The RTX 3080 Review You NEED - Should You Upgrade NOW?

The RTX 3080 performance review with benchmarks is finally here! But this review is DIFFERENT. We talk about the impact of an RTX 3080 upgrade for people who have older systems and GPUs. Do you really need to spend a ton of money for the best CPU for the RTX 3080? How much gaming performance would you get if you upgraded from a GTX 1080 or GTX 1080 Ti? So lets go through the gaming benchmarks and performance for the RTX 3080 vs RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 3080 vs GTX 1080 Ti and even the RTX 3080 vs GTX 1080!

Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:18 - RTX 3080 vs 2080 Ti Benchmarks
2:26 - RTX 3080 Power Consumption & Connector
3:06 - Temperatures, Clock Speeds & Noise
3:44 - Compatibility Issues
4:27 - Old vs New System Specs
6:03 - RTX 3080 Performance Benchmarks on 7700K
7:09 - Is the RTX 3080 Upgrade Worth It?
8:25 - CPU Bottleneck on RTX 3080
9:51 - Overclocking Results
10:36 - Wrapping Up - This Was FUN!

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[HardwareCanucks]

Well guys we took a risk on this one. Hope you like the different content we went with this time around since we figured you'd be POUNDED with similar reviews. We wanted something a bit more relevant while still adding the whole 2080Ti vs 3080 story. There's only so many ways to say "its fast".... :P Oh and AMD Ryzen scaling is coming TOMORROW! :)

[HardwareCanucks]

AS REQUESTED. TIMESTAMPS IN THE COMMENTS and 3080 vs 2080 Ti in first 2 minutes:
0:00 - Intro
1:18 - RTX 3080 vs 2080 Ti Benchmarks
2:26 - RTX 3080 Power Consumption & Connector
3:06 - Temperatures, Clock Speeds & Noise
3:44 - Compatibility Issues
4:27 - Old vs New System Specs
6:03 - RTX 3080 Performance Benchmarks on 7700K
7:09 - Is the RTX 3080 Upgrade Worth It?
8:25 - CPU Bottleneck on RTX 3080
9:51 - Overclocking Results
10:36 - Wrapping Up - This Was FUN!

[audiophile]

As a 1080ti + 7700k owner, this is the most relevant review I’ve seen, thank you!

[ziptieracer]

Best review I've watched yet. Also, big props to being the only ones I've seen so far to actually show this thing mounted in an actual case and talk about potential fitment issues with CPU coolers.

[earthling_parth]

This was a more real-world review than others. Thank you so much Eber for this amazing and valuable review.

[anthony]

That moment when it goes from “should you buy a 3080?” to 3080 being sold out everywhere in under 15 seconds

[aditya_akash]

55 Seconds into the review and I already know this is the review people were waiting for

[la]

nailed this review. my friend was looking at upgrading from a 1080ti to a 3080 and doesn't want to swap out his 7700k, so best most relevant review so far! Great Job.

[JA]

I've quickly skimmed through everyone's reviews and only you guys showed it plugged into a mobo and turned on.

Thanks.

Why was this so hard to find?!

[Sebastian-ylnq]

_Glances over to my 6 year old PC_
"Upgrade?! I need a whole new System"

[lemaohoy]

3:39 "But a second 3080 arrived" Ok then

[JPG]

Thank you so much!

There's so much content out there for people who want to see how the 3080 does with the latest and greatest, but nothing out there for the rest of us.

It's like this video was directed straight at me over here with my 7700k + 1080ti combo!

Great to see that my rig will still keep up within a few % points.

Thank you for taking the risk and making some really valuable content! Massive respect.

[justo]

Thanks for doing this. I find it almost pointless to see how well a new card does with new cpus when most of us are running older cpus and are just wondering if we should bother upgrading our gpu's or not. This type of information is actually helpful and lets us see the improvement as well as how much it could scale if we go a full system upgrade.

[SmokeStudio.]

THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF "REAL WORLD" REVIEW WE ALL NEED. THANK YOU SO MUCH MAN 🔥

[Dazen]

This was a really good review. I feel like a lot of reviewers didn't watch their old videos where they said the 20 series wasn't that worth it if you already had the 10. With an i7;6700k and 1080ti, I thank you for this review. I'm still on the fence unsure if I should sit out another 3 years or take the plunge here.

[Tomiply]

"We wanted to focus as much as possible on newer games." *shows CS:GO*

I realise that CS:GO numbers are always included, but I still found it funny.

[phoanation]

I have a 7700k gonna probably get the 3070 when it’s available seems to be the right pairing for price range for 1440p gaming maybe 144hz

[ziyuguo]

THIS is the review I needed. THANK YOU!!!

[richardgordon]

Absolutely the most important video currently available on the 3080! Thanks guys!

[racerx]

This should be the way all reviews are done, fantastic job HC.