Asus GeForce RTX 4080 ROG Strix OC 16GB

High-performance pre-top gaming video card in 2023 for gaming PCs in the upper price category, equipped with next-generation Tensor and RT cores. It occupies one of the leading positions in the “four thousandth” line of NVIDIA video cards, in terms of pure power it is second only to the top-end GeForce RTX 4090. As befits a representative of the ROG Strix series, the video card can offer more than most competitors.

In particular, a seriously modified digital power converter is used for power supply, which contributes to more efficient overclocking. The molded casing, frame and backplate give the device additional rigidity, preventing the massive base from squeezing or deforming under its own weight. A powerful cooling system with a completely redesigned vapor chamber, a massive radiator and three Axial-tech fans ensures effective heat removal from the GPU and memory chips, even with significant overclocking.

In addition, it effectively copes with the tasks of machine learning, media content processing, 3D rendering and 4K/8K video compression for streaming, not limited to games. Asus GeForce RTX 4080 ROG Strix OC 16GB is equipped with a powerful AD103 graphics processor, which includes 9728 stream processors, factory overclocking to 2655 MHz and supports a 256-bit data bus. The GDDR6X memory capacity is 16 GB, which according to the manufacturer should be enough for games at high resolution.

According to tests, it can easily handle any modern games in 2K resolution and maximum graphics settings. It is also quite suitable for 4K resolution, but to get the coveted 60 FPS, in most cases the gamer will have to turn off ray tracing, reduce the graphics to medium settings and actively rely on DLSS. This is the third generation of breakthrough supersampling technology, which was built on the NVIDIA Reflex optimizer, the Optical Flow Accelerator engine, and taught how to work with four types of visual data. As a result of these tricks, which are only available to GeForce 4000 series video cards, the efficiency of DLSS has increased noticeably: the system does not blur the picture so much, fills in missed frames faster, and generally has a more favorable effect on the overall FPS.