ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080, ROG-STRIX-RTX4080-16G-WHITE, 16GB GDDR6X, 2x HDMI, 3x DP

The Strix RTX 4080 is 90 MHz fast than the next best at stock. The peak speed is less than this gain, with the Strix 60 MHz ahead of the next best. However, it is in the world of average clock speed where the gains are to be found. We thought the 2760 MHz the Nvidia Founders Edition obtained was impressive, and the 2800 MHz of the Gigabyte Aero was even better, the ASUS Strix achieves 2881 MHz average. This shows up time and again in our testing where the Strix wasn't just a tiny bit better, occasionally swapping places with other cards. Nope. It was to be found at the upper end of our graph and basically stayed there.

ASUS's ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 OC Edition graphics card is a knockout, and the revamped design is the card's calling card. This card's striking configuration departs from the familiar appearance of prior ROG Strix products, guaranteeing that you will not be able to take your eyes off it. We're impressed and surprised to notice what STRIX brings to the table. First off though, you'll need space to fit this card in your PC; 36cm, 2.4kg and 3.5 slots thick hits a specific panic button on my end. But in the end, all values returned are right with low temps, low noise and high performance. I am, however, not amused about the coil whine we got from this card; it was pretty bad. Some will hate that; others are not bothered, I guess. From a hardware and performance point of view, the GeForce RTX 4080 is downright fantastic. However, we live in challenging times, with a war close to the EU border, and soaring energy prices, life has gotten much harder and expensive. That does make products like those shown today harder to defend; then again we can't blame NVIDIA for the state of the world in 2022. We hope to see affordable low-energy products sooner rather than later from NVIDIA. As a piece of hardware all by itself, we can only applaud the 4080. The ADA GPU architecture can perform skillfully and excellently. A good chunk of extra shader cores brings in nearly 1.5x raw shader performance and even better Raytracing and Tensor core performance. Underlying technologies like Shader Execution Reordering (SER) and DLSS 3.0 make the new product and Series 4000 shine.The GeForce RTX 4080 offers staggering numbers. Starting at $1199, however, it's very expensive. If you have the wallet leniency and play games in Ultra HD or at the very least start at a monitor resolution of 2560x1440, we can't argue that it'll be a great addition towards any enthusiast-class gaming rig. Take Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 combined with DLSS 3.0, you can fly at 100+ FPS in the highest resolutions. Cyberpunk at UHD with raytracing and DLSS3 quickly passes 100 FPS. This purebred Ultra HD card shines in that area, whether shading (regularly rendered games) or hybrid ray-tracing + DLSS3 is used. Compared to the mighty 4090, this still is a more economical product series offering massive performance.