{"id":124016,"date":"2022-03-07T15:10:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T13:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=124016"},"modified":"2022-03-07T15:26:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T13:26:12","slug":"the-most-affordable-high-performance-gpu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/124016-the-most-affordable-high-performance-gpu","title":{"rendered":"The most affordable high-performance GPU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The graphics card is the beating heart of any gaming PC, pumping out beautifully rendered pixels to your screen.<\/p>\n<p>Although there is no single GPU that is perfect for everyone, the GeForce RTX 3080 is my pick if you want to experience 4K gaming without breaking the bank.<\/p>\n<p>Below, we\u2019ll be looking at the Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phantom which comes with all the specs of the Founders Edition.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Design and Features<\/h3>\n<p>The RTX 3080 spec-sheet shows the impressive generational leap when compared to the RTX 2080 Super, as it has more than double the CUDA core count with 8,704 cores and 10GB of 320-bit GDDR6X VRAM.<\/p>\n<p>The card is also faster, with a boost clock of 1,755MHz \u2013 while the GDDR6X also provides a bandwidth of 19 Gbps which is a big improvement from the last generation\u2019s 14 Gbps.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Founders Edition comes with Nvidia\u2019s new 12-pin power connecter, Gainward has kept the dual 8-pin connectors so you don\u2019t have to buy a new PSU.<\/p>\n<p>However, the RTX 3080 has a rated TDP of 320 watts, which means you&#8217;ll need at least a 750-watt power supply.<\/p>\n<p>The new RTX 30-series also claims to reduce the GPU temperature by up to 20 degrees Celsius and run three times quieter than the previous RTX 20-series.<\/p>\n<p>See Nvidia&#8217;s release video for all the updated specs and features:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oAuszfdldEU\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Performance<\/h3>\n<p>The new technology sounds impressive, but what\u2019s important is how the RTX 3080 performs when put to the test. Thankfully, it does not disappoint.<\/p>\n<p>IGN conducted various benchmarks to test the gaming performance improvements of the rasterization, ray tracing, and DLSS of the RTX 3080 in both 1080p and 4K.<\/p>\n<p>This was done by pitting the RTX 3080 up against the last-gen RTX 2080 Super, and the results were impressive.<\/p>\n<p>The tests were conducted while running <em>Wolfenstein: Youngblood<\/em>, <em>Metro Exodus<\/em>, and <em>Control <\/em>\u2013 all being extremely demanding system crushers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rasterization and ray tracing <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ray-tracing synthetic benchmark indicated a 74% on average performance improvement over the 2080 Super. This also manifested in the RTX 3080 having 44% higher FPS on average at 1080p, while the difference increased at 4K with an average of 57% higher FPS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DLSS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DLSS technology allows the GPU to render games at a lower resolution while using its tensor cores to upscale the image to 4K quality.<\/p>\n<p>While enabling DLSS drops your FPS to give you a sharper image, the ray tracing processing enhancements on the RTX 3080 run the games at a full 39 FPS faster than the RTX 2080 Super. This means that 4K gaming at 60fps is a reality with the RTX 3080.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Verdict<\/h3>\n<p>The new Nvidia RTX 3080 is an incredible graphics card. It offers massively improved performance when compared to the last-gen RTX 2080 Super \u2013 especially in 4K. You can find the Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phantom on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evetech.co.za\/gainward-geforce-rtx-3080-phantom-10gb-gddr6x\/best-deal\/13879.aspx\">Evetech.co.za<\/a> at R22,999.<\/p>\n<div class=\"myg_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%;\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">GeForce RTX 3080 Phantom+<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>GPU<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>GeForce RTX 3080<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>GPU Clockspeed<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1755 MHz (Boost)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Memory<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>10 GB GDDR6X (320 bits)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Memory Clockspeed<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>9500Mhz (19Gbps)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Bandwidth<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>760 GB\/s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Bus<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>PCI-Express Gen 4 x16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cooling<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>2.7 slot Fan Cooler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Video-Features<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>HDMI v2.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Connectivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>DisplayPort *3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Product Size<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>304mm x 138mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Power Connector<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>8-pin *3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>See Gainward&#8217;s Phantom series release Video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dBVkFy7YrCc\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a title=\"Permalink to The perfect mid-range gaming laptop\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/123984-the-perfect-mid-range-gaming-laptop\" rel=\"bookmark\">The perfect mid-range gaming laptop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although there is no single GPU that is perfect for everyone, the GeForce RTX 3080 is my pick if you want to experience 4K gaming without breaking the bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":124017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2445,2664,1085,12433,15397],"class_list":["post-124016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-evetech","tag-gaming","tag-hardware-2","tag-nvidia-geforce","tag-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}