MSI GeForce RTX 4080 Gaming X Trio

W1zzard · Nov 15, 2022

Gaming X Trio is MSI's more-affordable product line, next to the Suprim X flagship cards. You still get a decent factory overclock, and an amazing cooling solution that runs extremely quiet and cool. MSI has also included RGB lighting and a dual-BIOS feature.

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madshi · Nov 15, 2022

I definitely agree that having a review of both models is *highly* useful. Often, when looking for the best model to buy, I'm searching for comparison reviews, but most review sites only ever test 1 model of each company, which makes it very hard to get an impression of how much difference there is between top and and budget lines.

Currently, TechPowerUp is my go-to review site, and from my point of view, the more different models you can test, the better. Especially the way you have temperature vs noise tables that compare all tested models is extremely useful. After all, these for me are the most important differences between all the GPUs. I don't care about looks or max clocks or LED lighting or anything like that. Give me a good cooler and a reasonably sized GPU, and I'm more than happy.

tomfuegue · Nov 15, 2022

Excellent review.

I have the RTX 4090 Gaming X Trio and can confirm that it is an extremely quiet card.

TheDeeGee · Nov 15, 2022

Seems i'm going with MSI next year then (4060/4070).

Asus changed fans that are more noisy and opted for a stupid color scheme.

VulkanBros · Nov 16, 2022

What is the reason for "No DisplayPort 2.0 support" on the RTX 4xxx cards?

madshi · Nov 16, 2022

The Nvidia 4xxx chips don't support DisplayPort 2.0. This will likely be added in 5xxx chips.

vekspec · Feb 13, 2023

Great review, just bought this locally for around $1000. While it's not the best deal for the wallet from my 3080 10G (also a gaming x trio), however playing at 1440P Ultrawide, the 3080 was already starting to show in some titles. the 4080 crushes it at native resolution and even better using DLSS 3 and Frame Gen and am able to set graphical settings at Ultra instead of turning it down to high or medium. 16GB vram should be min moving forward IMO.

Beelzeboss · Mar 28, 2023

May I ask what happened in this review with 6800XT power spikes? They went from 389w in all previous reviews to 579w after this one. Thats quite the increase. Why?

Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory	48 GB
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080
Storage	2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s)	30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software	Windows 10 64-bit

System Name	Zero RGB PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Motherboard	MSi MAG X870 TOMAHAWK WIFI
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Memory	Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL30 16GBx4
Video Card(s)	PNY GeForce RTX 4090 24GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO
Storage	Kingston KC3000 2TB + Samsung 860 EVO 4TB
Display(s)	Asus ROG Swift PG32UQ (144Hz) + Acer PREDATOR X45 OLED (240Hz) + LG 32UN880-B (60Hz)
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P600S + Be Quiet! SILENT WINGS 3 140mm PWM + 3x Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM chromax.black
Audio Device(s)	Drop PC38X / Corsair HS80 MAX
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W 80 Plus Titanium
Mouse	Lamzu Thorn
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman V2 TKL
Software	Windows 11 Pro 24H2

System Name	TheDeeGee's PC
Processor	Intel Core i7-11700
Motherboard	ASRock Z590 Steel Legend
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15S
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 3200/C16 32GB
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti 12GB
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 2TB / Crucial P3 Plus 2TB / Crucial P3 Plus 4TB
Display(s)	EIZO CX240
Case	Lian-Li O11 Dynamic Evo XL / Noctua NF-A12x25 fans
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster ZXR / AKG K601 Headphones
Power Supply	Seasonic PRIME Fanless TX-700
Mouse	Logitech G500S
Keyboard	Keychron Q6
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit
Benchmark Scores	None, as long as my games runs smooth.

System Name	Commercial towing vehicle "Nostromo"
Processor	5800X3D
Motherboard	X570 Unify
Cooling	EK-AIO 360
Memory	32 GB Fury 3666 MHz
Video Card(s)	4070 Ti Eagle
Storage	SN850 NVMe 1TB + Renegade NVMe 2TB + 870 EVO 4TB
Display(s)	25" Legion Y25g-30 360Hz
Case	Lian Li LanCool 216 v2
Audio Device(s)	Razer Blackshark v2 Hyperspeed / Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2e
Power Supply	HX1500i
Mouse	Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition
Keyboard	Scope II 96 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 23H2 / Fedora w. KDE

Processor	Ryzen 7 7800x3D
Motherboard	MSI B650 Tomahawk
Cooling	Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE LCD 360mm
Memory	32GB DDR5 6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4080 Suprim X
Storage	2TB SN850X, 2TB SN580, 2TB 870 EVO
Display(s)	Gigabyte M34WQ 3440x1440 144hz
Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Audioengine A2+
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex VII XG 850
Mouse	Logitech G502x Plus
Keyboard	Asus ROG Scope 2 96 Wireless

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Processor	Ryzen 5 5600 PBO 4.6GHz
Motherboard	Asrock B550 Phantom Gaming 4
Cooling	CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Turbo
Memory	32GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 3600MHz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RTX3090 Gaming OC
Storage	Patriot Viper VPN110 500GB + XPG Gammix S11 Pro 1TB
Display(s)	LG 27GP850-B
Case	Lancool II Mesh Performance
Audio Device(s)	ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 + Edifier R1600T
Power Supply	Corsair RM750x
Mouse	Logitech G403 Hero Gaming
Keyboard	Patriot Viper V765