RTX 3080 packaging

[RayRayFPS]

I've just received my RTX 3080 from a competitor.

Everything looks fine but I did notice the box doesn't have any film around it nor does it have a seal on the box openings like the FE editions do.

This might well be completely normal but I thought I'd just check with others.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Dontrocktheboat]

Let me.guess..


Gigabyte card? They haven't got seals usually.

Normal

 

[RayRayFPS]

Let me.guess..


Gigabyte card? They haven't got seals usually.

Normal

I've just taken a look at other people with these cards and not many 'if at all' have seals or external film. Perhaps it is normal then.

Its an MSI card.

 

[pc-guy]

MSI cards dont have external seals. as long as the antistatic bag has a seal on it then you are fine.

 

[koooowweeee]

There was another thread about this a few weeks back.

It's all about cost cutting on these budget cards.

 

[varkanoid]

Not seen film on a GPU box for years and years. I guess OP doesnt buy them often.

 

[NicolasCage25]

My TRIO X 3070 I acquired from a popular fashion website came in a grey jiffy bag via royal mail, loads of people moaned about it on social media but they are packaged well enough in the retail boxes

 

[robfosters]

There was another thread about this a few weeks back.

It's all about cost cutting on these budget cards.

Is there any such thing as a budget 3080?

 

[RayRayFPS]

Not seen film on a GPU box for years and years. I guess OP doesnt buy them often.

I had the 3070 FE which didn't have any plastic film on the box but did have seals on either side. I assumed the reference cards would be similar.

 

[FlyingFish]

My Asus 3080 box wasn't sealed with cellophane or anything, just little sticky tabs, but arrived in a Asus cardboard box sealed with Asus tape. So I was fairly certain nobody had been in it.

 

[chaparral]

Is there any such thing as a budget 3080?

These days if a GPU costs under 2k it only a budget one

 

[Sarge2255]

Hmm, depends where you get em from. Wouldn't want a card that has been mining

 

[NicolasCage25]

Hmm, depends where you get em from. Wouldn't want a card that has been mining

In my opinion I would rather have a card that has had a power limit and had stable volts/temps as opposed to someone playing with the sliders in MSI Afterburner trying to max a card in Cyberpunk with spikes in load/temps. You make your choice!

 

[koooowweeee]

Is there any such thing as a budget 3080?

Nope

 

[pc-guy]

also those plastic wrappings are all single use plastic. the less we use the better.

less packaging the better. some of the cards still come with LOADS of foam stuff which are non-recyclable and made out of hydrocarbons (oil derivatives) which can easily be replaced with paper spacers made out of recycled paper.