As the top presence among non-public flagship cards, Yingchi's Hall of Fame series graphics cards not only have top performance performance, but also the design of each generation is stunning. With the release of the RTX 3080 Ti graphics card, the Hall of Fame series has also followed with the addition of GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Extreme and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro.
Among them, the big brother GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Extreme performed impressively in previous reviews, but how did the new face of the Hall of Fame family, "HOF Pro", perform? Today, the PConline review room received this Film Chi GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro, and I will take a look at it with you.
Exterior analysis: Angel wing shape design, inheriting family lineage
The outer packaging of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro is relatively simple, the 3D shape of the angel wings is quite visually impactful, and inside is the hall of fame series of iconic pure white packaging box, which comes with 2 8Pin power extension cables, metal graphics card brackets, and ARGB lighting effect synchronization cables.
The appearance of the graphics card uses the design concept of angel wings, the middle fan extends two pairs of snow-white angel wings, the wings are also treated with a three-dimensional effect, with a sense of power of "one show high flying", and four blue decorative blocks are dotted next to it, which is a bit of angel Gundam feeling.
The back of the graphics card is a one-piece molded metal backplane, geometric mech lines supplemented by metal brushed grain, if the HOF Extreme's diamond cutting pattern takes the exquisite appearance route, then the appearance of the HOF Pro is more like a future route with a sci-fi style, I don't know which style the little friends like?
The backplane is equipped with a number of hollow designs to accelerate air flow and enhance heat dissipation.
The graphics card is equipped with an external power connection indicator, and when the external power supply of the video card is connected correctly, the white light on the right will be lit.
The design lines of angel wings run through the side of the graphics card vest, and the Hall of Fame logo in the middle supports RGB lighting effects.
A row of voltage monitoring interfaces can be seen on the side of the PCB.
On the other side are 2 8Pin external power supply interfaces, plus PCIe power supply, effectively ensuring the high performance of the graphics card.
The video output interface is a combination of 3 DP1.4a and 1 HDMI2.1, which supports 8K 60Hz video output.
The metal hemming on the top of the graphics card also adopts a wing-shaped design, which also protects the graphics card to a certain extent.
The overall size of the graphics card is 303*133*65mm (without bezel), which is much larger than the public version.
Next, put a few light effect diagrams for everyone to enjoy, users can connect the ARGB synchronization line, synchronize the light effects in the HOFAI software and customize the light effect settings.
Graphics card disassembly appreciation
Next, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro is disassembled, and you can see that the graphics card uses a customized 12-layer pure white PCB, which is also one of the features of the Hall of Fame family.
GA102-225-A1 core, produced in the 26th week of 2021, the graphics card uses the award-winning Ampere architecture, and 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 magnesium, FBGA number D8BWW, single particle capacity of 1G, single memory width of 32Bit, a total of 12G memory capacity and 384Bit memory bit width.
Below the core is the BIOS chip, this time the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro is a single BIOS, and does not provide a dual BIOS design like HOF Extreme.
The neat power supply modules on both sides of the core are very pleasing to the eye.
The 16+ 4 phase power supply of the graphics card adopts a combination of capacitor + DrMos + fully enclosed inductor, each phase core and memory power supply are equipped with DrMos from the United States Core Source Electronics, model MP86990, produced in the 39th week of 2020, according to the query, the DrMos supports an input voltage of 3-16V, and can output up to 50A of current.
The core power supply PWM master control is also from the core source electronics MP2888A, MP2886A, the combination of 10 + 6 = 16 phase core power supply control, in addition to a 4-phase PWM master MP2884A to assist in control.
The memory PWM master is the uS5650P from UPI, and the front and back sides are equipped with one to control the power supply of 4-phase video memory.
The two 8Pin external power supply interfaces have been metal strengthened, which effectively improves the stability of power supply.
This time, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro features a new Archangel radiator. The complete heat dissipation equipment fully guarantees the full blood operation of the GA102 core.
GPU core heat dissipation using mirror copper bottom scheme, and the use of nickel plating process treatment, enhance durability, copper bottom surface bright and flat, is conducive to fully fit the core, efficient heat export, this generation of GDDR6X video memory heat generation is larger, so in the surrounding memory position are equipped with thermal grease, to ensure the stable operation of the memory.
The PCB is equipped with a metal support frame, which can protect the PCB from deformation due to the gravity of the radiator to a certain extent, and this support frame is attached with a thermal adhesive patch to assist the core power supply part to dissipate heat.
The right power supply position is also equipped with a heat dissipation copper bottom, which is conducted by the thermal adhesive paste.
The heat pipe and fins are also treated by nickel plating, which plays a good antioxidant role.
The fins are reinforced by reflow soldering process and the fin fin process, which makes the gaps between the fins more uniform, accelerates air flow, and improves the efficiency of heat dissipation.
Yingchi GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro is equipped with three 90mm static frost fans, supporting automatic start and stop, the middle fan with RGB lighting effect, the fans are made of static frost fan blades, the fan blades are with a tri-fold design, which plays a role in increasing wind pressure and increasing the inlet air volume.
Introduction to the test platform
In order to compare the performance difference between HOF Pro and HOF Extreme, the author added the RTX 3080 public version and the Shadow Chi GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Extreme for comparison.
First of all, the specification parameters of the graphics card are compared, and the core Boost frequency of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro is 1710Mhz, which is 45Mhz higher than the public version, which is slightly lower than the HOF Extreme frequency in the performance mode, which is consistent with the Boost frequency of the RTX 3080 public version, but it is 17.7% higher than the RTX 3080 in the stream processor specifications.
In terms of core power consumption, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro is 350W, the RTX 3080 public version is 320W, and the HOF Extreme is 400W.
Theoretical performance testing
First of all, look at the GPU-Z information of the graphics card, the default power consumption wall of the graphics card of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro is 350W, the maximum power consumption wall is 380W, and the temperature of the graphics card in the standby state is 34.9 degrees, which is within a reasonable range, and the fan intelligent start and stop has taken effect.
The theoretical performance test adopts the more popular 3DMARK graphics card performance test program, and the test items include: Fire Strike, Fire Strike Extreme, Fire Strike Ultra, Time Spy, Time Spy Extreme and Port Royal, which can better reflect the theoretical performance of the graphics card.
It can be seen that although the RTX 3080 FE also uses the Ampere architecture, the Inchi GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro enjoys advantages in the core scale, so when it comes to theoretical performance, the Ingenchi GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro can have an average of 12.56% leading range, and the higher the resolution, the gap will gradually widen.
Looking at the frequency fluctuations of the running time, you can see that the frequency of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro fluctuates between 1.8Ghz and 1.9Ghz, which is good.
Game frame rate test
Graphics cards perform well in theoretical tests, but what about performance in actual games? We have selected 7 of the more popular games for testing, the resolution is unified at 2560 * 1440, the game does not turn on ray tracing and DLSS, the game's picture quality will be adjusted differently according to the frame rate experience.
It can be seen that the game frame rate of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro in 2K resolution can basically run to more than 100 frames, compared with the RTX 3080 public version of the frame rate is between 7.32% and 13.92%.
Next is the test comparison of ray tracing games, here selected "Watchdog: Legion", "Map: Departed", "Tomb Raider: Shadow" 3 games for frame rate comparison, turn on ray tracing and DLSS, the game's picture quality will be adjusted differently according to the frame rate experience, and the two graphics cards are carried out under the unified screen settings.
With the blessing of the second generation of light chasing core, the frame rate performance of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro is still very surprising, and the frame rate is 11% ahead of the RTX 3080 public version on average, which can achieve a smooth 2K high frame rate light chasing game experience.
Temperature and noise tests
Next, the temperature and noise comparison of the graphics card, we used an open platform to conduct temperature and noise tests in a small room with a temperature of 25 degrees and an ambient noise value of 35.2 dBA.
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Here we use the test software Fumark to test the graphics card, open the latest version of gpu-Z during the baking process, view the video card temperature, memory temperature, fan speed, power consumption, and power supply power consumption and other information, and record the value after 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes in the oven, the Core Temperature of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro is 68.1 degrees, the memory temperature is 80 degrees, and the graphics card power consumption is 350.9W, which is quite stable in both the core and the memory temperature performance.
After 30 minutes of the roaster with the noise tester for fan noise monitoring, noise decibel value of 50.8 dBA, decent performance, considering that it is tested on an open platform, if it is placed in the chassis, I believe the noise experience will be better.
Review summary
After a round of testing, I believe that everyone can also understand the level of this "new face" of the Hall of Fame family, in general, HOF Pro should belong to the Hall of Fame series of the people,Due to the inheritance of Hall of Fame pedigree, then the positioning is naturally higher than the mid-range series such as The Star OC.
Of course, back to the shadow Chi GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro graphics card, its appearance will be more youthful than the HOF Extreme series, especially the design theme of angel wings elements, so that the entire graphics card appears full of personality, love to play hand-made friends, I believe that seeing this graphics card will have a "first sight" feeling.
In terms of performance, the 16+ 4 phase power supply specifications strongly guarantee the performance of the graphics card, the theoretical performance is one gear stronger than the RTX 3080 public version, the highest frequency in the test can run to 1.9Ghz, and the game frame rate performance in high resolution is excellent; under the blessing of the Archangel radiator, the core temperature of the graphics card grill is only 68 degrees, and the video memory temperature is 80 degrees, showing the top heat dissipation level of the Hall of Fame series.
If you want to assemble a pure white theme or two-dimensional theme console, you need a flagship graphics card with excellent appearance and strong heat dissipation, then this GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF Pro is perfect for you.