Is there a difference between 5080s fe and 3rd party?

[V93]

I noticed the FE was out of stock at 909 and noticed overclockers were selling the phoenix 5080 for 950, is the card going to be better or worse than the fe edition? Will it have the same potential for overclocking etc?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Gray2233]

Some might argue the benefits of spending a lot more on a specific GPU such as a 5080, but unless you're heavily into benchmarks and performance tweaking? You're very unlikely to be able to tell the difference from card to card in actual gaming shy of there being a manufacturing fault or design related problem.

Those are both thankfully rare, buy the cheapest 5080 you can and undervolt it, it'll run cooler and boost higher.

Edit: I just noticed your old thread, upgrading from a 9070XT is a lot of money for poor performance uplift at around 10-15% on average. Outside of averages, there's even games such as pretty much the entire modern CoD library where a 9070XT will demolish a 5080.

 

[ChocAndGray]

In real world performance there's next to no difference between third party cards and the founders edition.

The only thing that separates modern graphics cards is price, warranty, build quality and fan noise. Even gains in overclocking are minimal between cards too, regardless of how good the vrm's are etc as most hardware nowadays is running at close to the limit anyway.

 

[Tetras]

is the card going to be better or worse than the fe edition?

Lower end models are normally on par with the FE (the cooler performance), but can be slightly better or worse, whereas mid tier models are better and upper tier models much better. TPU have some comparisons in their review of the FE and the Phoenix.

 

[Stanners]

Check warranty duration also

 

[heatonpkmassive]

One thing that the FE is in most cases better than all AIBs on is build quality, only the very high end cards can be better in this regard.

Not everyone is bothered about that but for those who are, hard to beat the FE cards.

 

[Tetras]

One thing that the FE is in most cases better than all AIBs on is build quality, only the very high end cards can be better in this regard.

Not everyone is bothered about that but for those who are, hard to beat the FE cards.

Snag with nvidia is they like messing about with novel stuff, like their weird PCB design and the separate PCIE connector.

 

[Defy Belief]

An FE will hold quite a bit more value than a gainward card when you want to move it on too.

 

[dave28]

not much change in performance but cards with better cooling boost higher for longer

 

[heatonpkmassive]

Snag with nvidia is they like messing about with novel stuff, like their weird PCB design and the separate PCIE connector.

They're still quality cards though, the two I've had have been magnificent.