In recent years, with the continuous update and breakthrough of the graphics card architecture, the performance of the graphics card has become more and more powerful, and the new generation of masterpieces represented by the games of the next era has shown players unprecedented improvement in screen refinement and rendering quality. The RTX 20 series graphics card represented by the Turing architecture brings the game PC into the era of 4K high-resolution games, and the new generation of Ampere architecture RTX 30 series graphics card, on the basis of the 20 series, pulls the 4K resolution game from just 60 frames to a passing line of just 60 frames, to more than 60 frames or even higher frame rate smooth experience.
The graphics card we are reviewing today is a 4K resolution game performance of the "fierce general", it is gigabyte eagle GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GAMING OC 12G (hereinafter referred to as "Gigabyte Eagle RTX 3080 Ti"), let's take a look at this graphics card.
Exterior analysis
Gigabyte Magic Eagle belongs to the GIGABYTE graphics card series for mainstream players, characterized by the use of wind power three fans (with positive reversal function), support for RGB Fusion 2.0, overclocking design, equipped with metal reinforced back panel, within 30 days of purchase to complete the registration can also enjoy 4 years of after-sales service.
Gigabyte's Magic Eagle RTX 3080 Ti has a black color scheme on the front, and the line cutting design is used in many places to create a three-dimensional visual effect, which is interspersed with brushed and frosted textures to add a lot of texture.
The graphics card is equipped with two 90mm and an 80mm blade-edged fan with a deflector groove and air duplate on the fan blade for higher air intake. The fan uses positive reverse rotation to reduce turbulence between adjacent fans and increase wind pressure.
The one-piece backplane is made of metal, providing effective strength support for the graphics card PCB. The appearance is relatively simple, only GIGABYTE's logo and GeForce logo, you can see the back plate in multiple fin positions to open holes, strengthen the air flow between the fins, enhance the heat dissipation effect.
There is a large window cut-out design at the end of the back panel, the role of this opening is to make the air duct directly vertical through the radiator, and the air sucked by the fan directly passes through the fins, which can be quickly discharged to the graphics card and enhance the heat dissipation efficiency.
The sides are also cut with irregular geometric lines, and the lower right side bears a GIGABYTE logo that supports RGB lighting effects.
Dual 8Pin interface, with PCIe slot, the theory can meet the power consumption of 375W, driving TGP 350W RTX 3080 Ti is still no problem.
The graphics card adopts a dual BIOS design, which is OC mode and SLIENT mode, that is, overclocking mode and quiet mode, and the computer needs to be restarted to make the BIOS switch take effect, both of which mean more as the name suggests. One belongs to the overclocking mode, which can obtain higher frequencies and better performance, and quiet mode reduces the noise effect of the fan on the user by reducing the fan speed.
The overall size is basically the same as the RTX 3090 Magic Eagle, but the RTX 3080 Ti itself is the RTX 3090 slash and stab, and the performance is also very powerful.
In terms of video output, unlike the regular RTX 30 series graphics cards, the Gigabyte Eagle RTX 3080 Ti is equipped with 5 display output interfaces, of which 3 are DP 1.4a interfaces and 2 are HDMI 2.1 interfaces.
Dismantle the appreciation
Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX 3080 Ti adopts GA102-225-A1 core, powered by a combination of MOSFET + R15 inductor + solid capacitor, 16+2 phase power supply specifications, can output stable current for core and video memory, and exert powerful performance.
The back of the PCB is covered with a large number of capacitors, as well as several control chips.
GA102-225-A1 core, production dated Week 7, 2021, the graphics card uses the award-winning Ampere architecture, the core contains 80 SM modules, so it has 10,240 CUDA cores, 80 second-generation RT Cores, and 240 third-generation Tensors Cores for an unparalleled gaming experience.
Around the core are 12 GDDR6X memory particles, from Micron, FBGA number D8BWW, single particle capacity of 1G, single memory width of 32Bit, a total of 12G memory capacity and 384Bit memory width.
The MOSFET chip is from ALPHA & OMEGA in a package number of AL00 with a continuous output current of 55A. It is a Common DrMos chip in high-end graphics cards.
The power supply control chip is the uP9512R from uPI, which is the core power supply control chip, and there is also a uS5650Q chip for auxiliary control.
The video output interface is gold plated, and the additional HDMI 2.1 interface is held at a high level using a support frame.
Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX 3080 Ti is equipped with a wind power cooling system, which is composed of three bladed fans, 7 pure copper heat pipes and core heat dissipation copper plates, which can greatly improve the thermal efficiency of the graphics card, ensure the stability of the core temperature, and bring players a lively gaming experience during the game.
The huge heat dissipation copper plate can fully fit the core, timely export the core heat, and ensure the stable operation of the core in the high-frequency state.
At the same time, the surrounding memory position is attached with thermal grease for auxiliary thermal conductivity, which escorts the operation of GDDR6X.
In order to ensure that the power supply part is not affected by overheating, the MOSFET chip and R15 inductor are also equipped with thermal adhesive paste for auxiliary thermal conductivity.
The back plate is also attached with a large area of thermal conductive adhesive to direct the heat of the power supply part to the metal back plate for passive heat dissipation.
Introduction to the test platform
First of all, look at the graphics card information recognized by the GPU-Z software, you can see that gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX 3080 Ti uses a GA102 LHR low hash rate core, the core base frequency is 1365Mhz, thanks to the overclocking design, the acceleration frequency is 1710Mhz, the temperature of the graphics card in standby is 50.4 °C, and the fan intelligent shutdown has taken effect. The graphics card BIOS information shows that the power wall is 370W in OC mode and 350W in Slient mode.
Theoretical performance testing
The theoretical performance of graphics cards was tested using 3DMARK software, including Fire Strike, Fire Strike Extreme, Fire Strike Ultra, Time Spy, Time Spy Extreme, Port Royal, which can measure the performance of graphics cards DX 11, DX 12, and ray tracing.
After testing, the Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX 3080 Ti graphics card has a Fire Strike score of 47334, a Fire Strike Extreme score of 24074, a Fire Strike Ultra score of 12236, a Time Spy score of 19297, a Time Spy Extreme score of 9817, and a Port Royal score of 12829. Thanks to the higher acceleration frequency, the Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX 3080 Ti graphics card scores a little higher than the public version.
Game frame rate test
As can be seen in the theoretical test, with the blessing of the Ampere architecture, the theoretical performance of the Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX 3080 Ti graphics card is quite strong, and it is obviously a battle for 2K and 4K high-resolution games, so we have selected the more popular masterpieces on the market: "Red Dead Redemption 2", "Gears of War 5", "Forza Motorsport: Horizon 4", "Tomb Raider: Shadow", "Watchdog: Legion", to conduct frame rate testing to see the actual game performance of the graphics card.
With the blessing of the new generation ampere architecture, gigabyte's Magic Eagle RTX 3080 Ti performs well in 2K extremely high quality, with each of the five masterpieces exceeding 100 frames. At the same time, we also tested the performance of "Watchdog: Legion" and "Tomb Raider: Shadow" in the opening of the ray tracing high special effects and DLSS balance gear options, and we can see that the performance of the light chase game is very eye-catching, with frames of 105 frames and 161 frames respectively, which has reached the high frame rate experience of e-sports.
In extremely high 4K resolution, the Gigabyte Magic Eagle RTX 3080 Ti's frame-count performance is equally outstanding, with a high frame rate of more than 70 frames, and the highest "Forza Motorsport: Horizon 4" achieving a performance of 167.8 frames. Then, after turning on the ray-tracing high effects and DLSS balance gear options, Watchdog: Legion can run to frame 71 and Tomb Raider: Shadow has a good performance of 104 frames. With the blessing of Ampere architecture and DLSS technology, gigabyte magic eagle RTX 3080 Ti provides players with delicate and vivid game graphics, and can also achieve a smooth game experience with high frame rate.
Mock tests for everyday use
In the PCMARK 10 EXTENDED test, which simulates the daily use experience, the GIGABYTE Magic Eagle RTX 3080 Ti achieved 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 of large video memory, the GIGABYTE Magic Eagle RTX 3080 Ti not only meets the high-quality gaming entertainment of players, but also serves as a productivity tool for creative design work, bringing users a high-quality creative software acceleration experience.
Author software tests
This conclusion was also reflected in the UL Procyon software test, which scored 8796 points for video editing and 10549 points for the photo editing benchmark. During the photo editing test, the temperature of the GPU was kept below 60 degrees, and there was not much pressure on the graphics card.
Temperature & stability test
We tested the graphics card on a Furmark roaster on an open platform in a small room temperature of 18 degrees, and 20 minutes later, the Gigabyte RTX 3080 Ti had a core temperature of 65°C in OC mode, a memory temperature of 76°C, and a GPU power consumption of 346.6W.
At the same time, the noise measured by the graphics card in the state of the grill is 55.3dBA, because it is tested on an open platform, so the noise value is slightly higher, and the noise performance inside the chassis will be better, if you want to reduce the fan noise in daily use, you can switch to The Client mode.
Test summary
After the above tests and disassembly, overall, GIGABYTE Magic Eagle RTX 3080 Ti is an excellent flagship graphics card, not only equipped with GA102 core, but also using a new generation of wind power dissipation system, easily suppressing the overall power consumption of 350W, meeting the user's stable use in games, creative design and other working conditions.
In addition, the theoretical performance of the graphics card has also reached the level of RTX 3080 Ti, 2K and 4K high-quality game performance is outstanding, if you want to enjoy 4K game masterpieces, then Gigabyte RTX 3080 Ti Magic Eagle graphics card is an indispensable "fierce general" for you to conquer the game world.