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.

This card is a beast....and looks great too. Coming up from a 3070 the performance is definitely a little better. With an msi afterburner fan curve i usually keep that card at 65 degrees under full load. Did have a weird noise when fans spun at 80 percent but noise went away after two minutes and haven’t heard it since. If you have a 1440p 144hz or higher monitor this card is perfect. Couldn’t be happier with my purchase

-Runs hot. Had to remove back and thermal glass. Temperature went from 200 degrees F down to 150-160 degrees F. +Best graphic card in regards to bang for buck. Odd to see so many 3070s costing more than this 3080 FE. +Easily plays most 1080 games on ultra settings anywhere between 100-300 FPS. But I usually just play 1440p or 4K @ 120 FPS for consistency sake. Note: I added the water bottle for size comparison.

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!

This is an amazing GPU. I’ve had this now for a few months, and it makes easy work of anything I through at it, playing everything I love on Ultra settings on a 1440p high refresh monitor. I struggled for months to get one, and finally got one in January this year. I can say for all the pain trying to get a 3080 FE, it’s absolutely worth it. If you’re lucky enough to get one of these, you won’t be disappointed.

The 3080 is THE graphics card of choice if you're looking for no compromise performance at a cost that is half of its upper tier brother the 3090. For about half the price, you'll get near identical real world performance. NVIDIA really stepped up their Founder's Edition cooling as well. Hard to say no to a GPU like this, especially if you manage to snag it at MSRP. With the way Best Buy has been handling the GPU shortage, buying from here is probably your best bet. Just make sure your tower can fit this thing in there, it is pretty large.