Asus GeForce RTX 4080 TUF OC

An extremely powerful top-tier graphics card with 16GB of GDDR6X VRAM, DLSS 3.0 support and dedicated next-gen ray tracing cores. It is part of the “four thousandth” line of GeForce video cards codenamed Ada Lovelace (5 nm), in which it is inferior in performance only to the flagship model RTX 4090 with 24 GB of video memory. It is a representative of the popular Asus TUF gaming line, which stands out for its meticulous attitude to the increased quality and reliability of the device.

Traditionally for the Ultimate Force series, cooling is provided by an adapted metal radiator with several heat pipes, which are covered on top by 3 Axial-tech fans with support for silent operation. The minimalist black casing of the video card on the side is decorated with a neat TUF logo with built-in Asus Aura Sync backlight. The length of the printed circuit board is 30 cm, and the accelerator itself, when installed, occupies almost 4 slots in the motherboard, so the manufacturer recommends comparing the dimensions of the computer case and the motherboard before installation in order to avoid unpleasant surprises in the future.

The brain of the device is an AD103 crystal with 9728 CUDA cores, an operating frequency of 2625 and 16 GB of GDDR6X video memory with support for a 256-bit data exchange bus. Like all members of the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace family, this GPU supports hardware ray tracing and the DLSS 3.0 smart scaling system, which provides noticeable acceleration in games that use this algorithm.

In gaming tests, it outperforms its predecessor RTX 3080 by 25-30%, depending on the selected resolution. When using DLSS 3.0, the difference grows even more, as previous versions of this technology work less efficiently. In general, the owner of a ZOTAC GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Trinity can count on consistently high frame rates in AAA games of recent years with maximum graphics settings and 2K resolution.

In 4K there may be some lag, so most often you will have to lower the graphics level and lean more heavily on DLSS. According to the manufacturer's idea, it may also appeal to artists, animators, game developers and other professionals whose professional activities require a powerful and modern video card. As in previous generations, the device comes with a package of tools for working with 3D graphics, optimizing streaming, reducing delays in signal transmission from control devices, speeding up texture loading, etc.