Which Nvidia 3080

Matthew Hunt · 7 Sep 2020 at 10:26

Since there are now so many options and quite a lot of the 3rd party manufacturers still haven't released the clock speeds for their cards.

Which cards are people going for?
Do people feel one card has better build quality?

I am just thinking this would be a good thread for people on the fence about which manufacturer to purchase.

Personally I owned a Gigabyte 1080ti and Gigabyte 2080 Super as they were cheaper, however this time around, I will be avoiding Gigabyte as both cards I had with them contain coil whine.

snips86x · 7 Sep 2020 at 10:27

zotac for 5yr warranty.

Shante · 7 Sep 2020 at 11:54

Evga, Msi or Asus

Jimbo · 7 Sep 2020 at 11:58

In waiting for the benchmarks and thermals off Gamers Nexus and Hardware Unboxed first. But I'm going for the 3080 though unless AMD pulls something special out of the hat at same price or less.

roger_37 · 7 Sep 2020 at 12:01

Jimbo said:
In waiting for the benchmarks and thermals off Gamers Nexus and Hardware Unboxed first. But I'm going for the 3080 though unless AMD pulls something special out of the hat at same price or less.

same as +1

robfosters · 7 Sep 2020 at 12:02

I’ll wait for reviews, but nothing over £700. I do like Gigabyte though. Solid cards, easy RMA and 4 year warranty.

no_1_dave · 7 Sep 2020 at 12:06

I have to be mindful of the height so at the moment it's either FE, Gigabyte, KFA2 or Inno3D in that order

Hypersonix · 7 Sep 2020 at 12:08

FE or Gigabyte for me.

Anyone know the difference between Gigabyte Gaming and Eagle?

Amraam · 7 Sep 2020 at 12:10

FE for me unless the reviews indicate temperatures and noise are an issue.

Simon Belmont · 7 Sep 2020 at 12:15

I'm skipping this round. First time since 680.

If a 3080 comes with more vram I might go for it?

kola · 7 Sep 2020 at 12:18

do we get reviews before release?

Kelt · 7 Sep 2020 at 12:19

Simon Belmont said:
I'm skipping this round. First time since 680.

If a 3080 comes with more vram I might go for it?

I'm more and more leaning towards this.

10GB on a so called flagship card in 2020?

Not enough for me and the three or so years I plan to keep a new card.

Matthew Hunt · 7 Sep 2020 at 15:08

I was thinking more than 10GB now in 2020.
I personally planned £1000 - £1200 for this generation.

And was planning for the 3080Ti, however the 3080 performance wise is much greater than I expected the 3080Ti to have.
As I was expecting 3080 to have just above 2080Ti performance and then a 3080Ti to have maybe a 30% performance increase, which the current 3080 is now higher.

I am just interested in which brand to get TBH.. I only know, I am not going Gigabyte.

Zeed · 7 Sep 2020 at 15:19

Matthew Hunt said:
Since there are now so many options and quite a lot of the 3rd party manufacturers still haven't released the clock speeds for their cards.

Which cards are people going for?
Do people feel one card has better build quality?

I am just thinking this would be a good thread for people on the fence about which manufacturer to purchase.

Personally I owned a Gigabyte 1080ti and Gigabyte 2080 Super as they were cheaper, however this time around, I will be avoiding Gigabyte as both cards I had with them contain coil whine.

Cheapest not like Ill keep it longer than 2 maybe 3 years.
in my case INNO3D been choice for long while and sticking to them.

pdhenin · 7 Sep 2020 at 15:31

I have an inno3d iChill x4 1080 and I'm tempted to just jump up to the same 3080 version

Sparx · 7 Sep 2020 at 15:31

Hypersonix said:
FE or Gigabyte for me.

Anyone know the difference between Gigabyte Gaming and Eagle?

Think the Eagle is meant to be a standard 3080 of sorts with 3 year warranty. Although fans look exact same as Gaming. Could just be the shroud/design and small overclock it seems.

Whereas the Gaming has 4 year warranty, slightly higher overclock model I expect and maybe slightly better binned? Probably not much in it though, as better binned GB held back for Aorus models I expect.

I'm interested in the FE > Gigabyte > Zotac atm in that order... Patiently awaiting 14th though for embargo to lift so we can see reviews on the FE.

Five.Stars · 7 Sep 2020 at 15:33

Founders Edition for me.

Hypersonix · 7 Sep 2020 at 15:47

Sparx said:
Think the Eagle is meant to be a standard 3080 of sorts with 3 year warranty. Although fans look exact same as Gaming. Could just be the shroud/design and small overclock it seems.

Whereas the Gaming has 4 year warranty, slightly higher overclock model I expect and maybe slightly better binned? Probably not much in it though, as better binned GB held back for Aorus models I expect.

I'm interested in the FE > Gigabyte > Zotac atm in that order... Patiently awaiting 14th though for embargo to lift so we can see reviews on the FE.

Apparently the Eagle has a single bios and the Gamer a dual bios.

Kaapstad · 7 Sep 2020 at 15:49

Wait for the reviews.

Ampere is totally unknown and cards that have worked well in the past (like the Asus Strix) may not be up to the job now.

Sparx · 7 Sep 2020 at 15:51

Hypersonix said:
Apparently the Eagle has a single bios and the Gamer a dual bios.

Really? Nice to have if true. I was leaning towards the GB Gaming if I decided against FE. Either that or the Zotac for 5yr warranty, depends on reviews and thermals with the AIB coolers.