The RTX 4080 Super, the strongest of the RTX 40 Super series GPUs announced by NVIDIA at CES 2024, has finally ushered in a performance lift. The RTX 4080 Super uses the AD103 core with full specifications, which further improves the specifications compared to the RTX 4080, and Nvidia's official positioning is also a 4K high-frame gaming weapon, so it is especially suitable for enthusiast gamers. As a core partner of NVIDIA, ASUS also launched the RTX 4080 Super series products for the first time, among which the Tuf Gaming RTX 4080 Super is a cost-effective masterpiece built with reference to the public specifications.
The AD103 is fully formal, and the RTX 4080 SUPER specs are one step further.
The RTX 4080 Super uses a complete AD103 core, and the specific core code name is AD103-400, which is a significant improvement over the AD103-300 of the RTX 4080. In terms of specific specifications, RTX 4080 SUPER has increased 2 texture processor clusters, 4 streaming units, 512 CUDA, and 16 texture units compared to RTX 4080, and the GPU acceleration frequency has been increased by 45MHz, the video memory lighting frequency has also been increased to 23Gbps, and the bandwidth has been increased to 736GBS. Overall, the specs have improved by about 5%. However, according to the official data, the average gaming power of the RTX 4080 Super has been reduced to 246W, which shows that its energy efficiency control is better. In addition, the initial price of RTX 4080 Super is only 8099 yuan, which is 1400 yuan lower than the initial price of RTX 4080 at 9499 yuan, and the cost performance can be called a skyrocket, which shows that NVIDIA is still very sincere.
Of course, compared with the previous generation of RTX 3080 Ti, the specifications of RTX 4080 Super have been improved too much, RT Cores and Tensor Cores have been fully upgraded, the L2 cache has increased by nearly 10 times, and the video memory capacity has also been increased to 16GB. And from the functional point of view, the RTX 4080 Super has dual codecs, and it also adds a hardware encoding function for **1, supporting DLSS 3 35. With the frame generation function that RTX 3080 Ti does not have, the gaming experience is doubled and upgraded. Therefore, for long-time users who are still using the RTX 3080 Ti, the RTX 4080 Super is a pretty good upgrade.
ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 4080 Super Review.
ASUS TUF RTX4080S 16G Gaming features a unique TUF family design, with a TUF logo light on the top of the graphics card and support for Aura Sync.
The fan shroud of the graphics card is made of metal, and the full-size aluminum alloy backplate greatly improves the structural strength of the graphics card. At the same time, the metal fan shroud and backplate can also play a role in aiding heat dissipation.
In terms of workmanship materials, ASUS TUF RTX4080S 16G Gaming still uses ASUS's exclusive fully automated process to make the quality of the graphics card even better. At the same time, the graphics card is also selected with military-grade components, which is enough to meet the needs of long-term stable operation.
For the heatsink part, the graphics card uses a luxurious 3The 65-slot design provides a large heat dissipation area, and with the air intake grille on the back, it effectively improves the heat dissipation effect of the whole system. The graphics card is equipped with three 104mm Axial-Tech axial fans, and the middle fan rotates in reverse to avoid air flow interference and enhance heat dissipation. The fan itself uses dual ball bearings, which doubles the service life and provides 23% more airflow than conventional fans at the same noise level of 45dB. The fan supports intelligent shut-off technology, which can achieve complete silence when the GPU is under low load, providing a quieter experience.
In terms of interfaces, the ASUS TUF RTX4080S 16G Gaming offers 2 HDMI 21a and 3 dp 1The combination of 4A interfaces can easily meet the multi-display device connection needs of high-end gamers.
In terms of ease of use, the graphics card provides dual BIOS toggle switches, which can switch between silent and performance modes with one click. In addition, the graphics card also comes with a multi-functional graphics card stand, which has the function of both a screwdriver and a stand, which is convenient for gamers to install.
Let's take a look at its performance in action.
Combat test: 4K games are all-inclusive, and AI graphics are efficient and reliable.
Test platform. Graphics: Tuf Gaming RTX 4080 Super
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Processor: Core i9 14900K
Memory: G.SKILL DDR5 6000 16GB 2
Motherboard: ROG Maximus Z790 HERO
Hard disk: WD Black SN850X 2TB
Power supply: ROG Thor 1200W
Operating system: Windows 11 Professional 23H2
Let's start with benchmarking. The RTX 4080 Super is positioned for a 4K high frame rate gaming experience, so we also dropped the 1080p project for the benchmark section. In the 4K resolution FireStrike Ultra and TimeSpy Extreme, the RTX 4080 Super has about a 2% improvement over the RTX 4080, and the 2K resolution of the TimesSpy and FireStrike Extreme is about the same improvement. However, with the addition of ray tracing and DLSS test items, the RTX 4080 Super is about 5% ahead of the RTX 4080 overall. In addition, we can also see that the RTX 4080 Super has a very impressive cross-generation upgrade compared to the RTX 3080 Ti, even reaching as much as 55%.
In the rasterized game test part, you can see that the RTX 4080 SUPER's performance at 4K resolution is very impressive, except for a few games with very high requirements, the frame rate of other games can be maintained above 80FPS, and the smoothness is very OK. Of course, these hardware killer games are DLSS-enabled, and the RTX 4080 Super ensures complete smoothness when turned on. The RTX 4080 Super is stress-free at 2K resolution, after all, it is positioning 4K games, and it is naturally easy to handle 2K games, all games can maintain a frame rate of more than 100FPS, and esports games are up to hundreds of frames.
In addition, compared to the RTX 4090, the RTX 4080 Super can deliver about 74% of its gaming performance, which is a great value for the specs. In addition, the RTX 4080 Super is also a well-deserved sub-flagship under the RTX 4090D, and it is also a relatively easy 4K gaming weapon for enthusiast gamers.
So what about turning on ray tracing and DLSS at the same time? Judging from the test, even at the setting of 4K resolution extreme image quality and ray tracing, the RTX 4080 Super can keep the frame rate above 100FPS for most 3A masterpieces with the blessing of DLSS, and at 2K resolution, even the hardware killer game masterpiece can reach a frame rate of about 100FPS. Therefore, it is highly recommended that gamers who buy the RTX 4080 Super turn on ray tracing and DLSS at the same time to enjoy both graphics and frame rate. In addition, as can be seen from the comparison data, with ray tracing and DLSS turned on at the same time, the RTX 4080 Super can achieve about 78% of the RTX 4090 performance, and the cost performance is indeed quite outstanding.
Just now we saw that "Cyberpunk 2077", "Alan Wake 2" and "A Plague Tale: Requiem" still have some pressure on RTX 4080 Super under 4K extreme image quality, but after turning on FSR3, you can see that RTX 4080 Super can completely handle these three hardware killers, with an average frame rate of more than 80FPS, and the smoothness has been directly improved by more than one grade. It can be seen that if the game supports DLSS 3, then RTX 40 GPU users must turn it on to get a huge performance boost.
Turn on DLSS 3 in Alan Wake 25 With the addition of light reconstruction technology (left), the detail of the water surface reflection has increased significantly.
In addition, DLSS 35 Ray reconstruction technology has also been added to further enhance the game's visual details. As can be seen from the screenshots of the game of "Alan Wake 2", after turning on the light reconstruction technology, the reflection of the puddle on the ground is richer in detail and clearer, which effectively improves the visual experience of players. DLSS 3 is currently supported5 games are also on the rise, and it is recommended that players with RTX 40 GPUs must turn on DLSS 3 in the game5 (including light reconstruction).
Based on the overall game test, the RTX 4080 Super has an overall performance improvement of about 5% compared to the RTX 4080, and it can almost reach about 78% of the performance of the RTX 4090, and the positioning is indeed quite accurate. At the same time, the RTX 4080 Super can keep the frame rate of mainstream ray tracing games at 4K extreme image quality settings, and after turning on DLSS, it can get the most demanding game masterpieces, which is indeed a 4K ray tracing game weapon. In addition, it supports DLSS 3 as well5's light reconstruction and other black technologies can further improve the picture quality, and the experience has been further upgraded.
In terms of productivity, the RTX 4080 Super has 16GB of large video memory and full AD103 cores, so the efficiency aspect is also very impressive. Judging from the Blender, V-Ray, and Octanebench tests, the highest lead over the RTX 3080 Ti is about 115%, and the lowest is also 32% advantage, which can be said to be quite strong. If you add the results of SpecView and Premiere Pro 2024, the productivity performance of the RTX 4080 Super is about 147% of that of the RTX 3080 Ti, which is also a certain improvement over the RTX 4080.
Stable Diffusion is the hottest native AI mapping tool at the moment, and the NVIDIA GPU is the most efficient and compatible device to run it. In the benchmark section of Stable Diffusion, we used the standard settings officially recommended by NVIDIA to make it easier to compare with previous test data. The sampling method is Euler A, the number of sampling steps is 50, and the CFG scale is 75. The number of drawings per batch is 2, the number of batches is 10, and the number of drawings per minute is finally counted. As you can see, the RTX 4080 Super's plot speed is about 105% of that of the RTX 4080, which is a 42% increase compared to the RTX 3080 Ti.
RTX Series GPUs can also be optimized with NVIDIA's TensorRT models, further dramatically improving the output speed of Stable Diffusion. We use NVIDIA Tensorrt for Stable Diffusion XL and Stable Diffusion v15 models were optimized to compare the changes in the plotting efficiency of the RTX 4080 Super before and after optimization. Using Stable Diffusion v15, we chose 768, and 1024 1024 (the same as the ** resolution of the trained model) when using the stable Diffusion XL model. In terms of other parameters, the sampling method is Euler A, the number of sampling steps is 50, the CFG scale is 7, the number of plots per batch is 1, and the batch is 10. As can be seen from the test results, after using TensorRT, the RTX 4080 Super has increased the speed of image production in three environments by % and 104%, both of which have more than doubled the increase, which shows that the effect of TensorRT is indeed very good, and it is worth using by Stable Diffusion players - of course, it must also be paired with an AI weapon like RTX 4080 Super to make it work.
In terms of power, from what we monitored with the NVIDIA FrameView tool, the average game power of the RTX 4080 Super among the 4 game masterpieces is the highest 278W, the lowest is 229W, and the overall average is 257W, which is not much different from the nominal average power, only 80% of the power of the whole board of 320W, which shows that the energy efficiency performance of RTX 4080 Super is also very good.
After half an hour of testing with Furmark, you can see that the full load power of the Tuf Gaming RTX 4080 Super is maintained at about 305W, and the core temperature is 602. The hot spot temperature is 694. The video memory temperature is 56, which is quite good for a 300W high-end graphics card.
We simply overclocked the TUF Gaming RTX 4080 Super, increasing the core clock by 280MHz and the video memory by 300MHz, and we can see that in the 3DMark Spy test, its core frequency has reached 3GHz, and the measured TimeSpy GPU score has reached 29890, which is a further improvement compared to the default frequency.
Summary: The new workhorse of 4K games, AIGC is super powerful.
Finally, to sum up. As the highest-positioned member of the RTX 40 Super series, the RTX 4080 Super focuses on a 4K high frame rate gaming experience. It uses the full version of the AD103 core,The overall specifications are about 5% upgrade relative to RTX 4080,The actual performance can reach about 78% of RTX 4090,Considering that its price is only 8099 yuan,It is indeed done"Increase the volume and reduce the price",The cost performance has increased sharply,It can be seen that NVIDIA is full of sincerity。
In addition, DLSS 3 35. Black technology has also brought a huge improvement in game frame rate and image quality to RTX 4080 Super. For example, Cyberpunk 2077, Alan Wake 2, and A Plague Tale: Requiem put a lot of stress on the graphics card at 4K Extreme with ray tracing enabled, but the RTX 4080 Super put a lot of pressure on the graphics card with DLSS 3 3 turned on5After that, you can easily achieve an average frame rate of more than 80fps, which can completely achieve the ultimate in image quality and speed, and the experience is quite excellent, which is very worthy of the first choice of 4K gamers.
At the same time, DLSS 35 The new light reconstruction technology can also greatly improve the rendering accuracy, bringing players more refined game graphics. At present, there are many games that support DLSS 3, and future games will generally provide support for DLSS 3 35, which also makes it more reasonable for veteran players to upgrade the RTX 4080 Super.
For professional applications, the RTX 4080 Super has 256-bit 16GB of VRAM to deliver excellent productivity among a variety of productivity tools. Moreover, various mainstream productivity tools are optimized for the black technology of NVIDIA GPUs, and the CUDA ecosystem is unmatched, which also makes the RTX 4080 Super a strong choice for designers and users. In addition, in terms of AIGC, NVIDIA TensorRT has greatly improved the output speed of the RTX 40 GPU in Stable Diffusion, allowing designers and users who choose the RTX 4080 SUPER to complete AI mapping tasks to gain a huge efficiency improvement, further consolidating the RTX 40 GPU's position as the preferred AI acceleration tool.
Overall, the RTX 4080 Super, as the flagship of the RTX 40 Super series, has the full AD103 core specifications and 16GB of large video memory, which can not only enjoy the ultimate 4K ray tracing in the latest triple-A masterpieces, but also provide an extremely smooth frame rate experience. At the same time, it is also an efficient tool for AIGC, especially with the blessing of TensorRT, the speed of AI image production can be doubled, and it is indeed the first choice for AI users. Of course, the ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 4080 Super has a tough 3The 65-slot 3-fan radiator, extremely sturdy metal middle frame + aluminum alloy backplate structure, and excellent materials and power supply design are indeed worthy of priority in the RTX 4080 Super.