Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING (GV-N4080GAMING-16GD)

2023 high performance pre-top gaming graphics card for high end gaming PCs equipped with next generation Tensor and RT cores. It occupies one of the leading positions in the "four thousand" line of NVIDIA video cards, in terms of pure power it is second only to the top-end GeForce RTX 4090. It is aimed at demanding gamers and enthusiasts who appreciate high quality graphics when playing at 2K resolution.

In addition, it effectively handles machine learning, media content processing, 3D rendering, and 4K/8K video compression for streaming, not limited to games. Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING is equipped with a powerful AD103 GPU, which includes 9728 stream processors, factory overclocked to 2505 MHz and supports a 256-bit data bus. The amount of GDDR6X memory is 16 GB, which, according to the manufacturer's idea, should be enough for high-resolution games.

According to the tests, it will easily cope with any modern games in 2K resolution and maximum graphics settings. It is also quite suitable for 4K resolution, but in order to get the coveted 60 FPS, a gamer in most cases will have to turn off ray tracing, reduce graphics to medium values and actively lean on DLSS. This is the third generation of the breakthrough supersampling technology that was built into the NVIDIA Reflex optimizer, the Optical Flow Accelerator engine and taught to work with four types of visual data.

As a result of these tricks, which are available only to GeForce 4000-series video cards, DLSS efficiency has noticeably increased: the system does not blur the picture so much, draws missing frames faster, and generally has a more favorable effect on the overall FPS. The Gigabyte Gaming version of the RTX 4080 is not particularly memorable visually: the rough casing is completely painted in black, RGB LEDs on the fan blades, which turn into fire rings at high speed, are responsible for the decor.

Responsible for cooling proprietary Cooling system WindForce with a wide copper base, a massive heatsink with a pack of heat-conducting pipes and three air coolers with alternate rotation. The board itself occupies almost 4 motherboard slots, its length reaches 34 cm, and at peak load this crumb consumes about 400 W, so it is recommended to install it only in full-size cases with an ATX format motherboard and a power supply unit with a capacity of at least 850 W.