In recent years, with the continuous update and breakthrough of graphics card architecture, graphics card performance has become increasingly strong. The new generation of masterpieces represented by next-generation games have shown players unprecedented improvements in picture refinement and rendering quality. The RTX20 series graphics card represented by the Turing architecture brings gaming PCs into the era of 4K high-resolution gaming, while the new generation of Ampere architecture RTX30 series graphics card, based on the 20 series, raises 4K resolution games from the passing line of just 60 frames to more than 60 frames or even higher in frame rate and smooth experience.
The graphics card we reviewed today is a "power player" who performs excellently in 4K resolution games. It is Gigabyte GeForce RTX3080TiGAMINGOC12G (hereinafter referred to as "Gigabyte RTX3080Ti"). Let's learn about this graphics card together.
Appearance
Gigabyte Magic Eagle is a model for mainstream players in the Gigabyte graphics card series. Its features are the use of the Wind Power three fans (with positive and reverse function), supports RGBFusion 2.0, overclocking design, and equipped with a metal reinforced back panel. You need to complete the registration within 30 days after purchase and enjoy 4 years of after-sales service.
Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX3080Ti has a black color on the front, and line cutting design is used in many places to create a three-dimensional visual effect. Combined with the interweaving of brushed and matte textures, it adds a lot of texture.
graphics card is equipped with two 90mm and an 80mm blade fan, and the fan blade is equipped with a flow guide groove and a air guide plate, which can bring higher air inlet. The fan adopts forward and reverse rotation, which can reduce turbulence between adjacent fans and increase wind pressure.
integrated back panel is made of metal, providing effective strength support to the graphics card PCB. The appearance is relatively simple, with only the logo of Gigabyte and the logo of GeForce. You can see that the back plate is holed at multiple fin positions to enhance the air flow between the fins and enhance the heat dissipation effect. There is a larger window hollow design at the rear of the back plate. The function of this opening is to allow the air duct to penetrate directly through the radiator, and the air sucked in by the fan directly passes through the fins, which can be quickly discharged outside the graphics card, enhancing the heat dissipation efficiency. The side of
is also irregular geometric line cutting design, and there is a Gigabyte logo supporting RGB lighting effect at the bottom of the right.
dual 8Pin interface, combined with PCIe slot, can theoretically meet 375W power consumption, and there is no problem driving the TGP350W RTX3080Ti.
graphics card adopts dual BIOS design, which is OC mode and SLIENT mode, which is overclocking mode and quiet mode. You need to restart the computer to make the BIOS switch take effect. Both of them are more as the name suggests. One is an overclocking mode that can obtain higher frequency and better performance, while the quiet mode reduces the fan's noise impact on the user by reducing the fan's speed. The overall size of
is basically almost the same as that of RTX3090 Magic Eagle, but the RTX3080Ti is the RTX3090 that cuts the video memory, and the performance is also very strong.
video output is different from the conventional RTX30 series graphics cards. Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX3080Ti is equipped with 5 display output interfaces, 3 of which are DP1.4a interfaces, and the other two are HDMI2.1 interfaces.
Disassembly Appreciation
Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX3080Ti uses GA102-225-A1 core, and the power supply is a combination of MOSFET+R15 inductor+solid-state capacitors. The 16+2-phase power supply specifications can output stable currents for the core and video memory, exerting strong performance. The back of
PCB is covered with a large number of capacitors and several control chips.
GA102-225-A1 core, production date is the 7th week of 2021. The graphics card adopts the award-winning Ampere architecture, and the core contains 80 SM modules. Therefore, it has 10,240 CUDA cores, 80 second-generation RTCores, and 240 third-generation TensorsCores, bringing an unparalleled gaming experience.
core is surrounded by 12 GDDR6X video memory particles , from Micron , FBGA number is D8BWW, a single particle capacity is 1G, and a single video memory bit width is 32Bit, which consists of a total of 12G video memory capacity and 384Bit video memory bit width.
MOSFET chip comes from ALPHAOMEGA, the package number is AL00, and the continuous output current is 55A. It is a common DrMos chip in mid-to-high-end graphics cards.
power supply control chip is uP9512R from uPI, which powers the core power supply control chip, and an uS5650Q chip is responsible for auxiliary control. The
video output interface is gold-plated, and the additional HDMI2.1 interface is fixed with a support frame for height.
Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX3080Ti is equipped with a wind power cooling system, consisting of three blade fans, 7 pure copper heat conduction pipes and core heat dissipation copper plates, which can greatly improve the heat dissipation efficiency of the graphics card, ensure the stability of the core temperature, and bring players a refreshing gaming experience during the game.
The huge heat dissipation copper plate can fully fit the core, timely export core heat, and ensure the stable operation of the core in high-frequency state.
At the same time, thermal grease is pasted in the surrounding video memory location to assist in thermal conduction, protecting the operation of GDDR6X.
To ensure that the power supply part is not affected by overheating, the MOSFET chip and R15 inductor are also equipped with thermal conductivity glue for auxiliary thermal conductivity.
back panel is also covered with a large area of thermally conductive glue, which directs the heat from the power supply part to the metal back panel for passive heat dissipation.
test platform introduction
First, let’s take a look at the graphics card information identified by GPU-Z software. You can see that the Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX3080Ti uses GA102LHR low hash rate core, and the core basic frequency is 1365Mhz. Thanks to the overclocking design, the acceleration frequency is 1710Mhz. The temperature of the graphics card during standby is 50.4°C, and the fan intelligent stop is effective. The graphics card BIOS information shows that the power consumption wall in OC mode is 370W and 350W in Slient mode.
Theoretical Performance Test
Use DMARK software to test the theoretical performance of the graphics card. The test items include FireStrike, FireStrikeExtreme, FireStrikeUltra, TimeSpy, TimeSpyExtreme, PortRoyal, which can measure the performance of graphics card DX11, DX12 and ray tracing.
After testing, the FireStrike score of Gigabyte RTX3080Ti graphics card is 47334, FireStrikeExtreme score is 24074, FireStrikeUltra score is 12236, TimeSpy score is 19297, TimeSpyExtreme score is 9817, and PortRoyal score is 12829. Thanks to the higher acceleration frequency, the score of the Gigabyte RTX3080Ti graphics card is higher than that of the public version.
game frame test
theoretical test, it can be seen that with the support of Ampere architecture, the theoretical performance of Gigabyte RTX3080Ti graphics card is quite strong, and it is obviously a battle for 2K and 4K high-resolution games. Therefore, we selected the most popular masterpieces on the market: "Red Dead Redemption 2", " War Machine 5", "Forza: Horizon 4", "Tomb Raider: Shadow", and "Watchdog: Legion" to conduct frame tests to see the actual game performance of the graphics card.
With the support of the new generation of Ampere architecture, the Gigabyte Demon Eagle RTX3080Ti performs outstandingly with extremely high image quality of 2K, and the frame count of the five masterpieces exceeds 100 frames. At the same time, we also tested the performance of "Watch Dogs: Legion" and "Tomb Raider" when turning on the high-special effects of ray tracing and the DLSS balanced gear options. We can see that the performance of the ray tracing game is very eye-catching, with frames of 105 and 161 frames respectively, which has reached the esports level of high-frame rate experience.
With extremely high 4K resolution, the frame rate of Gigabyte RTX3080Ti is also outstanding, all reaching high frame rates of more than 70 frames. The highest "Forza: Horizon 4" has achieved a performance of 167.8 frames. Then after turning on the high ray tracing effect and DLSS balance gear options, Watchdogs: Legion can run to 71 frames, and Tomb Raider has a good performance of 104 frames. With the support of Ampere architecture and DLSS technology, Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX3080Ti provides players with delicate and vivid game screens, and can also achieve a smooth gaming experience with high frame rates.
Daily Use Simulation Test
In the PCMARK10EXTENDED test that simulates daily use experience, Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX3080Ti scored a total score of 12871 points, including 12014 points for common basic functions, 11757 points for productivity, 15845 points for digital content creation, and 33137 points for games.As a flagship graphics card with a large core and 12GB large video memory, Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX3080Ti can serve as a productivity tool for creative design work, bringing users high-quality creative software accelerated experience.
Creative Software Test
This conclusion was also reflected in the ULProcyon software test, with UL video editing score of 8796 points and photo editing benchmark test 10549 points. During the photo editing test, the temperature of GPU is kept below 60 degrees, which does not have much pressure on the graphics card.
Temperature Stability Test
We conducted Furmark oven test on the graphics card in an open platform in a small room with 18 degrees room temperature. After 20 minutes, the core temperature of the Gigabyte RTX3080Ti in OC mode is 65°C, the memory temperature is 76°C, and the GPU power consumption is 346.6W.
At the same time, the noise measured by the graphics card in the oven state is 55.3dBA. Since it is tested on an open platform, the noise value is slightly higher, and the noise performance will be better when placed inside the chassis. If you want to reduce fan noise in daily use, you can switch to Slient mode.
test summary
After the above test and disassembly, overall, Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX3080Ti is an excellent flagship graphics card. It not only is equipped with the GA102 core, but also uses a new generation of wind power cooling system, which easily suppresses the overall power consumption of 350W and meets the stable use of users under gaming, creative design and other working conditions.
In addition, the theoretical performance of the graphics card has also reached the level of RTX3080Ti. The games performed well under high image quality in 2K and 4K. If you want to enjoy the masterpiece of 4K gaming, then the Gigabyte RTX3080Ti Magic Eagle graphics card is an indispensable "powerful general" for you to compete in the game world.
