NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Titanium and Black

My brother and I built our computers in August before the stock shortages happened so we were lucky. He got a 2080 Super and I got a 2060 Super. The 30 Series GPU's release dates were announced and I wanted to get an FE. Come release date, I didn't get a 3080 like everyone else. So I downgraded my 2060 to a 1660 Super in hopes of eventually getting a 30 Series and then I'd give the 1660 Super to my mom's build I was working on. Cut 6 frustrating months later and CONSTANT checking each day, I finally got a 3080 FE on Best Buy with NO issues during checkout. Yeah, I know, I was surprised to. So far I have no issues with the 3080 and I think it's amazing. I love the design of the FE compared to the other AiBs. I'm running 1440p with a Ryzen 9 3900X along with this and VR is amazing. The 1660 Super I was using previously would give some lag here and there but now it's so smooth with the 3080. It sucks that this year has been the worst in terms of out of stock supply/scalpers/miners/etc. but I'd still hold off and keep trying to get one at msrp or close to it (unless you're rich and don't care about price but that's not me).

Reading reviews because the button is grey.. I get it, I've been there!! Till that one magical day when that button turned yellow. At that moment my smart watch said I was going in to afib!! The process to get through checkout was a bigger adrenaline rush than running away from an oozing Volcano. WOW! Oh yea, the card.. It's amazing.

If you are somehow one of the fortunate few to grab this card, then wow, this is it in terms of price to performance. Coming from a 5600xt, the 3080 handles most max graphic settings that you throw at it. As someone who plays on a high refresh rate 1440p monitor, the card is near perfect for that setup. At that resolution, you can enjoy the high fps and great looking graphics. The ability to also handle 4K is a nice option if I ever decide to upgrade monitors. As far as aesthetics go, I absolutely love the look of the founders cards MINUS the ridiculous looking 12 to dual 8 pin cable. Luckily there are after market cable extensions that help solve this issue. I was also pleasantly surprised to find that the card actually has some rgb at the middle of the card in addition to the led lit geforce logo. When it comes to temps, I actually found, through various websites, that undervolting the card allows you to achieve near the same performance while pulling way fewer watts. All in all, while the gpu market is completely abysmal at this point, if you can snag this card at the original msrp of $700, then you have a winner.

If you are one of the lucky few that are able to purchase this GPU at MSRP, you will have THE BEST price to performance video card on the market, period. The RTX 3080 runs through every single game on the market at any resolution you throw at it. 4K 60 FPS gaming is possible on nearly any AAA game out there, and this card doesn't break a sweat. I personally run games at 1440p, and am able to hit 144+ FPS on every game I play. RTX brings with it both RayTracing and DLSS, both of which are a must for current and future games alike. Raytracing is stunning in all games that support it, and DLSS works like magic, giving huge boosts in FPS with no loss in fidelity. The only negative I can find about this card is some of the materials used under the cooler; specifically the thermal pads. Under intense gaming (and mining, though I don't mine on my cards), the GDDR6X memory modules hit temperatures of 110 C, and the RTX3080 will start to thermal throttle because of the insanely high temperatures. Replacing the pads with higher quality ones from 3rd party manufacturers does net you temperatures almost 30 C cooler, but is very risky, so be careful! To sum it up, despite some minor temperature issues, this GPU at this price CAN NOT BE BEAT.

Founder's Edition cards have the lowest MSRP of all the GPUs, and performance is as good or better than the partner cards (this one overclocks better than my EVGA XC3). The cooling on many of the partner cards are more efficient. While the GPU stays cool, the memory on the FE gets up to 104-106C when running at 100%. It is my understanding thermal throttling occurs at 110C. The fans on the FE also get quite loud in that situation. This shouldn't be significant as under normal gaming the memory stays in the sub 100C range. After two weeks I did watercool it, but that was the plan for the build all along. The temps now stay in the 80s under stress tests. Undoubtedly the best value of nVidia's 30 series card as none of the other ones come close in price/performance. For example, the 3090 only offers 5-10% more performance than the 3080 but it costs more than 50-60% more. While the 3090 also benefits from more memory, it's not something that will impact gaming.

This is it. The unicorn we all seek. Absolutely FANTASTIC performance and it looks pretty sleek. This is the ONLY way to get a 3080 at MSRP. The scalped prices on these things is a war crime, but Best Buy has stuck to their pricing model despite the insanity of the current market. That said, it is VERY difficult to get hold of one of these boys. I got extremely lucky, saw a twitter stock alert and threw this guy in the cart after the obligatory gray/yellow anxiety. It can run your fun games at 4k and will push mad frames on e-sport titles at 1440p or 1080p.

Great product when you can actually get your hands on it for a reasonable price. Run practically everything on the highest possible settings at high refresh rates. Cons: Bad for mining. Crypto miners these dont work for you.

It's a beast, everyone knows that. Runs everything i throw at it @1440p maxed out great, most AAA games near 100 fps or more. Only small tiny complaint would be the position of the 12 pin is just kind of odd but I've made it look as good as I can. But lets be real if its 2021 and you're reading this you don't read reviews about this card and then choose to buy it, the card chooses you if you are so lucky as to be able to actually purchase it. Don't forget to mine crypto while you're not using it or you're missing out on literally free money!