msiGaming GeForce RTX 3080 10GB GDRR6X 320-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr 2 Ampere Architecture OC Graphics Card (RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G)

I bought this card before MSRP has shot up. Before it was around $820 before tax when I luckily was able to get my hands on this which was the higher end of AIB cards. Now I'm pretty sure it's closer to $1000. Bought it since it was the only 3080 I was able to get my hands on. If you need the performance and can get your hands on one, basically any 3080 is going to be really good though.Performance has been amazing and to be expected from a 3080. If you want an in depth review you should definitely just go and check whichever tech YouTube channel you trust most instead of reading a review off of Amazon. I believe this is one of the cooler cards from all the AIB manufacturers, since it has 3 fans.No personal complaints with thermals or noise. Really like the looks of the card as well, but rgb lights definitely show hot spots from the led under the diffuser.

This card is awesome. Tested some games on the living room TV at 4K Ultra and it runs them perfectly, only problem now is that my TV is only 60hz. In all the games I tested I was exceeding 60FPS. I primarily game on my 165hz 1440p monitor which also crushes games with that high refresh rate.This card runs cool. As I type this my card is sitting at between 32C-33C idle. When gaming it rarely gets past 69C. This runs cooler than my previous GTX 1070.Seriously awesome card, the low reviews are people mad about the supply which is understandable. I did pay $40 above MSRP which was worth it since these 3080's are hard to find.

nice card runs games great in 1440p. when you get this card make sure to download msi afterburner so you can manage the gpu fan curves . because out the box the fans rpm is set to 800 . I was gaming for a couple days wondering why I'm having such high temps and i was hating the card. after setting it up in afterburner my temps while gaming doesn't get past 65c it usually hangs around 60c while gaming. my temps idle are 38c while typing this.

Amazing card as everyone knows. You will need 3 PCIE power cables from your PSU to get this card working, I had to pick up a new PSU myself (B01LY4OJYJ). Only complaint is that you can not turn off the RGB on the card without downloading MSI's bloatware, which opens 4 processes in task manager and must be on and running at all times unless it will kindly turns the RGB back on for you. Perhaps someone will come out with 3rd party software to disable the rainbow vomit.

So first off these cards are pretty much non existent at the time of this writing Dec 2020. I have been trying to purchase a 3080 since release. Eventually I found a stream on twitch that is mostly gamers trying to get hard to find pc parts. Just go to twitch and look for falcodrin he is the host. And then the fun begins...spending countless hours watching the stream for links to pop up in chat or monitoring the chatter to see when drops might be or where they may happen. Good luck!Ok now to the actual review!First off this card is massive I put it beside a Nvidia GTX690 FE(it's the same size as my 1080FE but the 1080 has custom cooler so thought this would be better)for comparison. The card is also 3 times as thick as the 690FE. I only build in full towers now and you can see that there is not much space left. My case is the Rosewill Nighthawk 117 and it's a huge case it dawfs my other full tower build.Going to compare to my 1080FE overclocked to 2000mhz for an idea of performance.CODMW: GTX1080 all low settings @1080p 120-160fps / 3080 Everything maxed out 1080P with render resolution set to 200%(4K) 120-140FPS.COD Cold War same results as MW. But I ran this game at true 4K on my other gaming 4K panel and without ray tracing on and with DLSS off. I can get 80-120fps AT 4K!Cyberpunk 2077: GTX1080 1080P lowest settings possible 75-80fps/ Medium 1080p around 60fps. RTX3080 4K maxed settings raytracing off DLSS set to balanced 60-75FPS / 1080P max settings raytracing on 70-100fps.At the moment I'm very CPU bottlenecked at 1080P I'm running a Ryzen 2700X @4.35ghz all core. When I snag a Ryzen 5900X I'll update this review.Thermals: The cooler might be enormous but it does it's job and incredibly efficiently! At 100% utilization with the stock fan curves it will max at 73C that's at 43% fan speed. I put the fan to 85% and it didn't break 45C! It's freaking amazing! I do have very good case airflow though and being a full tower helps also.The only bad thing I have to say about the card is the cheap plastic backplate it came with...it came with a hairline crack on it as seen in one of the pics I posted. But if you think I would send this impossible to get card back for something that doesn't affect it's performance at all your crazy! Just a FYI I've seen others have a problem with this as well.Overall this is a great card and if you have a chance to get one grab it. I hope your reading this in the future and stock has normalized and you actually have options of which card you want. But I got super lucky because I love MSI products and this card dropped but I was going to buy any card that dropped.Good luck on the hunt don't give up and you have to be extremely persistent but look it payed off for me I had over 55 hours watch time on that stream before I got my card.

I was able to get one at MSRP and this thing is an absolute beast for 1440p 144hz gaming. It idles at around 25C and when fully under load only gets to around 74C while being insanely quite. The only con I can think up for this card would be that it is pretty big, and so you need to make sure you have a case that can fit it. Overall I would absolutely reccomend this card for the MSRP, cooling, and EXTREME FRAMES, that this thing pumps out.

The 3080 is so incredible. I went from a Ryzen 5 2600 with a GTX 1660Ti to a Ryzen 7 5800x with a RTX 3080, and I'm getting up to double the frames in games at higher graphics and 3 times the resolution (1080p to 1440p). It's a joy to game with this card on AAA games at max settings and ray tracing. I haven't had any problems with temps so far, and it even comes with a support to help minimize gpu sag.

The media could not be loaded. Coil whine right out of the box. If the card is breathed on the fan will start to hit on something and be even louder. This card is louder than the game volume I play with. The LED is not evenly spread out so if you have OCD it may not be for you. For a card that is $120 over FE this is trash.