Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 Gaming OC

[W1zzard]

The Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 Gaming OC comes with an improved triple-fan cooler and features a dual BIOS, so you can enable "quiet" mode. Gigabyte was also generous with the power limit, you can run at up to 450 W, which is the highest of all the cards tested today.

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[Evrsr]

1.8kg and no I/O plate weight transfer. Absolutely junk cooler, card will die if not properly supported (see the Founder cards).

Then an open I/O plate for no good reason, there is no airflow there. Will only allow unfiltered air into the system.

 

[TSiAhmat]

The cheapest 4080 Supers were around 999€ (inc. Vat) in my country. This card (I guesstimate) will be around 1350 € (inc. Vat). Around 11% performance increase for 35% price increase. YIKES

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and this is one of the "cheaper" models right now

 

[Evrsr]

The cheapest 4080 Supers were around 999€ (inc. Vat) in my country. This card (I guesstimate) will be around 1350 € (inc. Vat). Around 11% performance increase for 35% price increase. YIKES

Spoiler

and this is one of the cheaper models right now

With VAT, 1000eur is actually a substantial discount from MSRP. The 5080 will probably come down over time.

 

[TSiAhmat]

With VAT, 1000eur is actually a substantial discount from MSRP. The 5080 will probably come down over time.

lets hope for the best

 

[Raptor_i]

The only card in the gang without aluminum chassis to distribute the weight and support the card !! .. this is a no go gigabyte.

 

[Gucky]

The only interesting thing is the 450W powerlimit.

1.8kg and no I/O plate weight transfer.

It does have some, but it is by pressing the IO plate against the shroud.

Wasn't Gigabyte the manufactorer with the most tears in the PCB? Bad weight management and cutout on the PCIe slot.

 

[starfals]

The cheapest 4080 Supers were around 999€ (inc. Vat) in my country. This card (I guesstimate) will be around 1350 € (inc. Vat). Around 11% performance increase for 35% price increase. YIKES

Spoiler

and this is one of the "cheaper" models right now

What a lovely new generation All cards are DOA LOL!

 

[PixelDew]

The only interesting thing is the 450W powerlimit.

It does have some, but it is by pressing the IO plate against the shroud.

Wasn't Gigabyte the manufactorer with the most tears in the PCB? Bad weight management and cutout on the PCIe slot.

Yeah, they also denied all the warranties for those so I'm very hesitant to trust them again

 

[Garrus]

Again, only MSRP card is the Windforce model, not the Gaming model, so of course Gigabyte doesn't supply the Windforce for review....




No, I'm not paying a $300 CAD premium for the Gaming OC model...

Hope to see everyone around here again in March when the RTX 5080 actually launches.

 

[Baba]

Again, only MSRP card is the Windforce model, not the Gaming model, so of course Gigabyte doesn't supply the Windforce for review....




No, I'm not paying a $300 CAD premium for the Gaming OC model...

Hope to see everyone around here again in March when the RTX 5080 actually launches.

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 WindForce OC

Gigabyte's GeForce RTX 4060 WindForce OC is the most compact card in our testing today. It is priced at the $300 MSRP, yet can sneak in a small factory overclock. In our testing the small cooler doesn't do so well though and ends up running quite hot and loud. Show full review

www.techpowerup.com

They did previously but if it's the same cooler you probably got your answer.

 

[GhostMotley]

Unless Gigabyte is using a very sticky & cheap thermal putty, then it should be very easy to reformulate and re-use, without ever having to worry about thermal pads cracking, leaking oil, drying out etc...

The bigger issue with Gigabyte's designs is the garbage fans they use, these temps, at nearly 40dBA is terrible.

Perhaps the AORUS MASTER models will fare better, Gigabyte's product page makes a big point about how those 'Hawk Fans' are meant to be so much better.

 

[Megahurtzz]

I wanted this Gigabyte card but it sold out instantly so I ended up getting the ZOTAC 5080 SOLID OC for the same price as this one. I'm hoping the Zotac is ok, haven't found any detailed reviews of it yet.

 

[N/A]

Again, only MSRP card is the Windforce model, not the Gaming model, so of course Gigabyte doesn't supply the Windforce for review....

This is a 5070 Super at best, if you take the 4070 Super 7168 Cuda +33% that results in 9600 Cuda, so even with the 25% price hike of 5090. you're still overpaying at anything above 750. but since it has the fully enabled die those are the crop of the crop it's an early adopter tax, but over time it should drop.

5070 ti is very close to those specs but with only 48 MB instead of 64 that's a serious drawback.

At 360 watts 2,5 slot Windforce SFF model will be just struggling and you have to powerlimit, very underwhelming when this card can reach 3.2 GHz.

 

[_roman_]

I'm just checking the mechanical construction

I'm not that convinced if that slot metal construction is such a good idea. ~1800 grams are hold together only by the printed circuit board.

Those display connectors which are soldered to the printed circuit board hold the slot metal in place with screws.

the mechanical stress should be on the cooler - not on the printed circuit board.

 

[Evrsr]

The only interesting thing is the 450W powerlimit.

It does have some, but it is by pressing the IO plate against the shroud.

Wasn't Gigabyte the manufactorer with the most tears in the PCB? Bad weight management and cutout on the PCIe slot.

Can't see it. I missed some screws on the backplate but it is not very thich and will probably not prevent stress on the PCIe.

This would need some sort of whole PCB, thick brace that supports in multiple points at the I/O plate. Zotac and others have used this and that would be preferred.

At least the cooler seems well supported enough to mount vertically.

the mechanical stress should be on the cooler - not on the printed circuit board.

Gigabyte has their sheet of red arrow stickers (RMA) ready to stick it when the PCB breaks.

I actually like their motherboards a lot but this is a really poor showing. Especially after all the issues with the latest generations.

A repair guy says they almost never use fuses and this also seems to be the case here. I can spot what seem some but only for the fan connectors. So many missing components on this PCB.

I wanted this Gigabyte card but it sold out instantly so I ended up getting the ZOTAC 5080 SOLID OC for the same price as this one. I'm hoping the Zotac is ok, haven't found any detailed reviews of it yet.

It actually seems much better. Proper, very thick PCB brace with weight transfer to the IO plate, at multiple points nonetheless.

 

[N/A]

The Io plate looks like it's touching the shroud, there's the support, the mechanical stress and such.

 

[sepox]

Could you people help me out a little, since you seem to know a lot more about these PCB's, build quality etc. Thought the card did look pretty OK when reading the review, but these comments made me really doubt overall quality of the card. Does I/O shield weight transfer mean it's not mounted anywhere to the cooler, as there are no other screwes besides top of the connection ports?

I'm trying to compare this, Aorus version and MSI Gaming Trio, but only did find one review about Aorus Master version. None about the Gaming Trio, naturally seems like MSI is promoting the Vanguard now as a new product line.

Can any of you spot is the quality of Aorus better regarding these shortcomings that Gaming version has?
Review is not on par with TechPowerUp version, but I don't know exactly what to look, and even less with the pictures that are available.

AORUS RTX 5080 MASTER 16G Review en Español (Análisis completo)

Análisis de la AORUS RTX 5080 MASTER 16G con disipador WINDFORCE 3X, pantalla LCD, y GPU potenciada con más de 3000 MHz de boost

www.profesionalreview.com

Price difference is minimal here between both, so can just opt for more expensive one if that is clearly a better one.

The only interesting thing is the 450W powerlimit.

It does have some, but it is by pressing the IO plate against the shroud.

Wasn't Gigabyte the manufactorer with the most tears in the PCB? Bad weight management and cutout on the PCIe slot.

I would assume the Aorus has same powerlimit(?), would be certainly weird if the supposed better model didn't have it.

These 3 models (MSI Gaming Trio, Gigabyte Gaming and Aorus) are all about in the same price. ~+70€ differences, so nothing basically as the card is expensive and overpriced af anyway, so doesn't matter that much.

 

[Gucky]

Can any of you spot is the quality of Aorus better regarding these shortcomings that Gaming version has?
Review is not on par with TechPowerUp version, but I don't know exactly what to look, and even less with the pictures that are available.

Seems to be very quiet and cooled well.
Performance is high, but the powerusage is also high.
Has a good stand which is screwed into the end of the card.
Has an extra fan included which sits on the hole of the back.
Has a small screen which can show the powerusage.

 

[sepox]

Seems to be very quiet and cooled well.
Performance is high, but the powerusage is also high.
Has a good stand which is screwed into the end of the card.
Has an extra fan included which sits on the hole of the back.
Has a small screen which can show the powerusage.

Yeah, those I noticed. I tried to mostly spot some build quality differences at PCB, but I can't see any, at least not with my skills. Don't know if it matters tho. It seems like they include the same stand in both models, Gaming and Aorus. And cheaped out with the GPU shroud being plastic with both. Not so interested in RGBs and screens, but I guess the additional fan is nice just in case, but kinda lame that it doesn't connect to the card directly. Still need to figure out if the Aorus (+79€) or MSI Gaming Trio (+75€) is worth the price difference compared to the Gaming OC.



This was just something that caught my attention.

The only card in the gang without aluminum chassis to distribute the weight and support the card !! .. this is a no go gigabyte.

1.8kg and no I/O plate weight transfer. Absolutely junk cooler, card will die if not properly supported (see the Founder cards).

Then an open I/O plate for no good reason, there is no airflow there. Will only allow unfiltered air into the system.

 

[N/A]

This was just something that caught my attention.

Without the screws on the IO plate, the weight would pull down on that screw, but notice how the backplate takes a 45 degree angle at the edge... which is very difficult to bend. However, the manufacturer shouldn't rely solely on that. My 2080 Ti was unlucky as the backplate is completely flat. the PCB warps which can break the internal traces over time.

 

[dleed]

So in addition to using the included VGA holder. Would you recommend placing a support under that screw as well?

The temps and noise of the Quiet BIOS seems fantastic btw. Massive upgrade from my garbage Zotac 3080 Ti anyhow.

 

[_roman_]

RMA denied. You know the rest. You may inform yourself with those gpu repair videos. I did not mention a certain brand
Kinda interesting watching repair videos about damaged graphic cards in vertical position and such. Physics. This was all not really important when the card were not that crappy build.
Have you ever bought a bag of nails or screws? They cost near nothing in big quantities. But still they save on the area of metal being used and the amount of screws being used.

That is a stupid and rubbish workaround for low quality graphic cards. If you bought properly you do not need that.
(you may check real life how certain structures are build without a "versatile vga holder" and they stand for a very long time.)

 

[tugrul_SIMD]

So what happens when this card is adjusted to 450watts?

 

[W1zzard]

So what happens when this card is adjusted to 450watts?

http://imgur.com/yoseADr