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).

Insane that I was able to grab this during the mid-November drop. Recommend joining discord servers for instant drop alerts, using the BB app and storing payment info (be signed in, I used 2FA), and making yourself available in the morning towards the end of the week (Thurs/Fri) as that's when BB seems to drop FE cards in addition to partner cards which seem to be gouged in terms of pricing. Good luck to all the gamers out there trying to snag this card, it truly is amazing price to performance at MSRP.

Exactly what I wanted. EXTREMELY difficult to get ahold of. Love this card and my build. I ended up modding the thermals because the default thermals are essentially garbage. Look online for tutorials, kind of a complicated process — but very worth it.

After trying for the last 2 years to get this GPU, I finally was able to get one by walking into a nearby Best Buy. The good thing about buying from Best Buy is you get the true $699 MSRP. No scalping here. I used the Best Buy app to filter stores nearby which currently had 3080s in stock (despite saying "Sold Out"). One of my local Best Buys had so I walked in and bought it no hassle! Im aure by now everyone knows how good this card is. But if you don't know, it's a real powerhouse. And when purchased at its $699 MSRP, the price to performance is great. Especially when factoring in Ray Tracing and high resolution. The design of the card is also beautiful. It looks professional, not "gamery". I personally love a more discrete look to my PC builds. And it looks even better in person than the pictures and videos can show. Overall I'm very pleased with the card's performance and noise levels. And the Best Buy associates who helped me out while purchasing were very helpful. They were quite pleased that the card was going to someone who would truly enjoy and make good use out of it, rather than a scalper.

Ok so after passing through the battlefield of bots, lost sleep, shed tears and possibly even blood from my blisters by furiously clicking F5 and clicking add to cart, I have reached super saiyan mode. All joking aside, this card is huge! Design wise it’s absolutely gorgeous. Did I need a 3090 not at all. But it sure does shred any games such as Horizon Zero Dawn (75FPS 4K Ultra), SnowRunner (90FPS 4K Ultra), Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 (54FPS 4K Ultra), Call of Duty Cold War (132FPS 4K Ultra) Gameplay isn’t the only benchmark because some people may use this for 3D modeling softwares, Octane Blender, raytracing and other programs that can fully utilize the increase in cuda and ray tracing cores. I’ll provide more updates along the way as I use it for various different applications such as Davinci Resolve, Cinema 4D, and Adobe Premiere Pro.

Firstly, I know what you’re saying: ugh how did this guy manage to get one??? Well MY answer is Totaltech. Initially I thought $200 is pretty steep for an annual membership, however I spent way too much money at Best Buy a year anyway so it felt justified. Long story short, Totaltech has saved me so many times with the hottest tech releases. I’ve scored a PS5 and now this RTX 3080. Mind you, I STILL needed to be subscribed to restock apps, Discords, and restock Twitter accounts to find out these were being restocked. That’s legitimately the only way these are obtainable right now, but with enough effort you can still get one (even as of 2/2022!) Onto the card though, this card is insane. Outperforms my previous 2080Ti in everything I throw at it, especially in 1440p. Just to give you an idea of how beast this card is: the framerates the 2080Ti gave me at 1080p, this 3080 gives me at 1440p for about 40% of the price I paid of the 2080Ti. Insane. I’m paired with a Ryzen 9 3900X, 32GB Corsair Vengeance CL16, dual 980 Pro’s and a 1000W EVGA psu. YES you will need a beefy PSU for this card as I regularly push 340+ watts at stock, and close to 380W overclocked. If you can get your hands on this card, without a DOUBT it is arguably the best performance to value graphics card ever made, and well worth the trouble to get it. And no, I wasn’t paid by Best Buy to mention Totaltech, I just needed to be honest to everyone wondering how these are still obtainable. To those who still are looking to get one, don’t give up. Keep fighting to get it as it is absolutely worth the effort.

Great GPU for 4K gaming. There is a little bit of coil whine on mine in very high fps situations (300+) but it's not noticeable in most cases. HDMI 2.1 has allowed my LG B9 OLED to use GSYNC and 4K @ 120hz. This has been great. Most games that I've played I've been able to get 120fps after tuning the settings a bit. The two slot design is probably the best feature of this vs the other styles of 3080 in my opinion. I wouldn't have been able to fit the others in my case which can only support a 2 slot graphics card. Buying one was extremely difficult. I spent almost 2 months trying to buy one. Great GPU I just wish nvidia would have had some supply at launch, hopefully this improves soon.

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.