The OWL has LANDED! 🔥🔥 | ASUS x Noctua RTX 4080 Hands on + Test

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0:00 Something SPECIAL!
0:24 Sponsored Segment
0:46 Some specs...
1:07 Unboxing - Special... special!
1:52 Peel master!
2:10 RTX 4080 vs 3080 NOCTUA size!
2:39 Video Outputs:
2:59 Card Design overview
3:29 3080 vs 4080 Noctua Comparison
3:45 Setting up the testbench
4:38 TUF 4080 vs Noctua 4080?
5:14 V-Ray test & Temps + Clock speed!
6:30 Stress testing 👉 Noise & Temps
7:27 Discovering the FAN COOLING POWER!
8:51 Opening POWER Limits!
10:50 Does NO power Increase BOOST Clocks in V-Ray?
11:50 PRICE- Is it worth it?
12:57 NOCTUA vs OTHER SIZE comparison
14:52 No 1 DOWNSIDE!
15:15 Conclusion
15:33 Best Creator PC build guide!

[@WiFeYBurGLeR1]

With the increase in price Noctua adds, they should have done this with the 4090 not the 4080.

[@R055LE.1]

It would've been 3 fans and need it's own case 🤣

[@j340_official]

A $1649 4080 I hope it rots on the shelf.

[@lexavlogs7149]

The problem was Asus it should be a lot thinner and cost like 100$ less

[@Ruiso7]

@@lexavlogs7149 because 1,550 dollars is acceptable for a 4080....

[@overtonesnteatime198]

what a mess..

[@treyquattro]

I actually think the card looks "cooler" with the classic Noctua brown & beige

[@JeanNezMarre25]

Finally the review I was looking for, gonna order the Noctua 4080, thanks!

[@nikhil9814]

Hey, Can you share what software you use for video editing along with the recording setup. Your videos look awesome.

[@anthonybaker5199]

Same price as a 4090? It's definitely not worth it. Even $1200 for a 4080 is not worth it either.

[@TomasRamoska]

Definitely. You better stick with 4070ti or jump straight to 4090. 4080 is not a great value price to performance

[@MK-zj6hz]

Or, you know, just don’t buy them at all. Prices are already going down, just wait a minute until they’re reasonable.

[@TomasRamoska]

@M1K3 9059 Problem is second-hand marked quite expensive as well. If you need GPU now you have to get something. Till recently I had GTX 750ti 2GB. I built a new PC but stick the old GPU I had in the drawer. I was looking at 3080/3090 used but the prices were high. Some cards were with rusty back plates. Probably from mining rigs inside damp warehouses. I just get 4070ti brand new for MSRP instead.

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

Doesn't sound like you're in the market for either card, financially.

[@anthonybaker5199]

@Cybernetic Argument Creator I do understand the 4090 price tag, but the 4080 price is unacceptable at $1200 when 2 years ago, 3080 msrp was $700. This ain't got nothing to do with inflation. It's Nvidia greed at this point.

[@Leviathan1099]

Hey, think you might try revisiting this with the Alphacool Apex metal fans when they drop? The way this card is designed, you can replace those noctua fans manually and have it operate the same with any others. I bought this card specifically to do that as a little pet project.

[@Ahnii]

Sure temps and fan noise are awesome, but it literally costs as much as a 4090 (~1600€!) and reportedly has a lot of coil whine…

[@pauliusb]

Coilwhine is kind of Asus signature unfortunetelly nowadays. Still less than on 3rd gen cards in coilwhine volyme

[@Akkbar21]

@@pauliusbI wish I’d known this before I bought my strix OC 3080 12gb. It’s the loudest coil whine I’ve ever heard.

[@Ahnii]

Yea but I wish when Noctua sound optimized the card they also considered coil whine and it's just to expensive... Given the horrendous price that's a pretty big blunder imo!

[@Akkbar21]

@@Ahnii coil whine can also be caused by power at your location as well. I don’t know if it’s part of my issue. Never had such a high power card before. Last card was a gtx 980 reference.

[@o.b.a6035]

FINALYYYY NOCTUA 4080 IS AWESOME IN EVERY WAY, although the price should decline even 100 USD difference would've made sense but not at the point when I can literally buy a 4090 aero at the same price

[@theTechNotice]

Yep

[@bloxoss]

Nice! Super excited for this card :)

[@Beezzzzy_]

Why would anyone buy this? This is the same price as the 4090 FE and 4090 Asus TUF Versions. There is zero reason to spend as much on this 4080.

[@anthonybaker5199]

Agreed 💯 %

[@daniil3815]

Absolutely, it’s only for people who has Noctua virus 😂 and want to build all Noctua PC probably. Absolutely buy 4090 if you have those money to spend on gpu.

[@wrcz]

4090 costs almost twice as much in my country. 35k vs 60k (or 50k for lower versions). Other 4080 are 30k. Actually Strix is more expensive than Noctua (37k). Weird

[@simonschulz4401]

I appreciate them using the regular noctua fans. with the normal connectors... so you could actually replace stuff yourself. you could even use noctua industrial fans. but since temps are so low already, it probably makes no sense.

[@aintnomeaning]

Unpacking that looked like a hoot!

[@theTechNotice]

Ha ha

[@o.b.a6035]

I am interested how the new unreleased PROART 4080 will do

[@Nayah9]

Just like this Noctua GPU, it's not gonna perform any better than the other models since all 4080 coolers are oversized and voltage is locked. It's just gonna bring an alternative aesthetic to your PC.

[@tomsun3159]

Why the Noctuas are based on the TUF and not on the Strix (as there are differences on the PCB) and i second the proposal to do this on the 4090 additional/instead

[@tugrulserhat]

can you do a teardown ? I'd love to see the insides of this thing

[@allgamestotal6773]

hi mate. do u have a video on how to undevolt a 13700k or 13900k? i know there is a manual way to do it by going inside the bios. but is there a utility that it can do automatically? is Asus AI tweaker or Intel XTU can do automatic undervolting? i prefer to set it and forget. thanks heaps. cheers.

[@Alexander_X_]

Almost all 4080 series cards have such overengineered coolers that you can manually lower fan speeds and have them as silent as the Asus Noctua edition 4080. RTX4080 has only 320w TDP the same power as 3070ti with a much weaker cooler.

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

3080Ti*

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

not overengineered, simply oversized

[@Nayah9]

I don't even need to manually lower fan speeds on my 4080 MSI Gaming X Trio. It's already completely silent even on the OC BIOS. Funnily enough all I can hear is the Noctua NF-A12x25 case fans in my PC. I can even slightly hear them at 50% speed. Worry about your case fans, not GPU. GPU coolers are oversized this generation, and personally I'm not complaining.

[@zuckdaddy1596]

@@CyberneticArgumentCreator depends on the card. my 3070 ti pulled 310w, and it was a pretty midrange model

[@fewik8567]

​@@Nayah9 that could be more dependent on you fan setup, more turbulent air from your own setup, things like case design and fan orientation and air flow pattern of course manipulate this

[@Maw4Play]

This is a great review because I am planning to build a mITX system using this exact video card "ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 Noctua OC Edition 16GB GDDR6X" and the "Chieftec Mesh CI-02B" case using just Noctua cooling fans.

[@efehanyq]

Is it just for graphics work with this video card?. If I want to play games, is this graphics card better or the 4080?

[@litebkt]

I’m thinking that they should just put the CPU on the graphics cards. 😀. That sure is a beautiful piece of hardware.

[@alpenfoxvideo7255]

they won’t make a 4090 right? what is stopping them? what stopped them last gen?

[@KevinSeegers]

the start text was nice on beat haha

[@jeffelst92]

I thought it was gonna be a GPU rap lmao. Not me starting it over and over😅

[@paramjotsingh1989]

My FE 4080 stock goes up to 2820 boost by default and never breaks 60c.

[@SoldierRabi]

Hi do you sell your Zotac amp cooler?

[@ehsanr21]

That's Special 😍😍🧨🧨

[@blinksone2768]

Junction temp is more important imo, but still decent.

[@pauliusb]

Have such one. Huge improvment over 3080ti on perf and temps! But size is double of 3rd gen as well :)

[@Paxtonn86]

Nice to hear, im also getting this one replacing my EVGA 3080ti ftw 3 ultra (i hope its alot more silent then my current one :D)

[@intheblim]

I have the noctua 3070 on my ASUS Intel Z690 TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 PCIe 5.0 ATX Motherboard will this card fit this motherboard ?

[@T0mT4yl0r]

Is this much superior to the TUF/Strix version in terms of noise?

[@theTechNotice]

Not MUCh, just a little :)

[@SNAPSHOTREVIEW]

Awesome

[@Unknown-ve6vp]

Does Intel Core i5 13400F support DDR5 RAM with frequencies of 5200MHz or 6000MHz?

[@FoiMal123]

We need a slim version with 15mm fans

[@giridhart]

Why don't they do 4090 ver?

[@sarahgarlinghouse4429]

i own that 4080 card its very nice the little kickstand is okay had to unjust it this morning! would like a better way to support my card

[@tugrulserhat]

come on make one for 4090 and I might buy it. this insane cooling is wasted on 3070,3080,4080... make a 5 slot thicc 4090 noctua and I'll buy it even if it's $3000

[@atnfn]

Doesn't the 4080 and 4090 use the same cooler? Just buy a 4080 and move the heatsink/fans from the 4080 to the 4090.

[@tugrulserhat]

@@atnfn mmm should look into that. If it works, it might be a good idea. Can also replace the thermal pads and paste to high end stuff in process.

[@theTechNotice]

I'm not sure it works, coz the GPU VRAM will be in a different location...

[@NoobProTV]

thank you tech notice you are the goat literally the only video on the planet saying that amd is not good for creators now i have rtx 4070 founders edition thanks tech notice

[@jimmyjiang3413]

I would like to see same design on RX 7900 XT(X) as well, alongside liquid cooled editions of 4080/90 and RX 7900 XT(X) with a single 120mm radiator hybrid designs

[@Ruiso7]

Don't think they can keep it cooled with a single 120mm rad, maybe a 240mm.

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

With my 3080Ti Vision OC pulling 325-340 watts while gaming, in a case with tons of 120mm case fans blowing over it and a 360mm AIO exhausting out the top, I'm about 13C higher temps than this Noctua monster is while running Furmark at around the same wattage. Really really impressive cooler Noctua made here. This is THE 4080 to get, especially for people who make audio content near their desktop.

[@Nayah9]

Nope. Pretty much every other 4080 model can achieve about the same cooling efficiency and noise level since GPU coolers are oversized this generation. Sadly Tech Notice didn't compare noise levels in this video but if he had it would have been similar, as can be observed in other reviews. Basically, the Noctua GPU exists just for the alternative aesthetics.

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

@@Nayah9 So you've tested it against the reference models to compare dB of noise during use?

[@Nayah9]

@@CyberneticArgumentCreator No, but my RTX 4080 MSI Gaming X Trio is completely silent when maxed out while I can easily hear my Noctua NF-A12x25 case fans even at 50% speed. I've also looked at comparisons on tech websites and all common 4080 models are in the same ball park when it comes to noise and thermals, including Noctua. For this generation, it's the case fans you should be worried about, not the GPU.

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

@@Nayah9 You don't seem to be the type of person to understand the use case. My entire rig is dead silent except under load when the AIO spins up to audible levels. I have 4 case fans running on a very quiet curve and having a silent GPU under low loads is worth paying extra for if I have the option. This isn't about whether or not the sound level bothers me, it's about eliminating it so it doesn't come through in recordings near my computer.

[@Nayah9]

@@CyberneticArgumentCreator I'm afraid you're the one who seems to have misjudged the type of user I am. I'm a music producer and this is the PC I use in my home studio for recording. All case fans are Noctua including the ones on my Kraken X73 AIO and are manually tuned to virtually silent in the BIOS (none go above 59% speed). I only hear them at night when the room is completely silent. However I never hear my GPU. So what gives?

[@Alpine_flo92002]

My man thats an owl

[@bakakafka4428]

Price here in the EU (according to Geizhals) isn't really thatt much more than the TUF.

[@JeanNezMarre25]

while this is a no-brainer to buy for me compared to the TUF, both are still way too expensive for what they offer. But if you want like myself a "good" performance and almost noiseless, then you have no alternative.

[@SkillerWolfCFM]

If I had that much money, I would rather go with the RTX 4090

[@rogerhuston8287]

Is there a 4070ti Noctua version?

[@bloxoss]

there may be soon!

[@blindman8093]

will this one fit to nr200p?

[@inmypaants]

No it won’t

[@henripurnomo8705]

It fit I think

[@pjayx7320]

Nice

[@25rodrigomg]

The owl has landed.

[@tofu_golem]

If they sold x080 class graphics cards for $800, it might be worth it.

[@Arnette110]

Hey my x670e ProArt peeps I got a question. I just built my system with the 7950X and an MSI Gaming Trio 4090. After installing the latest drivers the screen starts flickering to black every few seconds. Has anyone else had the same issue with this MB and GPU combo?

[@steelzepplin2012]

First off, what power supply do you have? When you actually install your drivers, the screen will flicker. Otherwise, it sounds like you need to reset the gpu, ensure the cables are on tight with no strain on them, and monitor temps and fan speeds idle and load using GPU-Z, as well as downloading the latest drivers and restarting your pc. After you do all this, and if you still receive the black screen, I would try it in another system if possible, if it continues then I would return and get another gpu.

[@Arnette110]

@@steelzepplin2012 I put a 1200W Thermaltake GF3 PSU into the system. I ended up sending it back for RMA, but I was wondering if anyone else was having the same issue. Hoping the GPU I get back works properly

[@steelzepplin2012]

@@Arnette110only thing else i could say would be to update the firmware on your motherboad if you have not already. Make sure that on the back of your power supply the zero fan function is turned off. You really want that fan on at all times. I would update the firmware before the new gpu arrives to ensure best possible outcome. Good luck.

[@Arnette110]

@@steelzepplin2012 I've updated the bios to the latest for the motherboard

[@clausbohm9807]

My Sager 3080 laptop vray test clocks in at 1010 ... just for reference. For 1799.00 (150 more) you can get the 4090 two slot water cooled Suprim and it scores around 4500! So no its not a good deal.

[@j340_official]

I’m not a fan of the brown and beige aesthetic but I like the collab.

[@stahlreich]

1:22 Without antistatic bag? WTF?!

[@italian316]

3:27 Really a Eagle?? Call me crazy but Noctua logo and color is a Owl which is what is suppose to look like

[@theTechNotice]

Did I say an Eagle? 😱🤦

[@KebongPHL]

asus x noctua 4070 is next?

[@PoorMansTech]

🐐

[@turks1966]

A Corvette is very impressive as well and many would like to drive it, but the cost keeps most people from purchasing it. This card is a great performer, but the price is prohibitive, for the amount of money it cost's you can get a 4090 card.

[@Akkbar21]

Obviously. Buying premium AIB cards is prob pointless at a certain point.

[@sunnifung2403]

I thought Noctua was supposed to symbolise an owl in terms of its branding? Owls are said to be super quiet in flight, even practically silent.

[@breadkrum6860]

It is 😭

[@dixanshtiwari6003]

Guy just go for cheapest 4080 available on market doesn't matter that card was cold already when it was launched these brands are fooling us.

[@lolschrauber]

I'll pass on the 300 markup and just slam 2 180mm fans below i think

[@Akkbar21]

The Owl has landed. That’s what you should have said

[@ryogaming4771]

at 1600$ buy a 4090 imho if it was 1450$ ok maybe but 1650$ it's ridiculous

[@anthonybaker5199]

You right. Paying $1650 US dollars is insane. It's still a 4080 at the end of the day. That's never going change the performance. Even $1200 US dollars is high for a 4080, in my opinion.

[@ryogaming4771]

@@anthonybaker5199 Yeah i have the Gaming OC 4090 witch is the cheapest one, even then it's a overkill of a cooler, barely hit 63C and super silent. I'm on a waterblock now but it's just because i can LOL! otherwise i would have kept it original

[@granateds]

cool

[@navster87]

Noctua's mascot is an Owl not eagle...

[@squatch545]

It looks more like an owl than an eagle.

[@T0mT4yl0r]

This in BLACK: Instant buy. Period.

[@Osamabob69]

biggest beneift ist just its looks, ngl it was worth the overpay. I am such a noctua fanboy lol

[@Pikksaar]

It looks more like an owl than an eagle. But oh well, I guess owls aren't as marketable as eagles.

[@Echo4Yankee]

I will never put a 4080 in anything I own. The 4090 is the only card that makes sense.

[@MajorSpam]

For me it's the Gigabyte Aorus Master.

[@RaviPires]

Wasnt it an owl? Eagle is noisy and the symbol of noctua is of a owl as well lol

[@steelzepplin2012]

Correct, an owl is the mascot, not eagle, hence nocturnal.

[@maxsunz3703]

In mu country almost $2000 😢

[@FrodeBergetonNilsen]

These fans are silent up to about 33%, under optimal conditions. That is, not squeesed into a heatsink like in this case. That equates to about 800rpm. As long as you do not run a lot of them. If you run a lot of them, say 12 in a 1440 rad, you will start to hear them at about 300-350rpm. Also, at their low rate, they are no better than an arctic P12. In the silent range, that is below 900rpm or whatever, they perform rughly the same. The Noctua fans also have resonanse issues, at about 1400-1500rpm. If you simply duct the GPU, you will get results in about the same ball park as this card, or better, both for performance and noice. Depending on the heatsink, it is actually fairly easy to beat this at noise, if you got a 3D printer and the skills.

[@H2ydrogen]

asking for black Noctua is heresy!

[@sazlefraz]

dayum why they did this with the 4080 and not the 4070 id pay for a noctua 4070 but not a 4080

[@TomasRamoska]

I have seen Mr Lee replace fans with Chromax black. Some old good DIY 😂 but you have to drop another £60 To me, expensive 4080 cards make no sense. You have to pay 50% more to get 25% more performance over 4070ti Probably best to stick with 4070ti or jump straight to 4090

[@theTechNotice]

True

[@inmypaants]

In Australia the 4080 is 30% more than a 4070Ti and 50% cheaper than a 4090. I agree overpaying for a 4080 doesn’t make sense, but at the cheaper end a 4080 does make sense over a 4070Ti imho if you have the $. You get +33% more VRAM and around +25-30% performance for the same money.

[@TomasRamoska]

@@inmypaants In your case definitely

[@notrixamoris3318]

So not overpriced???

[@bloodrayneforever]

green is the new black....

[@saricubra2867]

So this is the unobtanium graphics card for my silent i7-12700K air cooled music production system. The GPU market is so bad.

[@kyrielei]

It's beautiful 🤧

[@ThunderingRoar]

Its all looks cool on paper until you get the infamous asus coil whine

[@alfiandy4494]

No way to fit this in m-atx case.

[@GMLSX]

Ehm... Owl, not Eagle.

[@SoldierRabi]

lol 4 slots for 4080 which is efficient anyways

[@fatjay9402]

1600 euros

[@Typhon888]

thats like paying apple tax ontop of nvidia tax

[@Hzqkk]

It looks like an owl...

[@NeoDon1]

Sorry HATE the brown on it.

[@13dma1rz]

I guess if you had a case with no glass that thing might work aesthetically in a build. But even if it performed well it would bother me to know that ugly thing was inside my case.

[@Akkbar21]

Computers as jewelry is dumb. They’re tools, not status symbols for tools.

[@13dma1rz]

@@Akkbar21 Oh, I agree. The color just reminds me of the 70s. Been there. Got the t-shirt. 😉

[@Akkbar21]

@@13dma1rz fair enough. Take care man. 👍

[@kelvinkms3671]

$1199 MSRP + $450 = this card ? Huge scam !!! only $60 worth of fans and charge $400 more !!! How crazy they provide ?

[@bigsad4663]

The owl has landed*

[@theTechNotice]

Fixed now!

[@FPVish]

Looks more like an owl

[@SuperEvilworm]

Am I the only one thinking he should stop spinning the fans with his fingers? I know you need to spin them really fast to get current from the fan (it behaves like a dynamo), but you should never touch your fans IMO.

[@sql64]

its an owl not an eagle

[@kirkkarnage6344]

Yikes it cost more than the FE RTX 4090.

[@davidcomito505]

They're selling it for more than a 4090. I don't think any amount of cooling is worth that.

[@atnfn]

420mm fans? What?

[@PJthePJ]

It's an owl

[@treyquattro]

that would be the Strix

[@lance153]

the word "GEFORCE" in the 3080 looks better.

[@dauntae24]

Goog luck getting a black version 😂

[@Zombie101]

make a chromax version

[@daniil3815]

Nah, only for all Noctua theme PC; otherwise buy 4090 if you have that much money to spend on gpu.

[@bountyonmyhead]

A 4080 for the price of a 4090