MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Vanguard SOC

W1zzard · 2025-01-30T13:59:00+0000

Vanguard is MSI's new addition to the company's GeForce RTX 50 product stack. It sits slightly below Suprim and offers a similar premium design with a strong cooler and factory OC. In our testing, the Vanguard's thermal solution is actually the strongest of the 10 RTX 5080 cards that we've tested so far.

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Mipmop99 · 2025-01-30T14:27:26+0000

How does the Vanguard have the best cooler when the page 39 data shows that the Suprim is quieter with lower temps? The only thing thermally in favor for the Vanguard is the slightly lower idle temp which does not really matter. Unless the numbers in that table are not correct.

MSI RTX 5080 Suprim SOC	60°C	62°C	25.5 dBA	1133 RPM
MSI RTX 5080 Vanguard SOC (Quiet BIOS)	64°C	68°C	30.2 dBA	1276 RPM

W1zzard · 2025-01-30T15:32:34+0000

Mipmop99 said:
How does the Vanguard have the best cooler when the page 39 data shows that the Suprim is quieter with lower temps?

Compare power draw = heat output of the cards in gaming. The cooler test normalizes that

ZoneDymo · 2025-01-30T16:25:36+0000

im attaching less and less value to those TPU awards.

TheDeeGee · 2025-01-30T16:35:58+0000

No PNY review?

I thought you guys partnered with them.

ventra · 2025-01-30T17:21:09+0000

I would love to see the review (mostly the cooler performance) of the Gaming Trio, the white one looks fantastic and a bit cheaper too

Hugis · 2025-01-30T19:34:21+0000

TheDeeGee said:
No PNY review?

I thought you guys partnered with them.

He's just put up 10 RTX 5080 reviews in 2 days (more than any other site afaik) give him a break, im sure there in the pipe line somewhere.

Mistral · 2025-01-31T02:13:58+0000

Your reviews (with big chunks of the conclusion page copy-pasted) are based on the price being $1000. From your own tables, every card except Gainward's is expected to hit at over $1200. It's quite clear that the FE cards are there just to skew the product's value perception, with minimal real availability. Why are you falling for this?

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