Technical specifications:
A quick trip to GPU-Z to check that the information read is correct. As you can see, this is not yet entirely the case. A new version of GPU-Z will almost certainly be posted on January 30, the day the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 are launched. In the meantime, we can still learn a few things from our copy of the ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC Edition.
In terms of frequency, GPU-Z has announced a base frequency of 2295 MHz and a boost frequency of 2760 MHz for this ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC Edition. The card has 16 GB of GDDR7 memory (480 GB/s) on a 256-bit bus. This model has factory overclocked frequencies, since the NVIDIA RTX 5080 Founders Edition offers a Boost frequency of 2617 MHz (5.46%). This increase in frequency should bring some gains in terms of FPS, or so we hope. More on this later in the article.
Don’t forget that the GPU frequency could be higher in benchmarks, depending on the quality of your chip and the cooling system used. In fact, we carried out a test using 3DMark Time Spy to observe the GPU boost frequency. We can see that it reaches the maximum frequency of 2977 MHz at certain times. The memory frequency remains unchanged, which is perfectly normal.
As far as temperatures are concerned, it climbs to 63.8°C and the memory to 62°C. At the time of this first test, it was 19°C in the lab. We’ll have to check the temperatures during our more in-depth tests. The fans are far from running at maximum speed and the card is fairly silent. What really stands out is the max TDP, which is only 91.4%, whereas we should have seen it close to 100% since there’s nothing to prevent it from being increased. As a reminder, we’re on a bench and not inside a case. Let’s get testing!