ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 TUF Gaming OC

W1zzard · Sep 17, 2020

The ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 TUF Gaming OC comes with a small factory overclock and a huge cooler that achieves amazing temperatures that are much better than the NVIDIA Founders Edition. The TUF also features a dual BIOS with a "quiet" mode that makes this 4K monster card almost silent.

Show full review

Searing · Sep 17, 2020

Wow, those are lot lower temps than I was expecting for a Tuf (all of the Tuf branded GPUs have been garbage so far). Also back to aluminum shrouds, nice! Impressive VRM heatsinks! Too bad I don't see any partner cards at the MSRP in Canada. nVidia Founder's is $899 here and partner cards are $950 or $970 and up depending on store.

Wow the Asus one even has a second HDMI 2.1 port!?!?!

The nVidia store literally stopped working for 3 minutes at 6am, now it already says "out of stock". It never once even said in stock, and I have gigabit fibre to the home. Sigh.

elemelek · Sep 17, 2020

Just ordered one

thx for the review.

P4-630 · Sep 17, 2020

That GPU temp for the Asus TUF OC, not bad.

Waiting for the ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 ROG STRIX OC GAMING review.

Searing · Sep 17, 2020

elemelek said:
Just ordered one thx for the review.

How? It is like their servers don't even bother sending data to Canada during the launch. I saw one EVGA on newegg but was never able to successfully get through checkout.

mrthanhnguyen · Sep 17, 2020

Added 1 , click to check out then server crashed, after that its back online and my cart is empty.

elemelek · Sep 17, 2020

Searing said:
How? It is like their servers don't even bother sending data to Canada during the launch. I saw one EVGA on newegg but was never able to successfully get through checkout.

In local retailer where i live.

Vhaneyi · Sep 17, 2020

hello! we can expect same temp with the normal tuf gaming?

Hossein Almet · Sep 17, 2020

This card is better proposition than the FE. Remember with the FE, u have to buy the cable (not cheap: $39.99) to go with it. I'm torned between this card and the Gaming X Trio.

W1zzard · Sep 17, 2020

Hossein Almet said:
Remember with the FE, u have to buy the cable (not cheap: $39.99) to go with it

Which cable? the 12-pin adapter is included for free with the FE

Vhaneyi said:
hello! we can expect same temp with the normal tuf gaming?

Slightly lower, because no OC

ExplodingCaps · Sep 17, 2020

Hossein Almet said:
This card is better proposition than the FE. Remember with the FE, u have to buy the cable (not cheap: $39.99) to go with it. I'm torned between this card and the Gaming X Trio.

Go with the tuf, after what I saw what trio offers, it's just disappointment. Sure, you get additional 8 pin power connector but it will do nothing unless you got modified bios. The trio has less power phases for the gpu, runs significantly hotter because their gpu is sharing heatsink with memory module, they are using through-hole capacitor bank from total of its capacitor, and if you look closely, MSI did it again, they put nothing but empty solder socket on the back of the pcb. With the tuf card, you'll get a lot of smd caps, even on the back of the pcb. And the tuf sure is cheaper than gaming x trio

Hossein Almet · Sep 17, 2020

W1zzard said:
Which cable? the 12-pin adapter is included for free with the FE

Slightly lower, because no OC

The included cable is too short to be usable.

dicktracy · Sep 17, 2020

So the over engineered FE cooler gets annihilated by generic AIB coolers.

Hossein Almet · Sep 17, 2020

ExplodingCaps said:
Go with the tuf, after what I saw what trio offers, it's just disappointment. Sure, you get additional 8 pin power connector but it will do nothing unless you got modified bios. The trio has less power phases for the gpu, runs significantly hotter because their gpu sharing heatsink with memory module, they using through-hole capacitor bank from total of its capacitor, and if you look closely, MSI did it again, they put nothing but empty solder socket on the back of the pcb. With the tuf card, you'll get a lot of smd caps, even on the back of the pcb. And the tuf sure cheaper than gaming x trio

But, there is a small problem, in Australia, the FE is $1139, but it's not available for sale, and the TUF is $1640 and is available for sale of course.

Animalpak · Sep 17, 2020

Whoooo !! Nice nice ! Great asus first AIB that puts actually heatpipes and fins on RAM's and some VRM under the main heatsink !!

Congratulations to ASUS engineers ! Wow never seen before ! Thats why temperatures are so good !

Simply AMAZING !!

Guys if you choose to buy the TUF 3080 you have the real deal !

Forget custom watercooling !

ExplodingCaps · Sep 17, 2020

dicktracy said:
So the over engineered FE cooler gets annihilated by generic AIB coolers.

Always has been, lol.

Hossein Almet said:
But, there is a small problem, in Australia, the FE is $1139, but it's not available for sale, and the TUF is $1640 and is available for sale of course.

Just be patient though, it will goes down eventually the moment the supply comes, you don't want your hard earn money spent with the wrong stuff.

YU888 · Sep 17, 2020

P4-630 said:
View attachment 168966

That GPU temp for the Asus TUF OC, not bad.

Waiting for the MSI GeForce RTX 3090 GAMING X TRIO review. How 'cool' it is……-_-

Hossein Almet · Sep 17, 2020

ExplodingCaps said:
Always has been, lol.

Just be patient though, it will goes down eventually the moment the supply comes, you don't want your hard earn money spent with the wrong stuff.

I'm in no hurry, as my 4k monitor was sent to the supplier to be fixed, but it has been 5 months already, they still has fixed it, yet. That's why I don't have confidence in products which offer long warranty period.

kings · Sep 17, 2020

@W1zzard, does Quiet Bios also have lower clocks or does it just slow down the fan speed?

W1zzard · Sep 17, 2020

kings said:
@W1zzard, does Quiet Bios also affect clocks or does it just slow down the fan speed?

It reduces clocks, too, compare the two charts here: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-geforce-rtx-3080-tuf-gaming-oc/30.html

kings · Sep 17, 2020

Yeah, I hadn't seen it yet, but I went to see it.
Thank you.

Searing · Sep 17, 2020

ExplodingCaps said:
Go with the tuf, after what I saw what trio offers, it's just disappointment. Sure, you get additional 8 pin power connector but it will do nothing unless you got modified bios. The trio has less power phases for the gpu, runs significantly hotter because their gpu is sharing heatsink with memory module, they are using through-hole capacitor bank from total of its capacitor, and if you look closely, MSI did it again, they put nothing but empty solder socket on the back of the pcb. With the tuf card, you'll get a lot of smd caps, even on the back of the pcb. And the tuf sure is cheaper than gaming x trio

Trio is $150 more around here. Really disappointed with MSI pricing recently for video cards. They seem to charge more for no reason (and yet their MB pricing etc. is the same in Canada as other products).

madshi · Sep 17, 2020

@W1zzard, thanks so much for your reviews. techpowerup has become my favorite GPU review site by far. It's so nice to have noise & temperature results summed up so nicely for comparison purposes. I don't know any other review site which does that.

I'm quite shocked by how good the ASUS TUF 3080 does, cooling wise. It seems to beat both temperatures and noise of the ASUS STRIX 2080 Super, while handling 320W to boot??

I'm also quite shocked by how stupid the ASUS design team is by adding a useless stub to the card which increases the height from 13cm to 14.5cm. Which basically makes the TUF a no-go for any HTPC user. And funny enough, the ASUS specs say that the card only is 13cm high. They seem to have forgot to include the useless stub in their measurements.

Do you think it would be easy to saw that stupid stub off to make the card fit into my HTPC? Not sure how hard that plastic (?) material is...

Akkedie · Sep 17, 2020

@W1zzard Hey, I know you used to test The Surge 2 but haven't anymore, any chance you could jump in game and peek at the fps for a 3080? Was really curious about this game in particular and no one else tests it, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! :love:

D@mn · Sep 17, 2020

>Display connectivity options include four standard DisplayPort 1.4a and two HDMI 2.1.

Only three DP, not four

Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory	48 GB
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080
Storage	2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s)	30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software	Windows 10 64-bit

System Name	Desktop
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black
Memory	Ripjaws V DDR4-3600MHz CL16-19-19-39 1.35V 64GB (4x16GB)
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 16GB
Storage	WD 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Black SN850, WD spinners
Display(s)	ASUS MG278 27" 144Hz + LG 27GL850-B NanoIPS HDR10 27"
Case	Fractal Design Define 7 black white TG Clear Tint
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 2i4
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX 1000W 80 Plus Titanium
Mouse	Corsair SCIMITAR RGB
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 LP

System Name	AlderLake
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

Processor	Intel core i9 13900ks sp117 direct die
Motherboard	Asus Maximus Apex Z790
Cooling	Custom loop 3*360 45mm thick+ 3 x mo-ra3 420 +Dual D5 pump and dual ddc pump
Memory	2x24gb Gskill 8800c38
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090 Strix
Storage	2 tb crucial t700, raid 0 samsung 970 pro 2tb
Display(s)	Sammsung G7 32”
Case	Dynamic XL
Audio Device(s)	Creative Omni 5.1 usb sound card
Power Supply	Corsair AX1600i
Mouse	Model O-
Keyboard	Hyper X Alloy Origin Core

System Name	Desktop
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black
Memory	Ripjaws V DDR4-3600MHz CL16-19-19-39 1.35V 64GB (4x16GB)
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 16GB
Storage	WD 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Black SN850, WD spinners
Display(s)	ASUS MG278 27" 144Hz + LG 27GL850-B NanoIPS HDR10 27"
Case	Fractal Design Define 7 black white TG Clear Tint
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 2i4
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX 1000W 80 Plus Titanium
Mouse	Corsair SCIMITAR RGB
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 LP

ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 TUF Gaming OC

W1zzard

Administrator

Searing

elemelek

P4-630

Searing

mrthanhnguyen

elemelek

Vhaneyi

New Member

Hossein Almet

W1zzard

Administrator

ExplodingCaps

Hossein Almet

dicktracy

Hossein Almet

Animalpak

ExplodingCaps

YU888

New Member

Hossein Almet

kings

W1zzard

Administrator

kings

Searing

madshi

New Member

Akkedie

D@mn

New Member

Processor	5950X
Motherboard	Dark Hero
Cooling	Custom Loop
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 3600MHz CL16
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RTX 3080 Vision
Storage	980 Pro 500GB, 970 Evo Plus 500GB, Crucial MX500 2TB, Crucial MX500 2TB, Samsung 850 Evo 500GB
Display(s)	Gigabyte G34WQC
Case	Cooler Master C700M
Audio Device(s)	Bose
Power Supply	AX850
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder Chroma
Keyboard	MSI GK80
Software	W10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	CPU-Z Single-Thread: 688 Multi-Thread: 11940

System Name	Doesitreallyneedaname?
Processor	i9 12900k @5.0 Ghz P-Cores, 3.7 Ghz E-cores, 4 Ghz Uncore
Motherboard	Asus Z690 Strix Gaming E
Cooling	Corsair H150i Elite Capellix
Memory	G.skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6200 MT/s cl36-36-36-37
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX 4090 TUF
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB, Patriot VPN100 2TB, ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB
Display(s)	Gigabyte M28U, Aorus AD27QD
Case	Corsair Graphite 780T
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G633, Logitech Z625
Power Supply	Corsair HX850i
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 600
Keyboard	Filco Majestouch 2 Hakua White
Software	Windows 11 Pro

Processor	i9 9900KS ( 5 Ghz all the time )
Motherboard	Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390
Cooling	EK Velocity + EK D5 pump + Alphacool full copper silver 360mm radiator
Memory	16GB Corsair Dominator GT ROG Edition 3333 Mhz
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF RTX 3080 Ti 12GB OC
Storage	M.2 Samsung NVMe 970 Evo Plus 250 GB + 1TB 970 Evo Plus
Display(s)	Asus PG279 IPS 1440p 165Hz G-sync
Case	Cooler Master H500
Power Supply	Asus ROG Thor 850W
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Chroma
Keyboard	Rapoo
Software	Win 10 64 Bit