the best card for gaming, let’s see what it can do. Taking RTX 3080 for FHD is easy meaningless - it will give out at 200 fps and often the performance will rest purely on the processor. So we spent 2K and 4K benchmarks, and compared the RTX 3080 to the 2080 Ti and 1080 Ti to show the difference between gaming flagships three generations. I took the toys differently from all the other bloggers. Let’s start with Total War Saga Troy is turn-based game with a huge number of units, which can seriously load modern video cards.

09:26 - Actually, this is exactly what happened: the three-year-old flagship GTX 1080 Ti was only able to slightly crawl away from the psychological trims at 30 fps in 4K, showing 36 frames per second at the maximum preset. Given that the game does not require sharp movements, you can play, but not very pleasant. Result RTX 2080 Ti is already better - 44 fps, + 22%, you can play on a 60 hertz monitor with little or no discomfort. Well, the RTX 3080 has almost reached the psychological border Smoothness: You can enjoy 4K gameplay at 55fps, which is 25% faster than the RTX 2080 Ti, and if you lower the quality anti-aliasing, which is not particularly necessary in this resolution, can be overcome the mark of 60 fps. Of course, all three video cards have no problems in 2K.

10:08 - - even the GTX 1080 Ti showed 54 fps, and the RTX 3080 is over 100. Let’s continue our tests in Shadow of the Tomb Raider - the final parts of the trilogy about Lara Croft. The game is very well optimized and beautiful enough, so even a GTX 1080 Ti in 4K with maximum graphics settings were able to give out quite playable 44 fps. As for the RTX 2080 Ti, it broke the psychological bar of 60 frames per second, showing 64 fps or + 45%, well RTX 3080 was able to show 74 frames per second, coming off from the previous flagship by 15%. As for memory consumption, here it is expectedly high - more than 8 GB.

it 10:55 - already makes you wonder how long a 10-gigabyte video buffer in RTX 3080. And again in 2K the situation is much better: here even the GTX 1080 Ti produces absolutely playable 73 fps, and the novelty breaks away from it almost twice with the result at 136 frames per second. Let’s move on to turn-based strategies - namely Civilization VI. And in this case, lovers of civv can be calm, because even a 3-year-old GTX 1080 Ti produces a little more 100 frames per second on ultra settings. Yes, don’t be intimidated by the strange milliseconds in benchmark results are average frame time, to get fps you need to divide one thousand by this value.

11:35 - At the same time, the RTX 2080 Ti has already issued 132 frames. per second, which is 24% more - an obvious overkill for a turn-based game, but the RTX 3080 went for 150 fps. When This consumption of video memory was about 5 GB - there was no stop in the video buffer and was not close. Next on the test we have Borderlands 3 - a game that, even on crazy graphics settings, continues to look cartoony and humiliate the flagships of yesteryear. For example, GTX The 1080 Ti produced only 32 fps, which is hardly playable for a dynamic shooter.

The RTX 2080 Ti has results, 12:10 - of course, 37% better - it produces 44 frames per second, which, in principle, will allow undemanding players to play normally. But the RTX 3080 did not leave the old people a single chance - almost 90 fps, more than double the increase over the previous flagship, which gives just excellent playability in 4K. Everything is fine in 2K as usual - even the old lady GTX 1080 Ti, puffing, renders 67 fps. The RTX 3080 is back on track with 113 frames per second, so owners of fast monitors will be delighted. We continue our tests in Strange Brigade. This game boasts excellent graphics, the ability crush undead in four and using low-level Vulkan API - Let’s see how this affects the RTX 3080.

How 13:01 - at least GTX 1080 Ti he helped - when using it, the card is capable of producing comfortable 73 fps versus 68 in DirectX 12. RTX 2080 Ti, the result is the same - yes, it is faster than the top GTX by a third, but Vulkan is still preferable, it has 15 frames higher fps. But the RTX 3080 has a straightforward situation the opposite, because in DirectX 12 it outputs 136 fps, and on Vulkan only 123. Yes, the difference is small, about 10%, but it is still worth using the Microsoft API to get maximum impact. The game is quite demanding on video memory - the toy requires almost 8 GB in 4K.

Yet 13:44 - one wake-up call for those looking to play RTX 3080 at this high resolution - 10GB storage coming soon may not be enough. And here is the second condition of the competition - turn on your inner petrosyan and write your opinion on the 3000 RTX line in the comments. 3 most witty commentator will get a peripheral from ASUS. Don’t forget to add links to your social media profile or email in the description account or comment. Let’s go further. We have not forgotten about ray tracing - we will check its work in Metro Exodus.

And here Nvidia did not deceive - no critical 14:20 - There is no drop in performance when it is activated along with DLSS smart anti-aliasing. So, on ultra settings in 4K, the new product produces 64 fps, if you turn on RTX and DLSS, the frame rate will drop by 12%. In 2K on RTX 3080 you can get a hundred fps, with tracing and anti-aliasing 19% less, 84. Also, we could not help showing the performance of the novelty in the new beautiful Microsoft Flight Simulator, which has map of the whole earth. Yes, yes, you can find yours there house. Well, or rather what Microsoft considers your home.

In 14:58 - 4K this game is very demanding - so the GTX 1080 Ti can handle with her on the edge, giving out only 33 fps. But on the RTX 2080 Ti and especially the RTX 3080, you can fly in comfort: the first shows 50 frames per second, and the second is one third faster, 67 fps. At the same time, the game consumes more than 9 GB of video memory - the capabilities of the RTX 3080 are here enough end-to-end, so it’s really better for 4K wait for 20 GB version. But in 2K everything is fine: even the GTX 1080 Ti produces comfortable 64 fps, and 3080 is 1.5 times more, 96. Well, in the end - a toy for those who have already gone through all Dark Souls three times and want more sensations of flying away to Mars fifth point. Yes, we are about Sekiro.

Enjoy 15:50 - cutting enemies is possible on the GTX 1080 Ti - even in 4K it produces good 61 fps on average. On RTX 2080 Ti, the result is 30% above, 81 frames per second, but the RTX 3080 penetrates a hundred square meters. About 2K, I think you already guessed it - there is even a GTX 1080 Ti pleases 111 fps, and RTX 3080 produces one and a half times more, 168. Now, let’s check how aquafresh will cope with card cooling. And so, you see an absolutely mirrored GA-102 chip.

Refrigerated 16:35 - Aquafresh toothpaste with marking will help us - shining whiteness. When applying, it is important not to overdo it, smear it well and remove excess. We are not want to freeze the chip. We carefully install the radiator, put the rotators back in place, I screw all the screws I will not, because then I will unscrew them again, and I am lazy. We put the card in the PC, connect the power supply and display ports. Everything is ready. You can run. I will not close the lid, because it will not interfere and will not help in any way, us and so it will be now tin.

Now a portal to hell will open 17:15 - and monsters will climb. I will be surprised if this card will be cold even with toothpaste on a chip. And so friends almost 30 minutes have passed, the GPU temperature is 67 degrees, the maximum load, fan speed 85%. I do not recommend smearing toothpaste instead of thermal paste, but as it shows practice in this case nothing happens to the RTX 3080. I do not know what this is connected with - the high quality of Aquafresh or with a good chip, you can write in the comments why this is happening.

18:14 - Most likely in the comments they will write to me that I deceived everyone and there was not toothpaste under the lid Although I can see it, I’m cleaning it. She even dried up. Well friends, we all saw that the RTX 3080 Really cool graphics card But, firstly, it is in short supply everywhere and secondly, it is still expensive. Let’s wait for RTX 3070, 3060 maybe even 3050 I think these cards will be very interesting! .