ASUS RTX 3080 TUF OC Review & Tear-Down: Thermals, Noise, & Overclocking
13,239This review of the ASUS RTX 3080 TUF video card closely looks at noise, thermals, noise-normalized thermals, and more vs. the 3080 FE and Eagle.
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Review of the Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle previously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ivWfdJs4BU
In this review of the ASUS RTX 3080 TUF video card, we're (1) making fun of the "military-grade" terminology," but two, looking at actual performance of the card. Testing includes GDDR6X memory thermal testing, GPU thermals, noise-normalized performance and acoustics, testing versus the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Founders Edition and Gigabyte Eagle, and a tear-down of the RTX 3080 TUF. Disassembly includes some key notes on RMA accessibility and fans in the TUF.
ASUS' RTX 3080 TUF will eventually be here on Amazon: https://geni.us/ae6AWMg
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Here's our airflow photography of how the Founders Edition cooler behaves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVaGRtX80gI
Watch the RTX 3080 review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTeXh9x0sUc
RTX 3080 FE Tear-Down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX9Eh_NaC5c
Previous 3080 review article: https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3618-nvidia-rtx-3080-founders-edition-review-benchmarks
Watch our NVIDIA Ampere GPU Architecture Deep-Dive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmNL2Cg2OO8
$13K of our New GPU Testing Methodology Equipment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P7-ML-bPCE
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Cringe Marketing
02:28 - Focus on Features of the TUF
04:14 - Noise-Normalized Thermals of RTX 3080 GPUs
05:47 - Auto VBIOS Thermal & Noise Behavior
07:17 - Fan RPM-Acoustic Response
07:57 - Mounting Pressure Pseudocolor vs. Eagle & Founders
08:56 - Contact Plate Flatness & Depth
09:58 - Frequency on Quiet vs. Performance VBIOS
10:26 - Frequency vs. Eagle & Founders Edition
10:48 - Power Consumption of RTX 3080 Boards
11:21 - Gaming Power Consumption & Overclocks
11:38 - Overclock Stepping on ASUS TUF 3080
13:45 - Tear-Down of ASUS TUF Video Card
16:19 - Inside of the ASUS RTX 3080 TUF
17:40 - Heatpipes & Contact Plates
19:18 - Removing the TUF Backplate
21:40 - Removing the VRM & VRAM Cooling Plate
22:45 - Inaccessible Fan Design
24:20 - WHY?
26:08 - Fan Model & Spec
27:40 - Conclusion
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Editorial, Testing: Steve Burke
Additional Testing: Mike Gaglione
Video: Keegan Gallick, Andrew Coleman