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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ASUS is a global technology leader that provides the world’s most innovative and intuitive devices, components, and solutions to deliver incredible experiences that enhance the lives of people everywhere. With its team of 5,000 in-house R&D experts, ASUS is world-renowned for continuously reimagining today’s technologies for tomorrow, garners more than 11 awards every day for quality, innovation, and design, and is ranked among Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies. Both the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080 have several board partners making their own cards with these Nvidia GPUs, so every card will follow a particular brand's design in terms of size, number of fans, etc. 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. All of Strix’s must-have features are all here as well: choose between performant and quiet modes with a Dual BIOS switch, connect your PC case fans to two FanConnect II headers, and light up your rig with a ring of ARGB tail-lights compatible with Aura Sync. Meanwhile, reliable power delivery and time-tested build quality through our Auto-Extreme manufacturing process mean this card is ready to stand with you 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. 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 Strix GeForce RTX 4090 was built with the ASUS Auto-Extreme manufacturing process that minimizes human intervention, so users can expect reliable long-term performance right out of the box.

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. Finally, like our other ROG cards, the Strix GeForce RTX 4090 was built with our Auto-Extreme manufacturing process that minimizes human intervention, so you can expect reliable long-term performance right out of the box. Forge ahead of the game with the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 VideoCardz has never been sponsored by AMD, Intel, or NVIDIA. Users claiming otherwise will be banned. 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. If money if your concern, go for the RTX 4070 Ti. It's a very powerful graphics card, and is honestly the best graphics card on the market right now in terms of pure value proposition. Its gaming performance is surprisingly excellent at 4K and absolutely fantastic at 1440p. If you want the best balance of price and performance, then this is definitely the card you'll want to buy.

All of this comes with the same high-end features ROG Strix cards are known for. An ARGB tail-light works with Aura Sync to offer customized lighting across your build, while two FanConnect II headers allow you to control your case fans with your GPU temperature through our new GPU Tweak III software. For those who don’t want to dig in and tweak too much, the Dual BIOS switch allows you to choose between maximum performance mode and a quieter mode. Though thanks to our 0dB technology, the card will be silent at low loads no matter which mode you choose. My previous card was a AMD RX 6950 XT, which whilst a tad faster than my sons RTX 3090, was a pain in the butt. Lots of windows 11 issues with the stupid conflicts adrenaline software caused with the installed sound software.And of course, the switch to Nvidia’s Advanced Optimus makes extracting the best possible performance out of the Scar 16 a cinch. Basically, it’s an automated MUX Switch to connect the display directly to the dGPU through software, and (as the name suggests) HDR. I'd also say that the RTX 4080 is a better creative's graphics card, so for those who need a new graphics card for work, the RTX 4080 is going to be the card to buy — assuming you've discounted buying the RTX 4090, which is really the card that professional users should be buying anyway.

On a casual day of use, including Chrome, Photoshop and some Spotify listening, the efficiency cores aren’t really doing that much, as I make it through from 9 a.m. to roughly 1 p.m. before I need to plug in or lose my work. That’s considerably longer than my past experiences with gaming laptops, and I’m fairly confident you’ll see that reflected in the impending results. Right up front, the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti has a much lower MSRP than the RTX 4080, so the RTX 4080 would seem to have an uphill battle when it comes to price. But that's not the whole story.Whether it’s the Scar 18 or ROG Zephyrus M16, Asus has been killing it on the display front, and the Scar 16’s ROG Nebula HDR display is no different. Feasting your eyes upon the flash flood of color and nicely balanced contrast ratio makes for a splendid spread of vividity in your gaming. 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. 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? 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.