Which GeForce RTX 3080 is the best

[Aakash_Ram]

I am building my first pc ever so I wanted to know what the best 3080 graphics card is, that is under $950.

I want to put it it the Phantex p600s case.

[dizmo]

The one you can find in stock.

[jaslion]

The case does not have good airflow with the panels on so you may wanna just change it out for something with a mesh front to avoid temperature issues causing lowered performance.

 

As for the 3080 it's only supposed to cost 700$ currently the prices are crazy high due to stock issues so basically just wait till they are 1. in stock and 2. at normal price

[Aakash_Ram]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

The case does not have good airflow with the panels on so you may wanna just change it out for something with a mesh front to avoid temperature issues causing lowered performance.

 

As for the 3080 it's only supposed to cost 700$ currently the prices are crazy high due to stock issues so basically just wait till they are 1. in stock and 2. at normal price

I am planning to use it with the panels off I don't really care about sound I'm also using 6 fans 3 intake and 3 exhaust and yes higher quality 3080s cost different amounts.  

[Aakash_Ram]

4 minutes ago, dizmo said:

The one you can find in stock.

lol I don't need it now. I am willing to wait a while or sit at a computer spamming buy as long as I get the best one

[jaslion]

10 minutes ago, Aakash_Ram said:

I am planning to use it with the panels off I don't really care about sound I'm also using 6 fans 3 intake and 3 exhaust and yes higher quality 3080s cost different amounts.  

Why not get the p500 then? It looks better without the weird dent the 600s has when the panels are removed. That and it's cheaper. That or the p400 airflowm or p300 airflow.

[jaslion]

9 minutes ago, Aakash_Ram said:

lol I don't need it now. I am willing to wait a while or sit at a computer spamming buy as long as I get the best one

The asus tuf is really good is supposed to be 720$ so don't go spending 900 on it.

[Aakash_Ram]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

The asus tuf is really good is supposed to be 720$ so don't go spending 900 on it.

 I really don't care about the price as long as under 950 and the reason is I want to get the ROG strix 3080

 

[Aakash_Ram]

3 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Why not get the p500 then? It looks better without the weird dent the 600s has when the panels are removed. That and it's cheaper. That or the p400 airflowm or p300 airflow.

I prefer the look of the p600s and it has better airflow and it has the perfect dimensions I need for everything else

[jaslion]

Just now, Aakash_Ram said:

 I really don't care about the price as long as under 950 and the reason is I want to get the ROG strix 3080

 

I mean basically every 3080 performs the exact same part from one weird one where they mad it slower by zotac I think. Other than that identical cards.

[jaslion]

Just now, Aakash_Ram said:

I prefer the look of the p600s and it has better airflow and it has the perfect dimensions I need for everything else

Go for it then

[Aakash_Ram]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

I mean basically every 3080 performs the exact same part from one weird one where they mad it slower by zotac I think. Other than that identical cards.

hold up wait a minute HOW DID THEY MAKE IT WORSE 

 

[jaslion]

29 minutes ago, Aakash_Ram said:

hold up wait a minute HOW DID THEY MAKE IT WORSE 

 

Intentionally make it worse than a base 3080. As in made it clock lower in bios so you would buy their better cards.

[Bartholomew]

34 minutes ago, Aakash_Ram said:

hold up wait a minute HOW DID THEY MAKE IT WORSE 

Dont read to much into it; its lets say 0.4fps  (4k) to 3fps(1p80p) slower in some games. 

Its just a lower end card just like the gigabyte eagle and msi trio (the trio has quieter cooler but under the hood its about the same, you just pay $200 extra for a extra 3rd pcie power connector that serves no purpose as its vrm cant handle more than 2 connectors current lol).

 

I have one (trinity 3090), and yea its got the "bad poscaps" (which arent poscaps anyway) and have had 0 crashes (bought it *after* the crash hype was resolved with new driver). So much like as with the caps "issue", the minor performance difference is blown way out of proportion.

 

Ah, the good old days where a 1% performance difference was considered "within margin of error"; today such a difference means "gimped on purpose, hidden scandal, illuminati at work".

 

Fun fact: oddly enough, in cuda / tensor /video workloads its actually a few % faster than the FE and lower end counterparts like the eagle (which matters to me as 90% of the workloads i do are machine learning); dont know why though.

 

Additionally, the FE card its compared to is quite capable and compares well component wise to higher end AIB cards, so its actually a surprisingly good result for a  lower end card to be so close to its performance at al.

 

 

[xg32]

1 hour ago, Aakash_Ram said:

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the best cards this gen are the asus cards, even evga cut some corners this gen, but if you care about warranty, get evga.

[Ankerson]

7 hours ago, Aakash_Ram said:

I am building my first pc ever so I wanted to know what the best 3080 graphics card is, that is under $950.

I want to put it it the Phantex p600s case.

 

The ones on the top of the leader boards are the EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultras for 3080's.

 

They are $810 from EVGA directly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mateyyy]

5 hours ago, Ankerson said:

The ones on the top of the leader boards are the EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultras for 3080's.

 

They are $810 from EVGA directly.

The FTW3's PCB actually isn't much more impressive than that of ASUS' TUF, this time around. It's probably safe to say that it's actually the least impressive FTW3 of the past few generations.

If OP just wants the best 3080 there is, then that'd be the Strix, though it's not like the availability of these cards allows for much in the way of freedom of choice.

[Ankerson]

21 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

The FTW3's PCB actually isn't much more impressive than that of ASUS' TUF, this time around. It's probably safe to say that it's their least impressive FTW3 of the past few generations.

If OP just wants the best 3080 there is, then that'd be the Strix, though it's not like the availability of these cards allows for much in the way of freedom of choice.

 

Going by performance here and what the cards can do.... The FTW3's are at the top of the leader boards, no doubt about that at all. 

 

But yeah the 2080Ti FTW3 Ultra PCB is MUCH better than the 3080 FTW3 Ultra... Plus the binning of the GPU and Memory really made them real monsters for the most part. But they were $1500 cards..... Not $800 cards...

 

The Hybrid 3080 FTW3 Ultras are coming soon along with the kits so.... Who knows.

 

The only thing I don't like about the 3080 FTW3 Ultras is they didn't bin the GPUs and Memory this time so it's really a crap shoot what you get as far as OC goes. But like I said they are $800 cards, not $1500 cards like the 2080Ti FTW3 Ultra.

 

I have my 3rd one coming soon, RMAed the last two, 1st one had issues, 2nd one wasn't a new card like it was supposed to be, another RMA, it sucked anyway for OCing so I am waiting on the 3rd one.