Power and Temperature
To test the power and temperature we perform a manual run-through in Cyberpunk 2077 at “Ultra” settings for real-world in-game data. We use GPU-Z sensor data to record the results. We report on the GPU-Z sensor data for “Board Power” and “GPU Chip Power” when available for our Wattage data. For temperature data, we report the GPU (Edge Temp of the GPU or Package Temp) as well as Hot Spot (Junction Temperature) when available for our temperature data.
In terms of power draw, the ASUS TUF RTX 3080 Ti OC pulls about 351W board power, and when overclocked that increases to 355W board power, a small 1% increase. Considering you get between 4-5% performance increase, this is a small price in power to ask for.
This graph really shows how well the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC Edition is with its cooler. For one, notice how close the GPU and Hot Spot temperature are, they do not deviate a lot and are very close. In video cards with reference coolers typically the Hot Spot temperature is multiple degrees hotter, and farther, from the GPU temp. With the ASUS TUF RTX 3080 Ti OC card the GPU temp is only 63.4c and the Hot Spot is only 69.3c, these are just incredibly good temperatures. Then, when overclocked, with the fans at 100%, it’s even cooler. The cooling on this video card is more than overkill and handles the job well and this means the fans are also quiet, they don’t have to spin as fast.
GPU-Z Sensor Data
The first two screenshots of GPU-Z above are at Default, and the second two screenshots of GPU-Z are at Overclocked.