The NVIDIA RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition:
Architecture :
As a reminder, the “Founders Edition” series cards are unique models offered by NVIDIA. The main advantage of these boards is that they are offered at a “locked-in” price, which will not change in the coming weeks or months unless there is a price cut. NVIDIA’s partners will also be offering their own models. Visually, NVIDIA has retained a design similar to that of previous boards, here with a width of 3 slots and rather large proportions.
The RTX 4080 SUPER has 10240 CUDA cores, just over 5% more than the RTX 4080, which has 9728. It features TSMC’s 4 nm manufacturing process , with a TGP of 320 watts. Memory-wise, there’s no change, as we’re sticking with 16 GB of 256-bit GDDR6X memory, which translates into a bandwidth of 736.3 GB/s.
The Founders Edition bundle:
So, what’s inside this imposing box? As usual, NVIDIA has taken great care with the packaging, offering a cardboard box in which to conceal the RTX 4080 FE. It’s always exciting to discover the new packaging offered by NVIDIA when a new generation arrives.
The box is simply huge, measuring 395 x 195 x 192 mm.
The box opens from the front to reveal the RTX 4080 Founders Edition. Once this is removed, a small box is revealed, containing the adapter for the card’s power supply.
Finally, there’s a 16-pin (12 4) adapter to three 150w 8-pins (450w total). This adapter is necessary for those who don’t have a power supply with an original 16-pin (12 4) port or the adapter specific to their power supply. Please note that NVIDIA is the sole supplier of the adapter, and therefore provides it to its partners.
Cooling :
NVIDIA has retained the proven cooling principle of the previous generation. The two fans are now 115 mm, 7-blade models, increasing airflow by 20%. This increase in size to two fans means that this RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition is much larger than the RTX 4070 SUPER tested recently.
As with any cooling system, the aim is to keep the GPU cool while producing the least perceptible noise pollution. NVIDIA therefore came up with the idea of using two fans, placed on either side of the graphics card. The one on the left draws in air from inside the case and then expels it through the back of the card.
The other fan, on the right, also draws air from your case to dissipate the heat from the steam chamber, before being expelled in the upper position, still within your case. Needless to say, if you want to keep your components at cool temperatures, you’ll need to opt for good air circulation within your case.
Finally, there’s no real RGB backlighting, just the GeForce RTX logo on the top edge, which lights up in white. The fairing also features a slight cross-shaped backlight in the center of the card and on both sides.
Connectors :
The new 16-pin mini-connectors are used to power the card. As mentioned above, NVIDIA includes in its bundle an adapter that allows three 8-pin connectors to be plugged in.
Finally, the board’s video outputs include three DisplayPort 1.4 and one HDMI 2.1 port.
