GALAX Intros GeForce RTX 4080 HOF with 470W Power Limit

[btarunr]

GALAX today introduced its top air-cooled custom-design graphics card powered by the GeForce RTX 4080 "Ada," the RTX 4080 HOF (Hall of Fame). The all-white card is not just a 4-slot, monstrosity, but also has an extremely tall cooler, including some aesthetic bits that extend beyond the regular height of the cooler. These bits are detachable, although the idea behind them is that the card will be installed vertically—either on a test bench, or a vertical slot.

There are three variants of this card. The RTX 4080 HOF OC Lab Plus-X is the top-dog with 2640 MHz boost frequency out of the box (compared to 2505 MHz reference), and the HOF Panel III accessory (an LCD display panel that puts out real-time monitoring stats of the card). The second variant is the RTX 4080 HOF OC Lab Plus, which is essentially the Plus-X, without the HOF Panel III. The RTX 4080 HOF OC Lab is the "lite" variant among the three, with a 2595 MHz boost frequency, and no HOF Panel III. What's important is that all three variants come with a delicious power-limit. With their "Performance" BIOS enabled, the cards have a 400 W power-limit, with a slider limit (manually tunable) of 470 W. With the "Silent" BIOS, this limit drops all the way down to the NVIDIA-reference 320 W. All three cards come with a single 16-pin 12VHPWR rated for 600 W input.



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[lexluthermiester]

I hope that extra bit on the top can be removed. Without it, great looking card! With it, goofy looking..

 

[mama]

I am interested to know if more juice makes a tangible difference for this card. Review please.

 

[Space Lynx]

In 6 months the headline will read: regulators have decided to limit graphics cards power usage to save the climate!

great job everyone

 

[Selaya]

whats the point of a hof 4080 when you'd have to like, OC it to 200% for it to even tie w/ the 4090

 

[lexluthermiester]

whats the point of a hof 4080 when you'd have to like, OC it to 200% for it to even tie w/ the 4090

The days of buying a lower tier card to OC and match a higher tier card are gone and have been for a long time.. If you want a certain level of performance, buy the card that grants that level of performance.

 

[Broken Processor]

4090 HOF I'm fine with they are meant to be crazy but a 4080 HOF is just marketing which is fine apart from that goofy crown but thankfully it can be removed. The power limit is good if you can make use of it otherwise it's just marketing blurb.

 

[Selaya]

The days of buying a lower tier card to OC and match a higher tier card are gone and have been for a long time.. If you want a certain level of performance, buy the card that grants that level of performance.

i know that.
but the hof had, historically always been an xoc card (or for those w/ far more money than sense, ig)
and for xoc 4090 makes far more sense than 4080

 

[ir_cow]

I mean if you want to throw away money on a 4080 instead of just buying a 4090 FE, go right ahead.

 

[TumbleGeorge]

I've already counted six other rtx 4080 models that are at this boost frequency out of the box in the TPU database. What exactly do these pretend? That they are the seventh consecutive model of the same?

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

I hope that extra bit on the top can be removed. Without it, great looking card! With it, goofy looking..

In the first and last pics, there seems to be a split line in the LED panels. The other pics show the top of the card without it fitted.
Therefore, your hope is justified.

 

[HairyLobsters]

Who is this monstrosity's target audience?

 

[80251]

I hope that extra bit on the top can be removed. Without it, great looking card! With it, goofy looking..

What do you want to bet it's some sort of over-the-top RGB junk?

 

[lexluthermiester]

In the first and last pics, there seems to be a split line in the LED panels. The other pics show the top of the card without it fitted.
Therefore, your hope is justified.

Those pics are new, they weren't there when I originally made my comment. Nice!

What do you want to bet it's some sort of over-the-top RGB junk?

Oh course it is, but as it can be removed, no worries.