GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080

Vorgestern haben wir uns die Founders Edition der GeForce RTX 4080 angeschaut und mussten unser Roundup mit dem Custom-Designs leider verschieben. Vier bzw. fünf Karten zu ausgiebig zu testen benötigt entsprechende Zeit, die wir im Vorfeld nicht hatten. Nun aber soll es soweit sein und wir schauen uns vier Modelle von ASUS, Gigabyte, INNO3D und MSI an. Die Karten werden jeweils ihre Stärken und Schwächen haben, sei es in der Leistung oder der Kühlung und eben darauf werden wir besonders achten.

But we're concentrating just on the Gigabyte RTX 4080 Aero here, and as you saw it was in the ballpark of the Founders Edition card in performance terms. We saw a slight increase in the average boost clock thanks to that incredibly capable cooler, and this was generally reflected in our graphs. Admittedly it's only a handful of MegaHertz at the top end, but that can be enough to gain you some additional performance, and we're a sucker for more speed and smoothness.

The RTX 4080, including the AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Master we have tested here is another powerful graphics card from NVIDIA. After seeing what it’s capable of, I’d say it’s pretty much the cheaper alternative if you’re planning on getting the RTX 40 series graphics cards for your next upgrade. While we don’t really have anything to complain about the performance, the included adapter is definitely a pain to deal with if you’re very particular about the cable management for your system, and that’s for all the RTX 4080 out there. In addition to the ongoing controversy with the included adapter, I think going for a new power supply that has the 12VHPWR cable ready is the best solution for now.