Zotac GeForce RTX 4080 Super AMP Extreme Airo

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The Zotac GeForce RTX 4080 Super AMP Extreme AIRO elevates your gaming setup with mesmerizing ARGB lighting. Its sizable triple-slot, triple-fan cooler ensures low temperatures, complemented by a factory overclock for added performance.

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[Pumper]

What a terrible product at a $100 premium, no less.

 

[lexluthermiester]

• Pretty big price increase over MSRP
• Fairly loud cooler
• Quiet BIOS not quiet enough
• Manual power limit adjustment range smaller than Founders Edition

It's hard to argue with these points. However, aesthetics mean something and Zotac's offering is easily the best looking card of the bunch, with the Palit card being the solid runner-up in the looks department.

What a terrible product at a $100 premium, no less.

When we're talking about $1000 anyway and one wants a card that looks good, an extra $100 isn't bad. However, the Super AMP is what was tested here. The Trinity Black Edition is nearly identical in specs, is right at MSRP and looks just as good.

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This is a very smooth looking card for the right money.

 

[Pumper]

This is a very smooth looking card for the right money.

Looks are subjective (imo, it looks like a cheap toy), but loud fans and inflated multimonitor and media playback power draw is not.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Looks are subjective (imo, it looks like a cheap toy), but loud fans

Fair enough, those are fairly subjective points. However...

and inflated multimonitor and media playback power draw is not.

...you think sub40W power draw(that ALL of the other non-FE have also) qualifies as "inflated"?!?

 

[Pumper]

...you think sub40W power draw(that ALL of the other non-FE have also) qualifies as "inflated"?!?

Yes, when it's 2x reference for no reason.

 

[paranoidandroidxtc]

I bought one of these, still waiting for delivery. Would have got an MSI if they hadn't all sold out (as well as the Zotac Super Trinity), but I'm not expecting to have any real problems with this card. Not concerned about a tiny power overdraw, and I'm doubtful about the noise levels standing out too much for me, especially since I almost always have video or music playing anyway. Besides, I don't think I've yet to see a review of any of these cards that doesn't at least mention that the fans could stand to be a little quieter - except for maybe the Asus, which is at least another hundred dollars. We'll see. If the noise actually does turn out to be annoying, I'll send it back.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yes, when it's 2x reference for no reason.

Context is important. You are bemoaning 18W vs 36W at near idle. Boo Woo.. That is NOT something to get one's panties in a bunch about, especially when we're talking about a TOP TIER GPU... Just throwing it out there.

 

[Pumper]

Context is important. You are bemoaning 18W vs 36W at near idle. Boo Woo.. That is NOT something to get one's panties in a bunch about, especially when we're talking about a TOP TIER GPU... Just throwing it out there.

We have different expectation for TOP TIER products, then. I expect quality, you accept bullshit.

 

[lexluthermiester]

We have different expectation for TOP TIER products, then. I expect quality, you accept bullshit.

Your definition of " bullshit " needs revision. You also need to learn how to pay attention to context, details and little things called "commonalities". Now ask yourself: " What is Lex refering to that I am missing? ". When you figure out the answer that question, you'll understand why your above complaint is little more than nitpicking and nothing-sauce.(Hint, it's already been mentioned above..)

Or you'll react with your pride..

 

[Dr. Dro]

We have different expectation for TOP TIER products, then. I expect quality, you accept bullshit.

A combined ~50 watt idle system load on most 80+ Gold and Platinum power supplies is inconsequential from a power consumption standpoint due to their low-load conversion efficiency. Unless we're dealing with 100 watt+ idle draw such as the multi-monitor figures with recent Radeon GPUs, it's really not a problem, unlike the 3-digit power draws, it won't generate any significant heat, and will potentially reduce the amount of energy wasted on conversion. It's another story with Titanium-certified PSUs being required to exceed 90% conversion efficiency even at 10% load, but those power supplies are very expensive and generally not used by the vast majority of builds.

Chances are if you're spending in excess of $400 for your power supply, your build's budget is so high that you're probably looking at the RTX 4090 almost exclusively - or you're doing it wrong. That said, I use my (original) 4080 with a single 4K 120Hz OLED, and idle power is not a problem, <10W total board power, even while playing 1440p60 YouTube.