It uses 4th Generation Tensor Cores and 3rd Generation RT Cores. The GeForce RTX 4080 16GB graphics card is positioned as an ultra-performance enthusiast gamer and creator GPU.

There are many new innovations in Ada Lovelace GPUs, which include improved Ray Tracing, improved Tensor Cores, Shader Execution Reordering, Displaced Micro-Meshes, Opacity Micro-Masks, FP8 Inferencing, improved Optical Flow Accelerator and DLSS 3 with Frame Generation. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is based on NVIDIA’s new Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a custom NVIDIA TSMC 4N process and based on the AD103 GPU. A comprehensive review of the NVIDIA RTX 40 series is here and here. Today represents our second review of a newly released AIB partner RTX 4080. ASUS kindly sent this review card our way, it is a fully packaged retail model. Our review card today has a current price of $1549 and carries a 3-year warranty. Partner 4080 graphics cards are priced from that point upward depending on the branding stack. On November 15th the RTX 4080 16 GB ( or just plain RTX 4080, the same thing) was launched. The GeForce RTX 40 series was released in October of this year, with the launch of the RTX 4090. RGB can be controlled by ASUS Aura software. Overclocking and fan curves are controlled by ASUS GPU Tweak III software. This ROG Strix RTX 4080 16GB GDDR6X OC Edition is chocked full of features including Axial-tech reverse flow fans, a new design patented vapor chamber heat sink, a full die-cast metal shroud, frame, and vented backplate, dual BIOS, and of course RGB lighting. This video card is the top-of-the-line available from ASUS in the newest version of GeForce RTX graphics cards. Today we are reaching up to the top shelf to grab an ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 O16G GAMING OC Edition (90YV0IC0-M0AA00) video card to review.

Gameplay Performance with Ray Tracing at 1440p.

OC Mode on the ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 4080 OC Edition.

Overclocking ASUS ROG Strix RTX 4080 O16G GAMING OC Edition.

ASUS ROG Strix RTX 4080 O16G GAMING OC Edition.

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