ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 V2 (LHR), TUF-RTX3080-10G-V2-GAMING, 10GB GDDR6X, 2x HDMI, 3x DP

Viele Monate nach dem Start der Geforce RTX 3080 ist die Verfügbarkeit weiter angespannt. In PCGH 03/2021 haben wir trotzdem verschiedene Designs verglichen, damit Sie beim richtigen Modell zugreifen - wenn die Zeit kommt. Eine der getesteten Karten ist die Asus TUF Gaming O10G Geforce RTX 3080.

Mit Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF und MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio stellen sich die ersten Custom-Designs der Founders Edition im Test. Ihr Vorteil gegenüber Nvidias Variante ist der leisere Betrieb, bei der Leistung tut sich hingegen wenig. Die klassischen 3-Lüfter-Kühlsysteme verlangen allerdings nach Platz.

You receive a product that will be dominant in that Ultra HD space. Your games average out anywhere from 60 to 100+ FPS, well aside from Flight Simulator 2020. Dropping down in resolutions does create other challenges; you'll be far less GPU bound, but then again, we do not expect you to purchase a GeForce RTX 3080 and play games in 1920x1080. Arbitrarily speaking, starting at a monitor 2560x1440 resolution, that's the domain where the GeForce RTX 3080 will start to shine. The raw shading/rasterizer (read a normal rendered game) performance is staggering as this many shader cores really make a difference. The new generational architecture tweaks for Raytracing and Tensor also is significant. Coming from the RTX 2080, the RTX 3080 exhibited a roughly 85% performance increase, and that is going to bring hybrid raytracing towards higher resolutions. DXR will still remain to be massively demanding of course, but when you can plat Battlefield V iN ultra HD with Raytracing and DLSS enabled at over 70 FPS, hey, I'm cool with that. Also, CUDA compute performance in Blender and V-Ray, OMG! Where is the extra performance coming from you might wonder? Well, the turbo frequency remains more or less the same. The memory runs reference 19 Gbps. The slightly increased gaming clock isn't going change things either; these days it is all about how much power a GU is allowed to consume. ASUS applied an increased power limitation (5%), e.g. it may consume more energy in return for extra performance. That combined brings in the extra 3~4% compared to reference performance. Performance-wise the TUF Gaming will be a tiny notch faster compared to reference thanks to the slightly higher memory clock. It overclocked quite a bit more productive as well (compared to the founder). IT all will remain marginal for all AIB cards that we'll test, though. The performance for all cards we expect will be close to each other. That leaves design, cooling, and preference. Well, that a dual 8-pin power header. We cannot complain as to what this card brings to the table in terms of raw power, so in the end, it will be user choice, pricing, and brand interest that will set the base for your purchasing decision. I cannot help thinking though that the STRIX at a reasonable price would be the product to get. But we'll have to check that one out at a later stage.

ASUS expects their RTX 3080 TUF Gaming OC to retail for $730, which is just a 4% cost increase—very reasonable. You get a much better cooler in return, and a small overclock out of the box, which alone can't justify the pricing though. I'd still buy the TUF, because I have plenty of space in my case for a triple-slot card, and low noise is very important to me. Adjustable RGB lighting might be the feature that will lure in others to prefer the card over the Founders Edition, which has just fixed white lighting. On the other hand, the clean understated looks of the Founders Edition will appeal to many, and it also comes at highly competitive pricing. You feel like the OC isn't big enough for you to justify the cost, but still want the TUF cooler? No problem, the TUF is also available without "OC", using the same PCB and cooler, for NVIDIA MSRP of $699. TUF Gaming is finally TUF.