The range of video cards of the American brand EVGA, on the one hand, is as simple as two and two, on the other ― very, very unusual. Logically, at the top of the hierarchy are models for fans of extreme overclocking ― K|NGP|N and WATERCOOLING. At the bottom are relatively simple accelerators EVGA XC and SC. And somewhere between them are the models For The Win, which would have dominated the roles of any other manufacturer.


The gentleman's set of FTW models includes a redesigned printed circuit board with power subsystem tweaks, serious factory overclocking, a custom air Cooling system and a designer casing with spectacular RGB backlight. If at this point you caught the vibe of the Gigabyte Aorus, Asus ROG or MSI Suprim series, then you are completely right. Chokes made of high-quality alloy and solid-state polymer capacitors are used in the production of cards. Despite the record power, most FTW models do not make too much noise and keep the temperature well under load.

After the release of NVIDIA Ampere graphics cards, it was these accelerators that took centre stage in the EVGA For The Win showcase. These variations received 3 8-pin connectors at once to exceed the limit on card power consumption. As a result, these models can boast not only excellent overclocking prospects, but also impressive frequency characteristics right out of the box. For example, the RTX 3080 in the FTW version has a video core frequency of 1800 Mhz when boosted, and the memory is overclocked to 19500 MHz, which makes it one of the fastest RTX 3080 modifications on the market. This good is cooled by a massive three-section ICX3 cooling system with 9 thermal sensors and a massive metal backplate with a large contact surface area.