MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC
10 GB
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Picked it up today and immediately started installing it. The delivery includes a metal plate that can be screwed to the case and supports the graphics card. The installation of the graphics card is quite fiddly, especially when the covers at the back have to fit properly. Properly screwed in, however, the graphics card is well supported and the PCI connection is protected. It also looks good when you wipe away the sausage fingerprints.
As for performance, I have only tested COD MW so far. In multiplayer, a constant 165 FPS is possible with the highest settings at 1440p. In Warzone, I've only managed a stable 110~FPS so far. The 7700k or simply the game itself is probably the limiting factor. I'll try to see if overclocking makes any differences noticeable.
Suggestions for further benchmarks are very welcome.
All in all, a successful card, although for many a 3070 will suffice.
Benchmark update (see screenshots):
Running Furmark at 1440p, it performs about 20% better than a 2080 Ti, as expected. The temperature peaks at 73c and the clock remains at 1740Mhz. The fans also remain relatively quiet.
Only at 2160p does the card start to show its full strength and increases the clock to 2010Mhz. The results are then massively above a 2080 Ti. However, the fans then also initiate the maximum noise escalation ;)Pro
- Strong performance
- No RGB
- Good price (699.-)
- Beats my old 2060s by a long way
Contra
- Fiddly installation of the "crutch
- All fans with same direction of rotation (more noise)
Good for 700.-, for 800.- please look for another model
Good no-frills basic model without RGB and other hoopla. For MSRP (699.-) a decent card. If the price stays in the region where it is now (~800.-), I would recommend other models.
Power regulator is capped at 100%, without BIOS flash it stays at max. 320W TDP. But that doesn't matter, because the cooling system is absolutely at its limit with 320W TDP. With stock settings, the card (Open-Bench) runs at ~1.9 Ghz with 75 degrees at 2000 RPM. It's already clearly audible, but still somewhat pleasant. In a poorly ventilated case it might get quite loud. No coil whine can be detected.
With a little tuning (Undervolt to a stable 1920 Mhz @0.875V and Memory-OC to 20Ghz) the card runs with a pleasant noise level at 1800 RPM / 71 degrees at 300W consumption, which is also where I would put the efficient cooling capacity of the card, 320W is just a little too much for this model. It no longer runs into the power limit and keeps the clock constant.
After the first Open-Bench test, I replaced the stock thermal paste with Kryonaut and did an A/B test, the difference was in the range of 0.2 degrees / 50RPM. So it's not worth it, MSI did a good job, I usually get a good 2-3 degrees out of it. What I noticed are extremely thick pads for cooling the GDDR6 memory. I wouldn't overclock it too high, it looked pretty inefficient. The memory also shares the cooling plate with the GPU.
Performance-wise, the card gets exactly where it's supposed to. Compared to an RTX 2080Ti model, which also runs at 300W, it's +10% at 1080p, +20% at 1440p and +30% at 2160p. A little less than we had hoped for after the full-bodied announcements, but MSI can't help that.Pro
- Good MSRP model (if available at MSRP = 699.-)
- Cleanly processed, quite high quality compared to the old Ventus models
- Sag Bracket included in scope of delivery
- Performance = 2080 Ti +10% (1080p) / +20% (1440p) / +30% (2160p)
Contra
- Power limit capped at 100% (320W)
- Cooling system designed for 300W rather than 320W
- Somewhat noisy with stock settings
- Very thick thermal pads for the memory modules
Top especially the price
Top part for the price of 699.- Design is simple but beautiful, unfortunately a disadvantage although MSI and Nvidia can do nothing for it, the graphics card has problems on my LG Oled cx because when Gsync is switched on the picture flickers or goes completely black, but the problem itself lies with LG, which will bring out an update in the next 3 weeks.
Pro
- Power
- Simple beautiful design one RGB frills
- Price 699.- Top!
- Problems with LG Oled C9 and CX have been fixed 😊
RTX3080 is great, this design is ok
Pro
- 3080 is amazing
- Performances are outstanding
- Relatively low profile cooler (SFF friendly)
Contra
- Quite loud
- Doesn’t overclock well (freezes at 2Ghz)
Crashing - seems as drivers from 28.09 fix the problem
UPDATE: issues seem to go away with newest nvidia drivers. I don't know if this impacted performance, card is still crazy fast +1 star.
Requires DOWNCLOCKING BY 100 MHZ not to crash after 3 min. in game. I would send it back for warranty but now waiting for bios/drivers update. This seems to be widespread problem, reported by people all over. Price for early adopting I guess.Pro
- Huge potential
- Quiet
- Good looking
Contra
- Stability
6 out of 12 reviews
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