NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition Video Card Review

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By Brent Justice
8.5
OVERALL SCORE

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Test Setup

Please read the information on our GPU testing procedures and methodology here.  Note that our GPU Testing Bench has been upgraded to the AMD AM5 platform and a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU with DDR5 is being used.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition System Setup Table

System Setup

We are using the motherboard’s current default BIOS settings on the latest release BIOS. We have enabled PCI-Express Resizable BAR in the motherboard BIOS.  This means we are utilizing Resizable BAR on NVIDIA GPUs and AMD Smart Access Memory on AMD GPUs in all our testing.  We have enabled EXPO I in the BIOS for the memory.

We are using a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro with the latest Windows Updates, including the 22H2 Fall 2022 update. We have the latest drivers installed including the latest chipset drivers from AMD.  We are using the “Best Performance” power profile in Windows Settings.  Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling is ENABLED in Windows.  VBS is DISABLED and Game Mode is ENABLED.

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REVIEW OVERVIEW

Gaming Performance
8
Power Efficiency
10
Build and Cooling
10
Price Value
6

SUMMARY

We reviewed the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition video card and put it through its paces, pushing 4K, 1440p, Ray Tracing, and DLSS. Performance exceeded the previous generation. 4K with Ray Tracing and the uplift versus the GeForce RTX 3080 felt a bit underwhelming for the price point. The step-down in performance compared to the GeForce RTX 4090 seems unbalanced for the price difference. The build and cooling are exceptional, with a robust video card that stays quiet, and cool and is also power efficient for the performance delivered. The GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition is a good video card that is otherwise marred by its high price tag for the performance offered and price-to-performance value proposition versus the GeForce RTX 4090.
8.5
OVERALL SCORE
Brent Justicehttps://www.thefpsreview.com
Former managing editor of GPUs at HardOCP for 18 years, Brent Justice has been reviewing computer components since the late 90s, educated in the art and method of the computer hardware review, he brings experience, knowledge, and hands-on testing with a gamer-oriented and hardware enthusiast perspective. You can follow him on Twitter - @Brent_Justice You can sub to his YouTube channel - Justice Gaming https://www.youtube.com/c/JusticeGamingChannel You can check out his computer builds on KIT - @BrentJustice https://kit.co/BrentJustice

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We reviewed the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition video card and put it through its paces, pushing 4K, 1440p, Ray Tracing, and DLSS. Performance exceeded the previous generation. 4K with Ray Tracing and the uplift versus the GeForce RTX 3080 felt a bit underwhelming for the price point. The step-down in performance compared to the GeForce RTX 4090 seems unbalanced for the price difference. The build and cooling are exceptional, with a robust video card that stays quiet, and cool and is also power efficient for the performance delivered. The GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition is a good video card that is otherwise marred by its high price tag for the performance offered and price-to-performance value proposition versus the GeForce RTX 4090.NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition Video Card Review
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