EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra Review: Thermals, Overclocking, Noise, Power, & XOC Records
9,085This review benchmarks the EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra Gaming video card, using NVIDIA's Ampere silicon. We've tested the 3080 FTW3 with all 3 VBIOSes, including the XOC VBIOS, for overclocking, thermals, and noise.
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The EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra Gaming goes up against previous cards we've tested, as we begin to slowly compile a list of the best and worst 3080s. So far, we haven't had any that land in "objectively bad" camp -- but there's time yet. We now have the EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra, the ASUS TUF OC, Gigabyte Eagle, and Founders Edition, and we have a few more to work through in between the other reviews. In this review, we're focusing entirely on thermals, noise, noise-normalized thermals, power-normalized thermals, power, and overclocking, with no focus on gaming. The gaming results are roughly the same as in our RTX 3080 review, plus a couple FPS here and there. It's the quality of life and OC features that really matter for these.
The EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra will eventually be on Amazon here: https://geni.us/GEFv2c
ASUS RTX 3080 TUF OC will eventually be on Amazon here: https://geni.us/grIy
The Gigabyte Eagle will eventually be on Amazon here: https://geni.us/LBj3H
Watch our RTX 3080 TUF OC review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iGIiFfUwLs
Our Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ivWfdJs4BU
Our NVIDIA 3080 Founders Edition review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTeXh9x0sUc
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra Gaming Extreme X Mega
03:10 - EVGA ICX Tech on 3090: Thermistor Reliability
05:34 - Noise-Normalized Thermals (& Power Normalized)
07:40 - Auto VBIOS Thermals on RTX 3080 FTW3
10:19 - EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Noise Levels
11:17 - FTW3 Flatness & Coldplate Contact
11:57 - Pressure Map of RTX 3080 FTW3
13:06 - OC vs. Normal VBIOS Frequencies
14:02 - TUF, Eagle, & Founders vs. FTW3 Frequency
14:43 - FTW3 Fan RPM vs. Noise Level
15:31 - Power Consumption in FurMark
16:22 - Power Consumption When Gaming
16:40 - Conclusion & Disassembly Notes
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Editorial, Testing: Steve Burke
Additional Testing: Mike Gaglione
Video: Keegan Gallick, Andrew Coleman