NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Now Available, Starting $1200

[btarunr]

NVIDIA today formally launched the GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card, its second fastest offering from the GeForce "Ada Lovelace" generation. With a starting price of USD $1,200, the card is positioned a notch below the RTX 4090 flagship, a whole $400 cheaper. It is technically supposed to succeed the RTX 3080 12 GB, while an RTX 4080 12 GB variant was supposed to succeed the RTX 3080 10 GB. NVIDIA cancelled the RTX 4080 12 GB as it heaped bad press due to its specs being significantly different from those of the RTX 4080 16 GB, making this the only SKU with the name RTX 4080.

The GeForce RTX 4080 is based on the 4 nm "AD103" silicon, and armed with 9,728 CUDA cores across 76 streaming multiprocessors. It gets 304 4th generation Tensor cores, and 76 RT cores, besides 112 ROPs. Although it has generationally more memory at 16 GB, its memory bus is narrower at 256-bit GDDR6X. NVIDIA attempted to compensate for this with use of faster 22.4 Gbps-rated memory, and architectural improvements such as larger caches on the silicon, to speed up the memory sub-system. NVIDIA is launching not just the Founders Edition card, but also its partners are launching custom-design boards. Every partner's lineup we've come across thus far includes at least one SKU priced at the $1,200 baseline. The cards should be on the shelves tomorrow (November 16, 2022).

We have a large number of reviews for you today, which include the NVIDIA RTX 4080 Founders Edition, ZOTAC RTX 4080 AMP Extreme AIRO, ASUS ROG Strix RTX 4080 OC, MSI RTX 4080 SUPRIM X, Colorful RTX 4080 Ultra White OC, Gainward RTX 4080 Phantom GS, MSI RTX 4080 Gaming X Trio, and the PNY XLR8 RTX 4080 Verto OC



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[sam_86314]

Cut the price in half and then we'll talk.

Oh wait, it still has only 12GB of VRAM.

 

[gyik]

how much?

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Thought this was supposed to be a 4070

Oops nope 16gb version here
Man maybe add that to the title

 

[freeagent]

The card is listing at 3000 beaver bucks here on Newegg.

Well Nvidia, I hope pricing out your customers does you well. I sure as shit will not be buying one, even if they were nice enough to knock 1500 off they can still suck it

 

[Fouquin]

Oh wait, it still has only 12GB of VRAM.

A perfect example of just how confusing that whole situation is that people are STILL mentioning the 12GB after it no longer exists as a 4080 variant. Only the 16GB gets the 4080 name.

 

[P4-630]

We want ATi !

 

[ThrashZone]

Cut the price in half and then we'll talk.

Oh wait, it still has only 12GB of VRAM.

Hi,
Pretty sad when an article lists what the card is near the end of the first paragraph instead of near the top where it should be
.

 

[konga]

Hi,
Pretty sad when an article lists what the card is near the end of the first paragraph instead of near the top where it should be
.

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"RTX 4080" is this card's name, and the 16GB part is no longer a part of the name. There is no reason to list the memory amount because there is only one 4080 now. What else would it be? The 4080 12GB no longer exists.

 

[bonehead123]

We want ATi !

yeppers, ALL HAIL THE Rage128, hehehe

I remember runnin one of these in my wife's B&W G3 Mac back in the day...good times 4 sure !

 

[P4-630]

 

[igralec84]

Starting at 1469€ + 300€

 

[Crackong]

The only reason for this to exist is to upsell the 4090

 

[ThrashZone]

Starting at 1469€ + 300€

Hi,
Yep euro isn't doing to well and vit and vat has always been stupid high so nothing new there.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

I actually chuckled at the sight of the 8pin to 16(no 12+4)pin adapter being a pro not a con.

It's definitely a con.
As is most of nvidia's wares this generation.

 

[ThrashZone]

I actually chuckled at the sight of the 8pin to 16 pin adapter being a pro not a con.

It's definitely a con.
As is most of nvidia's wares this generation.

Hi,
Haven't kept up with the power plug crap but thought it was 2x8 pin to 12+4 pin

 

[GamerGuy]

So, who's gonna buy that Asus Strix card at 1550USD?

 

[bug]

Let me put it this way: $1,200 is too much for a 4090.

 

[ARF]

Let me put it this way: $1,200 is too much for a 4090.

Correct but the leather jacket man and his crew wants to own a private jet, private yachts, to travel to Mars paid by you. So, you gonna pay everything

 

[64K]

So, who's gonna buy that Asus Strix card at 1550USD?

Gamers who have so much money that the price is irrelevant.

 

[ARF]

Gamers who have so much money that the price is irrelevant.

But the things should not work like this. Usually people who have money know its value and don't spend illogically to ill-priced and bad products.
There are better alternatives and cheaper. So, value your money and think before spending. Especially when you throw such amounts to nvidia.

 

[64K]

But the things should not work like this. Usually people who have money know its value and don't spend illogically to ill-priced and bad products.
There are better alternatives and cheaper. So, value your money and think before spending. Especially when you throw such amounts to nvidia.

Tell that to Jensen Huang who spends stupid amounts of money on exotic sports cars and.......black leather jackets. It's just a fact that people who have a lot of money will buy whatever they want whether it makes sense to the average person or not.

 

[shovenose]

I will wait for RX 7000 series, thank you very much.

 

[Wirko]

These better be terabytes. Or Swedish pounds.

 

[KainXS]

Screw That Price, I remember buying a 3080 for 770 and even that was during the crypto craze. As Linus once said to Nvidia, I feel we need to say it again.