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ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6X, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a)

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If your case has three expansion slots (61mm) free and clearance for a card that measures 304mm x 137mm (L x W) you’ll be able to fit a Founders Edition RTX 4080 16GB into your PC. What power supply do I need for an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB? To provide the necessary power, the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 uses the PCIe 5.0 standard’s new 16-pin power connector, which supplies a robust power delivery system, with capacitors rated for 20K and a spread of high-current power stages arranged in a 10+4 configuration.

If price is your main concern, no matter which way you go, you're going to be spending less on the RTX 4070 Ti, and the RTX 4070 Ti has a better price-to-performance value than the RTX 4080, overall. The RTX 4080 16GB GPU with its dual AV1 NVIDIA Encoders is an excellent GPU to stream all your favourite titles. How many monitors can I use with a RTX 4080 16GB GPU?Technically, the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti is a 1440p graphics card, so it is a bit unfair to put it head to head with a 4K graphics card like the RTX 4080. But the RTX 4070 Ti has the exact same specs as the "unlaunched" Nvidia RTX 4080 12GB variant first announced in September 2022, so aren't we really comparing the RTX 4080 Lite to the RTX 4080?

To provide the necessary power, the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 uses the PCIe 5.0 standard’s new 16-pin power connector, which supplies a robust power delivery system, with capacitors rated for 20K and a spread of high-current power stages arranged in a 10+4 configuration. In addition, our Auto-Extreme manufacturing process offers robust longevity that lives up to the TUF name, so you can be confident your top-tier card will power through games for years to come. The ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB is equipped with ARGB tail-lights that connect to the rest of one’s rig through Aura Sync, as well as two FanConnect II headers that offer custom control of case fans through the GPU Tweak III software. A Dual BIOS switch offers a choice between maximum performance and quiet acoustics, while 0dB technology ensures both modes will be completely silent at low loads. Where the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti does manage to impress us though is with its gaming chops. It still gets blown clean out of the water by the RTX 4080, but when we compared the RTX 3070 Ti to the RTX 4070 Ti, there were gaming benchmarks that the RTX 3070 Ti couldn't even run at 4K without crashing, and those it did run had absolutely dreadful frames-per-second scores by the end. I did have a problem with display port has it wouldn't work on my card when first got but had great experience playing on HDMI so have no problem yet. Now it comes down to the real question: should you buy the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti or the RTX 4080? We can't answer that for everyone, since everyone is going to have different situations, but there are some things we can say to help guide you through the decision.Not to say this doesn’t look and feel premium. Far from it! In fact, while I’ve called a lot of gaming laptops “cringe” in my past, this is definitely on the lower end of that scale. The aluminum casing on top has a nice, metallic sensation as you move your fingers over the surface, which is interrupted only by the smooth glossiness of the ROG logo emblazoned across it. All of Strix’s must-have features are all here as well: Choose between performant and quiet modes with a Dual BIOS switch, connect case fans to two FanConnect II headers, and light up a rig with a ring of ARGB tail lights compatible with Aura Sync. Meanwhile, reliable power delivery and time-tested build quality through the Auto-Extreme manufacturing process mean this card is ready to stand with users for years to come. For a more accessible card that still screams Strix, the ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 12GB is not to be trifled with. Firing up the new rally expansion on Forza Horizon 5 shows the impressively rich color on offer here. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not OLED levels of looking at a portrait, but when speeding through the luminous greens and bright shades of the jungle and its plumage in first person, you can be fooled into thinking you’re gazing through the windscreen. Kinda. Nvidia definitely fumbled the bag a bit when it came to the RTX 4080 launch, and in another universe the RTX 4070 Ti would be the RTX 4080, and the RTX 4080 we do have would be the RTX 4080 Ti, so it's not as unfair a comparison as it might seem at first glance. ASCEND TO NEW HEIGHTS WITH THE NEW GEFORCE RTX 4090 AND RTX 4080 CARDS FROM ROG STRIX AND TUF GAMING

The ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 ARGB tail light works with Aura Sync to offer customized lighting , while two FanConnect II headers allow control of case fans via GPU temperature readings through the new ASUS GPU Tweak III software. For users that do not want to tweak too much, the Dual BIOS switch allows one to choose between a maximum performance mode and a quieter mode. Equipped with the ASUS 0dB technology, the card can perform at quiet decibel levels at various loads.

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Don’t get me wrong. This is a thirsty gaming laptop — like “getting horny on main” levels of thirst, but one thing works to the Strix Scar 16’s favor here. First, it shares the same size 90 WHr cell as the Scar 18, so with a smaller display to power, it should logically last longer. While it could be argued that the RTX 4080 has less power dependency, it sports the same TGP as the 4090, so the differences here would be negligible. This is where the rubber really hits the road for the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti vs RTX 4080, since both of these cards are expected to perform at the highest levels in their class — which introduces a hiccup in our comparison.

The RTX 4070 Ti might be "obsolete" sooner, but unless you're using your next graphics card for high-end 3D rendering for TV & film, the RTX 4070 Ti is going to serve you just as well for its entire useful life before you ever have to worry about whether you can play the latest games at high to max settings.

But if AI frame generation is the only place where the 4090 pulls ahead, it can be argued that these GPUs are a lot closer than Nvidia suggests in its marketing material. For you, that means you can save big and still get an awesome gaming experience. Asus ROG Strix Scar 16 performance One online reviewer complained of whine from their test card, er what whine? Fans are super quiet too. My whole system runs cooler than before, typical gpu idle is 28 degrees and during gaming it rarely ever breaks 50 degrees. Sharing a near-identical aesthetic to the Strix Scar 18, you’re going to see the duality that exists within our team — the beauty of differing opinions. Because while our Editor in Chief, Sherri L. Smith loves the flashy futurism of the whole thing, I’ve always preferred something a little more refined. Speaking of power: this is an absolute monster of a gaming card, so we’ve included a 12+4 phase system comprising 70A power stages. With two power stages per phase fueling the GPU, that’s a total count of 24+4. The digital controller on board offers higher precision when detecting power, as well as better power conversion and balancing for less noise and signal interference. With a quality power supply in place (like our ROG Thor 1200P2), you should have no problem driving this beast of a graphics card, and with native 16-pin PCIe support, you can do it without any adapters required. VideoCardz has never been sponsored by AMD, Intel, or NVIDIA. Users claiming otherwise will be banned.

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