Product Photos
Product Photos
The GeForce RTX 3080 is fitted with 10 Gigabytes of GDDR6X memory, it runs at 19 Gbps (effective datarate) and that is a lot of bandwidth. We'll show you the detail on the next page. The cooling design has been overhauled for the Founder cards with what NVIDIA is marketing as dual axial-flow through thermals. Basically, at the bottom side air is being pulled in, the hot air is then exhausted at the top and connector port sides. The RTX 3080 and 3090 cards all get HDMI 2.1 connectors as well as the latest iteration in DisplayPort. The cards get the new 12-pin power connecter header (converter cable included that feeds from two 8-pin connectors).
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition is delivered in a very premium, soft-touch paperboard box. The bundled items include an adapter that converts two 8-pin PCIe power inputs to a 12-pin power connector and documentation. The GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition card feels premium when you have it in your hands, there is very high detail to the finish of the product. The most obvious is of course the unusual fan configuration. The IO panel is used as an air vent and shows four display connectors, three DisplayPort 1.4 and one HDMI 2.1 connectors that will bring 8K 60 Hz HDR to a single HDMI cable. No more USB type-C VirtualLink connector, as that one is going the way of the dodo. The GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition measures in at 29 cm in length and is 11 cm in width. It is precisely two slots thick, so no weird 2.5 slot configuration or something.
It weighs in at a proper 1.35 kg, which is a very normal weight these days. Here we can see the new 12-pin (MicroFit 3.0) connector. It is an oddity alright, it would work with native PSU cables quite well, the adapter however is a bit clumsy and difficult to hide. The advantage though is the connector can pass at least 300 watts of power, twice that of an 8-pin PCIe connector. The card will look great in a dark design PC, but even on an open test-bench, that's a good looking product. Yeah, we're busy alright. More content will be posted on the 14th and pretty much all months after that ;)
Again, the 12-pin connector is a bit clumsy with the adaptor cable, you will have a hard time hiding it. However, PSU manufacturers will design native (single cable leading directly from the PSU) connectors for this and, in that situation, it's lovely really.
