Review: Is the Nvidia RTX 3080 Still Worth It?

the Nvidia RTX 3080 cost $699, but the pandemic made it hard to find until Ada architecture graphics cards were debuted two years later

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2024 Amazon and Newegg RTX 3080s cost $500 new or used

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The pricing of the 3080 seems affordable in comparison to the RTX 4080, whose MSRP has climbed to $1,199

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The GA102 chip’s Nvidia RTX 3080 features 8,704 CUDA cores and 10GB or 12GB of 320-bit GDDR6X VRAM

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This GPU promised 4K performance with 760.3 GB/s bandwidth and 19 Gbps effective memory

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The ASUS ROG Strix RTX 3080 allows for an overclock to 1935 MHz, including the review unit

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Nvidia used a special converter in their Ampere graphics card family

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The RTX 4080 Super offers additional power and playability comparable to that of an 80-class GPU for more details govindhtech.com

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