NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition Review: The 4080 Done Right

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By Brent Justice
9.3
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 Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU and AM5 platform.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition System Setup Table

Note that we have the 1905 BIOS installed, which uses AGESA version Combo AM5 PI 1.1.0.2b. 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 23H2 Fall 2023 update. We have the latest drivers installed including the latest chipset drivers from AMD.  We are using the “Balanced” 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
9
Power Efficiency
10
Build and Cooling
10
Price Value
8

SUMMARY

We reviewed the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition video card, which fixes the pricing of the GeForce RTX 4080 and sets it right, upping the price value quite a bit and value for the performance overall. It's a small performance uplift, and will practically provide the same experience as the GeForce RTX 4080, but the pricing seals the deal on what it offers with its incredible power efficiency, cooling and build overall.
9.3
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 SUPER Founders Edition video card, which fixes the pricing of the GeForce RTX 4080 and sets it right, upping the price value quite a bit and value for the performance overall. It's a small performance uplift, and will practically provide the same experience as the GeForce RTX 4080, but the pricing seals the deal on what it offers with its incredible power efficiency, cooling and build overall.NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition Review: The 4080 Done Right
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