EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra Review, Thermals, Overclocking & Gaming Benchmarks

Video Index:
00:00 - Welcome back to Hardware Unboxed
00:29 - A look at the RTX 3080 Gaming OC
03:18 - Tear Down
05:54 - Stock Stats
07:05 - Overclocked Stats
07:29 - 450w XOC BIOS
08:18 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider
08:35 - Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
08:50 - Death Stranding
09:05 - Power Consumption
09:08 - GPU Die Temp
09:38 - GPU PCB Temp
09:51 - VRM Temps
10:08 - GDDR6X Temps
10:27 - Final Thoughts

EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra Review, Thermals, Overclocking & Gaming Benchmarks

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[tschuki]

Pretty sure by now you have tested more 3080s than they sold in my country.

[toxictomatoFTW]

This man has been "on the job" since he was 3

[SWANNwillSUFFICE]

What you get with EVGA is the peace of mind that if you ever do have to RMA, you're guaranteed a great experience. Just yesterday saw a horror story of Gigabyte basically stealing somebody's card and they've been without a graphics card for 6 months now. EVGA means elite customer service. Well worth the premium.

[Tolotoss]

Could you please provide noise levels for the fans?
I think for most people the difference in fps doesn't really matter at this point, since it's at most a 2-3% difference.. The noise levels of different AIBs however, are important to a lot of people...

[nathanddrews]

Steve, any idea how many FPS are added by all those EVGA logos on the fans? I really don't want my system to be logo-bound.

[CarthagoMike]

EVGA already confirmed they will give buyers a coloured clip of their choice that they can put over the red lip, if they dislike the red colour.
I believe Steve from GamersNexus featured it in a video a while back.

[mcunner]

AIB: Our card is less than 3 slots 👏

Reality: 2.95 slots 😂

[FireTwo]

450watt power limit lovely!!
That 2100mhz stable was epic

[TheGameBench]

This design is growing on me. With the RGB off, the logo bar kinda' reminds me of the 7 series. Hopefully they address the red accents with the next run of cards since I'll have my eye on the 3080 Ti to replace my 1080 Ti.

[jcn]

Thanks for continuing to review the individual partner cards!

[arafathshiyam]

The RGB strips has a major effect on FPS!! More RBG More FPS

[rugbygaming]

EVGA, my favourite GPU brand, please send more products to Steve and Tim to review. They're awesome reviewers. Love this FTW3 Ultra too, it's the one I'm likely to get when they're available. Great review dude.

[Reaver]

For those using this card out there. I highly recommend you to undervolt the card. Compared to other AIB models this come with an overvolted stock V-F curve. Thus consumes a lot more power. Because of this clock speeds are not stable jumping up and down due to hitting either power limit or voltage limit or both. Also evga forums filled with complaints regarding of an elusive but not very uncommon "red light of doom" issues. I suspect that this also related with more than usual power consumption and higher than normal stock voltage.

[RoadRunner]

2100mHz stable!?
Damn, this one is an OC monster.

[amaurytoloza]

50W more for 2 more FPS? I'd pay a 500$ premium for that.

[Lucaemar]

Please, if possible, also do the EVGA xc3 at some point in time ❤❤

[SirBunghole]

My son just got this on the EVGA queue. MSRP is now US$909 and they charge for shipping to Canada. Still a hell of a deal compared to scalpers. I think its going to be another dry Christmas for many this year.

[narcoleptic-insomniac]

Finally had my que come up for this thing on 1/20/22…joined the list on 12/12/21

[sly]

As much I was excited about this launch but I'm kind of sick of it now since there is no availability for the 3000 series. It might be a team red build this time around.

[johnmar]

I want to personally thank you for being the first person i have found to actually state how thick the card was - I am looking for upgrading and have found nothing in terms of the actual thickness, and my case is limiting. Thank you very much