ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 Noctua OC review
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Freeman
Beautiful piece.
schmidtbag
All I looked at were thermals and noise since otherwise it's just another 3080. Good to see Noctua living up to their reputation.
Solfaur
Beautiful. I really hope they go full-on with the next gen and have more cards available at launch (or at least close to it) from 4070 to 4090 (or w/e they will be called), I would gladly pay the premium for this.
JamesSneed
I love these cards. I wish they do them at the start of the 4xxx series. This is so close to that I will not buy it.
If I had a wish list I would want the BIOS to have a normal stock mode like it does today but then the switch sets an undervolted and underclocked mode to nail efficiency curves. This could be huge for the 4xxx generation.
Bender82
Now i know there is a noctua god [youtube=2UproTdlwwI]
Neo Cyrus
Its clocks don't work in multiples of 15 like the other Asus models? Mine rounds up or down to the nearest 15MHz so +115 would be the same as +120.
nizzen
Imagine 3090 Noctua edition day 1. It would sell like crazy!
Hoping for 4090/4090ti Noctua day 1 😀
H83
Having a card this powerful and so silent at the same time must be great. I love this card, more than i should.
And i can live with the 4 slot cooler or with the weight of the damn thing.
The real problem is the price, the normal 3080´s are already expensive and this is much worse because of the Asus+Noctua tax...
So, really great card bur not for my pockets...
Great review!
mahanddeem
Time Spy graphic score?
Neo Cyrus
You're assuming stock will exist and that it won't be a paper launch again, as usual. You might be able to get one if nVidia make more than the 0 of last time and jack the price up even to greater insanity. Than last time.
AuerX
This.
Would love a 4080/90 version.
nizzen
I got both 3080 and 3090 day 1, and many of my friends got too. Maybe we are just lucky Norwegians 😀
I'm allways buy high end hardware day 1 😉
ruthan
Nice if dont need your slots, i do.. i would like too see 2 and 3 slot variant of g3070..
fry178
paid same difference for a full block version of the 2080S, 2 slots, no fans so no noise at all, temps lowest, so boosts up to 2.2...
ruthan
Watercooling usually means radiators somewhere is case and fans on them.. and pump which could make noise too. I would like to see some all in one water cooling even for lower models like 3060 and 3070.. there is ziilions cpu water All in one water coolers for cpus there are not expensive.. in case of videocards all in one water cooling available only with high end models.
AuerX
Of course you have fans.
Personally, I think air can be quieter than water.
Of course if you have to OC heavy, that's different, but then noise is usually a lesser concern.
My FTW3 3080 is really quiet with a gentle undervolt running at 1965MHz, 0.900V.
I have a XTIA Proto L "Case" and can barely hear a thing under heavy loads.
fry178
@ruthan
because smaller chips dont produce same amount of heat, and LC adds a lot of cost (vs air cooler) ignoring for a moment that cpu blocks are not designed for gpu chips (which need a flat shaped block, not convex), so its either buying existing block from 3rd party, or designing one, again adding cost.
pump is inside the case and barely hear it if i remove front glas (sits behind).
while lots of pumps are noisy, lots others arent, especially when powerful, as they can be throttled (mine limited 50-70%).
@AuerX
lol, the resorator is passive, so not sure why you think i have fans (besides case).
if it wasnt for me swapping parts every 2-2y, i would even cool MB/ram/psu etc, and have no fans at all.
air will always be "noisier", just for the fact the transfer rate of air is way below that of water.
spend 20 mins when its 40F outside. think you can hold out that long in water of the same temp? right.
AuerX
You are an outlier, I know of no one that uses passive water cooling. Until now.
ruthan
No, if heat would be so small market would not move to 3slot coolers as standard.
Well post picture how you machine is looking inside, reservoir is not radiator.. with custom water cooling there are usually radiators with fans.. If you have fanless watercooled machine with Geforce 2080S you would need really big radiators..
I heard lots of claims about how quiet something is, its usually not true when i check it or building same machine, some people are victims are of own illusions.. and quiet is really relative term.
fry178
@AuerX
not really, just not too common, as the rads are usually pretty big, thus not cheap.
i started with passive almost 10y ago.
@ruthan
lol, the cooler can be 4 slots, and it will still cost less than rad/res/pump/copper block, not sure why you bring up the size of the heatsink for cost comparison.
the facts don't change ,even if we don't like them .
my system is inaudible at low load, as i do a lot without anything else making "noise" in the room, and when gaming etc, i have speakers or headset ,so even the little sound from airflow is low.
i have about 2h every day between coming home and going to bed, won't waste time to take pics to post.
believe it or don't, won't make a difference to me.
most liquid cooling shops carry other (passive) rads (even bigger towers), but this was the best perf/cost one, and i like that it holds almost 1gal.
https://www.newegg.com/zalman-liquid-cooling-system/p/N82E16835118111
