FEATURES
NVIDIA Ampere Streaming Multiprocessors
2nd Generation RT Cores
3rd Generation Tensor Cores
Powered by GeForce RTX 3080
Integrated with 12GB GDDR6X 384-bit memory interface
WINDFORCE 3X Cooling System with alternate spinning fans
RGB Fusion 2.0
Protection metal back plate
Core Clock
1710 MHz
WINDFORCE 3X
COOLING SYSTEM
The WINDFORCE 3X cooling system features 2x 90mm and 1X80mm unique blade fans, alternate spinning, 7 composite copper heat pipes, large copper plate direct touch GPU, 3D active fan and Screen cooling, which together provide high efficiency heat dissipation.
ALTERNATE SPINNING
Alternate Spinning can reduce the turbulence of adjacent fans and increase air pressure.
SMOOTH AIRFLOW
GIGABYTE turns the adjacent fans in the opposite direction, so that the airflow direction between the two fans is the same, reducing the turbulence and enhancing the airflow pressure.
3D ACTIVE FAN
The 3D Active Fan provides semi-passive cooling, and the fans will remain off when the GPU is in a low load or low power game.
UNIQUE BLADE FAN
The airflow is spilt by the triangular fan edge, and guided smoothly through the 3D stripe curve on the fan surface.
GRAPHENE NANO LUBRICANT
Graphene nano lubricant can extend the life of sleeve bearing fan by 2.1 times, close to the life of double ball bearing, and is quieter.
SCREEN COOLING
Extended heatsink design allows air flow to pass through, providing better heat dissipation.
LARGE COPPER PLATE & HEAT-PIPE
With direct contact to the GPU and VRAM, the large copper plate combines the composite heat pipes to efficiently transfer heat generated from the interior cores to the heat sink.
RGB FUSION 2.0
With 16.7M customizable color options and numerous lighting effects, you can choose lighting effects or synchronize with other AORUS devices.
PROTECTION METAL BACK PLATE
The metal back plate not only provides an aesthetical shape, but also enhances the structure of the graphics card to provide complete protection.
EXTREME DURABILITY AND OVERCLOCKING
The graphics card uses the better power phase design to allow the MOSFET to operate at lower temperature, and over-temperature protection design and load balancing for each MOSFET, plus the Ultra Durable certified chokes and capacitors, to provide excellent performance and longer system life.
FRIENDLY PCB DESIGN
Fully automated production process ensures top quality of the circuit boards and eliminates sharp protrusions of the solder connectors seen on the conventional PCB surface. This friendly design prevents your hands from getting cut or inadvertently damaging components when making your build.
AORUS ENGINE
The cutting edge intuitive interface allows you to adjust the clock speed, voltage, fan performance and power target in real-time according to your game’s requirements.
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Pros: - Awesome bracket design, no sag at all. - Quiet - Great Performance
Cons: - LED lighting basically none existing
Overall Review: Bought this on a whim through the shuffle without doing any research on the different 3080s. This 12Gb version just being released in Jan 2022, there were no reviews on it. It deff is a chonki boy. I upgraded from a Gigabyte 1080 and have seen triple my framerates in benchmark tests. I was worried about the GPU sagging but it has a sturdy support built into it to where when I tried to wiggle the card, it wouldn't budge. The fans seen pretty good and have been quite even under full load. I haven't tried to overclock it yet but base temps when under load are 70'C with fans at 1540 rpm with momentary peaks of about 78'C and around 40-50C at idle with the fans not running. During benchmarking the base clock speed was about 1800mhz at 100% load and would boost up 2025mhz when not at 100% load. If you are looking for a sweet LED design.. this isn't it though. The LEDs are only on the logo and are on the fan side, so you can't even see them. Overall it's been a beast so far