RTX 3090 Review - The 3080 is Too Fast?

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[@optimumtech]

3080 + 3090 FE arrived this afternoon, some immediate testing on those coming up next!

[@Daemon1995_]

congrats on getting some!

[@pheeel683]

Dude let's goooo 🙌🏽

[@maximroberts9674]

Nice one mate!

[@oskarik5357]

You gonna test the 3080 in a ghost s1?

[@UAP]

Get an icx 3080 for H1 please

[@atSLASHY]

this man has 50% of the entire 3090 stock

[@RikkTheGaijin]

No wonder nobody can find these cards in stores, every KZbinr and their mothers got them all.

[@lifesounds7974]

Linus has the other one!

[@FirestormX9]

Lol nice humour but these guys get sent a different stock, not the regular production stock. It's a batch made for and dedicated to be sent to these youtubers only. So technically he doesn't have 50% of the entire 3090 stock or 3080.

[@dirtyasianmafia2310]

Noor Ahmed - I bet you're the funny guy at parties

[@FirestormX9]

@@dirtyasianmafia2310 xD i wasn't sarcastic when i said nice humour :P the OP genuinely has a good joke

[@y8fpe]

Looking forward to seeing some builds with these cards! Especially in the Ncase M1

[@Leonsimages]

Out of all of the 30909 reviews, I watch OT's review first, because he deserves it :D

[@KunaiKrazy]

Because he's very straight to the point, for me. Short videos first because I have work soon usually when these videos go up.

[@kaeji_namitsua]

I only watch him and GN.

[@maxrex2705]

Same, he's the only one that I really really trust. Even if the reviews came a bit later, it's worth the wait.

[@rere439]

All hail to our ITX guru

[@tofaratiadeniran3477]

I watched Dave Lee then OT then GN then ltt

[@mabizu]

I love your Videos, you can feel the effort you put in! Sadly still not accustomed to the new Logo and Intro, but time will tell. I watched your video a bit to late my 3090 already on its way, was on fomo mode!

[@Bulletexe]

When can we expect Ncase m1 build with 3080?

[@dorapa]

ncase m1 practically support up to 280mm and 3080 is over 290mm....

[@rudyr.6210]

@@dorapa The Ncase M1 V6 actually supports up to 317mm length graphics cards... Got this info directly from their website.

[@mabizu]

I have a Asus TUF 3090 arriving tomorrow and a Ncase M1 will give you guys a feedback!

[@rudyr.6210]

@@mabizu Oh cool , please do ! Cause i'm gonna have the exact same build :)

[@ready1player31]

I saw someone's Reddit post, with a 240 aio on the side as intake and two intakes at the bottom, it sits between 60-70c under gaming load

[@Marcelius]

Great video as always! Are you going to check out the new silverstone sg14? Looks very interesting.

[@Fuggilas]

Another great vid. Thanks mate! Any chances you’re trying the 3080 FE in the Ghost s1? I’m worried about temps. Cheers

[@twhite1993]

Just received Ghost S1. Can’t wait to see 3080 build with this case! Checking your channel everyday for the updates!

[@Vervaticus]

Your videos are so clean man, you deserve a bigger audience imo.

[@rob0b0]

clean and informative content as always. You definitely deserve more subs and a direct sample card from NV :)

[@Doki_Dokers]

Thank you for your thoughtful review and the honesty is very much appreciated. I planned on buying the 3090 for video rendering\school and a whole bunch of games but now I don’t quite know, if the thermals are good then that will be a factor...

[@Slyfoxes05]

Keep up the good work! Looking forward to all that 3080 FE in SFF content coming up.

[@thiagosantos666]

Curious to see what is going to be the SVB (smallest viable build) for these cards. :-)

[@jagz888]

for rendering I would personally take a 3090 despite the price doubling, the RAM bottleneck of 10gig of the 3080 will force me to spend a lot extra time optimising my scenes ( currently using x2 1080ti 11Gig) , the extra 14 Gigs is going to be a total game changer for me, it's my main reason for buying, mine arrives today! so pumped!

[@fayenotfaye]

Are you still using it? 2 years later.

[@CaptHotah]

Could you please tell me where did you get your rams? Didn't knew 4000mhz cl15 was possible

[@3DThird]

Excellent review! One question remains unanswered; how good are two 3090s using NV link? Do you get almost double the performance?

[@theminigunner98]

Thank you for bench testing the msi gaming x models!

[@lachyyates1182]

I still don't understand how you don't have a cool milli subs. you are too good at this my man.

[@simoSLJ89]

If you're a serious channel, it takes time. GN got only now 1mln subs, and Steve started in 2009. Otherwise you do just "look I'm eating kebab for 1 week", and you got 1mln after 1 year. YT is a strange place..

[@NOV3LIST]

@@simoSLJ89 Just watched some of the first videos of Gamers Nexus. Steve looked so cute there haha. Also kind of sad that he created his channel in the same year as I did but I never really tried to grow haha

[@simoSLJ89]

@@NOV3LIST Yeah I didn't follow any channel back then, but I watched some early GN videos recently. His case reviews made in the his bedroom were still the best around! :D

[@turboivtec]

Also remember he caters to a niche market, and all of his content is within a small variance. He does not really cover too much other than sff and liquid coolers and cases mostly.

[@NOV3LIST]

@Preston Garvey so is yours :)

[@moritzhess6528]

Could you please tell me, which microphone you are normally using for fan noise and such?

[@Ihsnetad]

Please do a review of Tuf cards in the HZXT H1 case! The ASUS TUF series is one of few cards that can remotely fit there :(

[@terryclayton5415]

Just Subscribed. Fantastic reviews without the ________ ! I really appreciate your comprehensive efforts & delivery. Anxiously awaiting your dual 3080 review for workstation renders.

[@KnDdreamteam]

I'd love to know if it's worth trying to get a 3090x for a triple 4k monitor setup, I used to play 1080p surround and already have the monitors but with the current 980ti I'm running frame rates are garbage. Is it worth trying for triple 4k on a 3090 or should i stick to single 4k, get a 3080 and wait?

[@ladmad9196]

did you test BF5 in DX12? cause i got stutters too, which was fixed by using DX11. maybe give it a try?

[@SpacedudeGFX]

Nice looking cards. Wondering when they will be released for humans.

[@lastword8783]

Dont even bro. Mine came in yesterday. MSI gaming x trio 3080. Blue screen of death when trying to install drivers. Took it to the store and they had same issue with it so it was defective. Refunded and ordered evga 3080 xc3 ultra but im also back in queue for order to arrive. 😂

[@romanpisani8157]

oooooofffff

[@axea4554]

Release for humans? Hmm I didn't think about that

[@axea4554]

I've got a 3080 asus gaming a few days ago btw

[@992BlackShadow]

Optimum tech you are the on that inspired me to do a kraken g12 mod on my 2080, loving it ever since. Will you do the same on the 3080?

[@whippstar4529]

Can’t wait to see a ITX build with these cards

[@johan96lange]

Well I Will put a 3090 into my fractal define Nano s tomorrow. Even tho it’s quite large for being itx.

[@noleftturnunstoned]

@@johan96lange That is a huge case.

[@johan96lange]

noleftturnunstoned not really huge. I would still call it a small pc case. It’s like a matx case.

[@noleftturnunstoned]

​@@johan96langeI cannot fault as I recently "upgraded" to a NZXT h210. Fractal designs used to be so ahead of the times, wonder what happened.

[@johan96lange]

noleftturnunstoned they still hold up so well tho. Still my favorite itx case. They were so ahead, so the rest just caught up to them

[@David-vl8qi]

I would love to see which card design works best in an nr200 or ncase m1 with those bottom intake fans. I want to do a build in one and the 3070/3080 fe cards seem like they would perform very well in those set ups since its heat fans are very open and exposed and those middle head fins that arent actively cooled will have fresh air on them. The after market coolers might just be better though.

[@SweetWatch]

Nice explanation for the actual needs, thanks a lot

[@GarethPaxton]

I loved the way Ali slung that 3090 FE from below - I had a little "yasss!" moment to myself.

[@krlgrudzinski]

And there is 3080 FE on the left.

[@Billy096]

That's cool, but personally I can't wait for the 3070 review! Especially mini 3070.

[@theintunity]

The 3070 is exactly the performance of a 2080ti, just for 500 dollars. Ow, and you get the HDMI 2.1 port. That's it.

[@rere439]

Yeah, of all hype, 3070 is more make sense for majority of people,.. Actually

[@FuncleChuck]

Honestly probably slower than 2080 Ti by 5%

[@h1tzzYT]

3070 availability will be bloodbath, its good idea for that segment users to wait and see what rdna 2 has to offer

[@Dr.WhetFarts]

@@FuncleChuck slower than 2080 ti, maybe in older games, not newer games. going forward the 3070 will only get faster, 2080 ti won't, nvidia will have full focus on tweaking and optimizing ampere.

[@Jack-sq9lo]

Isn’t SLI not supported anymore on the 3080？ or is it possible to run it through the chipset？ wouldn’t that be bad in terms of performance?

[@Needle0]

Would love to see a comprehensive fit and airflow review of various 3000 series cards in various SFF cases. I’m mostly here for the SFF, after all :)

[@richardfarmer6570]

Great video, thanks for the comparison. Glad to see you got a hold of the 3080 FE, hope to see you do some testing with it in the T1 and the Ghost S1.

[@jerkchickenblog]

you keep mentioning two 3080s but sli will only be supported in the 3090 right? did i get something wrong?

[@Whattonamemychannel]

The 3080 does not support SLI.

[@flexibleaspect]

Some software can still use multiple graphics cards without SLI.

[@Sacheen]

@@coolbydefault he was talking about for blender rendering. Render times should scale pretty linearly when adding gpus

[@luukherfst1209]

3090 is the only rtx 3000 series card that supports sli

[@KronDestroyer]

3080/3090 FE vs Sliger SM580 please! Really need to know and obviously curious if the founders edition will work with what i have or if i need to just grab another Strix card. Thank you! Your content deserves more recognition.

[@WayStedYou]

Can you even get multi gpu support in anything useful for the 3080 with no nv link?

[@Alitaf97]

Any plans on making SFF builds using the 30-series cards?

[@TheBlackIdentety]

What the hell are you doing that you're getting so many frametime spikes? Looks to me like your memory isn't properly set up.

[@OM3N1R]

What aspect ratio is this video? It looks somewhere between 16:9 and 21:9?

[@defaultHandle1110]

VR ? Test MSFS2020 with G2 when this comes out around mid to late October. Half and full res (G2) vs 3080. Thanks!

[@olivierl2172]

I love the quality of your videos (audio + video quality) 😍

[@chrisholtzclaw9493]

I seriously got misty when he showed that Nvidia sent him a 3080 FE. Just as I felt Ali got the shaft by not getting the pre-release. Wonder what or who it took to get that 3080FE?

[@EricBrokeIt]

Would love to see the thermals compared for all the vendors both 3080 and 3090.

[@NarekAvetisyan]

Starting with Blender first, my man! Awesome work dude. And since you're probably the only one who can understand and test this right now: Can you please test the NVLink capability with 2 RTX 3090's in Blender 2.9? I really want to see this type of setup in action! With the memory pooling ability. Thx, bro!

[@midgetazzy2584]

3080 699us witch is 996 AUD, why is it like $1400 plus in aussie shops? will it drop?

[@thecookeman]

Ordered 3080 msi ventus OC for de-shroud mod for my ncase m1 with 2x 140mm fans. Glad we don't need the 3090 for some 4k ultra Battlefield ;) Thanks for the review Ali!

[@deandudek3921]

3:43 You mention you want to test two 3080's in a build if I'm hearing that correctly? How would you go about that?

[@henry-yu2ju]

Lmao yeah only 3090 has the slot to link

[@GordonGEICO]

Some applications allow you to target specific GPUs. It's not the same as SLI.

[@deandudek3921]

GordonGEICO how’s it different ?

[@GordonGEICO]

@@deandudek3921 SLI links the cards together so they can work on/with the same resources. This is a necessity for games. Production workloads (eg, video rendering) can be divided such that one frame doesn't rely on another, and, unlike gaming, you can render frames generally in any order. In a multi-GPU scenario, there doesn't need to be any link between the GPUs to do the work. For instance, you could send frames 1-50 to one GPU and frames 51-100 to the other GPU and not really have to care which one got finished first (or even what order they processed the frames, depending on key/i/b/etc. frames). Long story short, not all workloads require that the GPUs be linked together (or even be the same type of GPU).

[@KasperLidegaard]

Hi can we see which 3080 cards fits in the ncase m1?

[@tomvandermaesen3806]

which screen do you have there in the background ?

[@commercio3564]

Any chance you'll get a second 3090 and do NVLink benchmarks with them?

[@soultouch08]

Can we have deep learning get added into the usual list of benchmarks ie production and gaming? Maybe can have a standardised PyTorch CNN benchmark with different batch sizes.. I feel that 3090 was made for deep learning and that it should be twice as fast as 2080ti.

[@BimoPradana]

This is the most relevant review for me as a content creator and "half" gamer.. 3080 are the sweetest spot to put on your PC for the next 2 to 3 years.

[@techbuildspcs]

Also did you try to undervolt and see if the 3090s have better chips?

[@akren2482]

These half length pcbs should make for some tiny water blocks.... Would love to see a record breaking sff build with the 800w hdplex powering a custom 3080 fe loop. I don't see much external brick builds but they make a lot of sense to me

[@Boiler98]

I'm anxiously awaiting the 3070 review too. It will be interesting to see how the $1400 build comes out using the latest generation upgrades.

[@davidhouston-goudge7905]

3080ti refresh in the spring? Also, anyone know how the 3080 works with VR? Would SLI be a possible solution for VR?

[@christopherharju2198]

Can we get a RTX3080 nr200 build with optimized noise to thermal performance?

[@GraybeardGiffTech]

He's got all the cards!!! That's why I can't find any!! 😂😂👍

[@raulitrump460]

is that g-skill ram and what voltage you run

[@mikewilson8407]

How did you get 2 3080s to work together??!

[@mts982]

what would be a good 4k monitor for 4k gaming?

[@Math4real.Schramm]

U talked about 2x 3080, but as far as I know sli is only available on the 3090 this time

[@skyr8449]

@@maulcs They really are not catering towards professional use in specific this time around compared to just gaming on their sub 90/titan/ti cards lol, I hope they announce a version of the 3080 with slightly more vram or a 3070 that has multigpu support, because I don't plan on spending the money for a 3090 but a 3080 has too little vram.

[@anlumo1]

You don't need SLI to use multiple graphics cards for professional applications.

[@skyr8449]

@@anlumo1 Oh, I did not know that, would it be possible to use the VRAM like with NVLINK or would that only be possible with NVLINK?

[@anlumo1]

@@skyr8449 It's two different memory areas that have to be managed separately by the application. What SLI does is to combine them into one area, but that's not possible with the 3080.

[@OSR_1]

Great video as per usual bro! I’m confused tho, how can you run two 3080s without them offering SLI support?

[@DeeDee.Ranged]

IFAIK the latest Windows 10 has an option to enable a sort of SLI with DX12.

[@OSR_1]

Ah cool, didn’t realise that was a thing!

[@simonwang4530]

I wanna see more SFF build videos revolving these cards after all the benchmark videos. Plz, Ali.

[@ragemydream]

Another great analysis. I can't wait until I get my 3080 arrives ---- in 6 months time.

[@mahendranraja1105]

Same here, cant wait to build my 3080 pc with r7 3700x in another 6 months

[@rubenseventeen]

@@mahendranraja1105 u should wait for zen 3, I have a 2070s but I'm waiting for zen 3

[@najeebshah.]

@@rubenseventeen why tho, at best it'll match intel in gaming maybe. That's why intel is still selling, the audience that needs more than 6c/12t is very very small. Anyone on a 8th gen onwards intel system really doesn't need to upgrade for gaming until rocket lake.

[@knekker1]

@@najeebshah. Or until Zen 3.

[@najeebshah.]

@@knekker1 you missed the point, zen 3 at best will match intel in gaming, which isn't much different since coffelake. The reason rocket lake will be a true improvement is because of sizable ipc gains which gamea care about more than just increasing core counts. The tigerlake laptop previews already showed that.

[@xenimaging]

Great video, but you keep mentioning running two 3080s and, unless I'm confused, I don't believe that SLI or NV link is possible unless you step up the the 3090.

[@zelfreak]

the real question is how the 3070 fits into all this when it launches, if it's this close between it and the 3080 then it will be really interesting

[@tehpsyc]

Can you comment if the 3090 FE fits in the NR200?

[@gilbery007]

Correct me if I am wrong but I thought the only cards in this generation to support multi gpu (SLI) were the 3090 and not the 3080?

[@gizmodobaggins7040]

So, get it if you need the VRAM?

[@itsdeonlol]

Great review sir!

[@denns0r]

how is 2x 3080 supposed to work?? as far as i know sli is not available on 3080 cards 🤨

[@matthieuzglurg6015]

I don't know about you. But the thing that hyped me in the first few seconds of this videos wasn't the RTX 3090... but the RTX 3080 FE in the background, SFF testing coming guys !

[@mannyo2588]

What’s the difference between all of the 3080’s is it just the looks that’s different or do they all operate differently

[@ausroyal]

So keen to get my hands on the 3090 FE here in Australia... can’t find it anywhere!

[@n0b4d11]

but how do you want to use 2 x 3080, when there's no SLI in it?

[@1carusGG]

Can you evaluate Tensorflow performance.

[@BCdesu]

Congrats on getting the 3090 FE!

[@abcdxx1059]

But 3080 doesn't support sli please explain how you can have 2 3080 running together

[@MrEmx2007]

But can you do 3080 sli??? As you said may consider two 3080s against one 3090? As far as i know only 3090 can do sli?

[@hobbilinkin]

I see 3080 right on the back!!! please make some temp comparison video on ITX case for that graphic, especially on sanwitch layout like NZXT H1 or ghost S1

[@thorium9190]

So can someone please answer my question: Can you put 2 RTX 3080 cards in one PC? Even though they don’t support Nvlink???

[@Beerdwolf]

Uh...how do you plan on 2 3080s? There is no SLI on 3080s

[@FRY_FPV]

I'm not following... How can you put 2x 3080 if Nvidia stopped supporting SLI?

[@temtor]

What would you recommend a 3D artist on a 2000-2500$ gpu budget? Wait for the 3080 Ti and buy two or buy a 3090 + 3080?

[@inikegaming720]

Love your videos ! Much love from slovenia 🇸🇮 ❤️💪

[@jeremychiam6648]

Bro could you review the silverstone sugo SG14 next - looks promising

[@julianneale6128]

I agree with this video content apart from a couple of things. I have been looking for a 3080 since thay came out and they simply can't be had for the recommended retail price. I've just bought a new RTX3090 FE for 24% above rrp, which seems utterly crazy. The thing is the 3080 at to moment can be had now, if you're willing to pay at least double the rrp price. On top of that, people are paying sometimes quite a bit more for a 3080, compared to what I paid for a new 3090. So if we look at tha actual price difference that we can get these cards for in this current market, the 3090 is the better deal by far!

[@easye4798]

LOL! That GPU is almost as big as some of the Mini-ITX cases you feature on this channel!

[@BlackDillon]

Your videos are the best man :D

[@10OchrisO01]

Anyone know what that light bar is in the background?

[@axi6ne8us]

Gonna wait for AMD and reviews of their Navi 21 GPUs ... I'm in no rush to upgrade my 5700 XT Nitro+

[@donttakeitpersonalnowalrig1326]

Yeah.. and scalpers are getting their money ready

[@kasperverner7027]

Looking forward to see how the 3080 FE thermals are in the T1

[@zehpalhares3992]

the question is: does it fit on my ghost s1 ?

[@rmangaoa]

Watched you first. Thanks for the review!

[@krayzieridah]

To this day I am still satisfied with my 3080, I bought it 2 months after launch, and have had it since. The performance at 1440p is extraordinary, and even at 4K in some titles. I probably won't upgrade until the 50xx series is being released.

[@onezein487]

PLEASE... Try The RTX 3090 Can it Fit To The ITX Case???

[@ynnadk9859]

Nice Zowie, that your main now?