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ASUS has officially retired the curtain on its first custom-cooled GeForce RTX 30 series, the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080. According to its name, the card is part of the brand’s TUF Gaming line and comes packed with all the features that go into it. and plot of the series.
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Specs-wise, the card runs on NVIDIA’s 8nm amp GPU architecture and has the same 10GB GDDR6X graphics memory. Furthermore, the memory that comes with the card also runs at a speed of 19 Gbps, while the memory bus is rated at 320 bits.
The difference between the TUF Gaming version and NVIDIA’s Founders Edition (FE) of the RTX 3080, however, are many, to say the least. First of all, the card still uses dual 8-pin PCIe connectors to power it, instead of the newer 12-pin PCIe port that the FE uses. Second, the PCB used with the ASUS card is not that ultra-compact either, and furthermore, the card employs a triple fan cooling solution. Instead of the dual axial flow configuration of the FE version.
In fact, ASUS ‘TUF Gaming cooling solution isn’t that elaborate, and instead it’s pretty straightforward. The three axial fans are placed on top of several heat sinks; one on top of the GPU and the other on the memory chips that surround the main module.
Of course, the fans are also programmed with ASUS Zero RPM technology, whereby the fan only spins when the GPU reaches a specific temperature. Typically that temperature is set to 55 ° C by default. Lastly, the PCB itself is built using what ASUS says are premium shocks, MOSFETS, and capacitors that “meet military grade certification.”
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 is available now from all authorized resellers and partner PC stores, and retails for RM3360. On a related note, we recently reviewed the GeForce RTX 3080, so you can check it out if you want to get an idea of the kind of performance you can expect from it.
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