I. Introduction
Lao Huang's strength in knife technique is naturally no one questions, through the digital end and Ti end graphics card cleverly matched, from the low-end entry to the top flagship, you can find a performance to suit your needs of the graphics card. And the performance and price of the graphics card are almost close to the same difference series, and it is difficult to find a cost-effective "dessert" card.
The launch of the RTX3080 12G card has once again pushed lao huang's knife workers to another wave of peaks. In the case of the same number naming of the graphics card, through the clever core adjustment, the video memory capacity of the graphics card was slightly modified, and a new graphics card was created.
Carefully study the parameter configuration, RTX3080 12G compared to RTX3080 10G, in addition to the difference in memory capacity, in the number of stream processors, memory width, power consumption and RT Core and Tensors Cores are slightly different, but the overall gap is very small.
The core of the RTX3080 12G is also GA102, but it is not a complete GA102, and the complete GA102 is used on the RTX3090Ti. Although the GA102 is incomplete, it is still more complete than the RTX3080 10G, with two more sets of SM. At the same time, the memory width of the graphics card is supplemented, reaching 384bit, which is much higher than the RTX3080 10G's 320bit. In the case of the rest of the specifications are basically the same, its memory performance should be much stronger, coupled with the extra 2 sets of SM units, and higher TDP, compared to its performance and RTX3080 10G, it can still open up some gaps.
In addition, mushrooms found a GIF on the Internet, very intuitive, you can clearly see the knife from the complete GA102 core, a knife a new card.
Second, Sotectide RTX3080-12G PGF OC graphics card out of the box
▼ The packaging of the graphics card is a large box, which is wider and thicker than the ordinary graphics card box.
▼There is a large LOGO of PGF on the front of the package, which looks very beautiful.
▼ The back of the package introduces a lot of graphics card related information, including heat dissipation, power supply and the like.
▼ Inside the carton is still a familiar black box, with the PGF LOGO in the middle.
▼ Continue to open the box, there is a thick foam inside, the graphics card is placed in the middle, the protection is very good.
▼ In addition to the graphics card, there are also some stickers, adapter cables and graphics card holders, and the accessories are still very rich.
Third, Sottech RTX3080-12G PGF OC graphics card appearance
▼ The appearance of the graphics card is very beautiful, and the front fan cover part adopts a silver contrast black design, which looks very good.
▼ The fans on both sides of the graphics card are quite large according to the size, and there is a PGF LOGO in the middle, and the fan blades are 11 pieces, presumably the air volume is not small.
▼ The height of the cooling fan in the middle of the graphics card should be slightly lower, and through the special height design, the overall performance of the air duct of the three fans is better and the heat dissipation efficiency is improved.
▼ It can be clearly seen from the side that the graphics card fan in the middle is recessed.
▼ At the tail of the graphics card, the fan cover is slightly extended to protect the heat dissipation fins on the inside. In addition, the various interfaces in this part are quite rich.
▼ Look closely, there is a red lighting socket. In addition, between the socket and the heat dissipation module, there is a black rubber pad, which can fill the gap between the heat dissipation fin and the graphics card PCB very well, so that it can be better stressed during normal installation.
▼With the lighting adapter cable included in the package, the graphics card can synchronize the lighting effect.
▼ In addition, there is an auxiliary fixing at the bottom of the graphics card heat dissipation fin, which has two screw holes on it, and some special accessories can better fix the graphics card. The six thick heat pipes on the heat dissipation fins are clearly visible, and the surface is nickel-plated, so presumably the heat dissipation effect of this card will be excellent.
▼Graphics card back, beautiful metal backplane.
▼ The metal backplate not only has a complex modeling treatment, but also has some special coatings on its surface to make the overall effect look better.
▼ There is also a PGF LOGO on the right side, and this part has a light effect design.
▼ There is a Power Boost chip next to it, which should be an ultra-large capacitor for voltage regulation in the power supply part of the graphics card. This volume of capacitance, in the power supply circuit of the graphics card, can play a very good voltage regulation effect, so that the core operation of the graphics card is more stable.
▼ The thickness of the graphics card is very powerful, and the three slots are appropriate.
▼ Look closely, there is the word RTX in the middle, and the LOGO of Sotecet at the bottom, this part should have a light effect design, milky white.
▼ On the right side of the graphics card, there are three 8Pin auxiliary power outlets that are very conspicuous.
▼ At the bottom of the graphics card, you can clearly see that the fan cover part of the graphics card has a layered design, and there is a black cutout in the middle, which is convenient for airflow to pass, and praise.
▼ The PCI baffle and the heat dissipation module part of the graphics card are connected with metal parts, which divides more force into the metal PCI baffle of the graphics card, so that the overall force of the graphics card is more reasonable, reduces the FORCE on the PCB, and effectively protects the PCB.
▼ The core part of the graphics card has a copper bottom design. In addition, the surface of the memory has a thermal pad, which transfers the heat of the memory to the copper bottom and dissipates it faster.
▼ At the tail of the graphics card, the heat dissipation fin has a special opposite-sex design to ensure that it does not interfere with various components on the PCB at the same time, and tries to increase the area of the heat dissipation fin as much as possible. In addition, the three cooling fans on the front of the graphics card fan cover are divided into two groups of controls, which can control the fan speed more precisely.
▼ Slightly lifted, you can see that the power supply module of this card is still very gorgeous, there are a large number of power supply circuits on the left and right sides, and there are metal parts pressed to the Mos to assist in heat dissipation, to ensure the stable operation of the power supply circuit.
▼ Graphics card tail, four video output interfaces, three DP1.4a and one HDMI2.1, basically enough for daily use.
Fourth, Sotectide RTX3080-12G PGF OC graphics card installed
▼ The installation of the graphics card is still very simple, here mushrooms prepared a host, ready to test the performance of this card.
▼ The video card is installed horizontally by default, and the three-slot graphics card thickness is still very powerful. In normal installation, there is a noticeable sagging on the right tail of the video card.
▼ The accessories of this card sent a set of graphics card brackets, which is still very practical.
▼ Easily support the graphics card bracket on the tail of the graphics card to provide strong support for the tail of the graphics card.
▼ After the graphics card bracket is propped up at the tail of the graphics card, the graphics card can be perfectly leveled. For this kind of graphics card with a very impressive thermal module, the graphics card bracket can be said to be a must.
▼ Boot, light up at once, the whole machine effect is very beautiful.
▼ The appearance of the side of the graphics card is very beautiful, and the LOGO of Sotai and the parts on both sides have beautiful ARGB lighting effects.
▼The LOGO part of the PGF at the end of the graphics card backplane also has beautiful lighting effects.
▼In fact, the most beautiful part of this card is still the front, and the lighting effect is very dreamy.
▼ Look closely, the lighting effect on the front of the graphics card is very rich, and there are beautiful ARGB lighting effects around the three fans, especially the middle part, in addition to the outer ring, there is also a circle of lighting effects inside, which looks amazing.
▼ The motherboard is MSI's Z690 Blade Ti motherboard, the front of the motherboard is covered with a large number of silver metal parts, which assists the heat dissipation of each part of the motherboard at the same time, but also enhances the appearance of this motherboard. In particular, the IO trim part of the motherboard, here is MSI's Dragon Shield LOGO, which supports ARGB lighting effects and looks very beautiful.
▼ MSI's Z690 Blade Ti motherboard has four M2 interfaces, and each interface is covered with metal heat sinks to ensure the stable operation of M2 solid state. The south bridge section is also covered with metal heat sinks and has a lighting effect design.
▼ The processor is 12700K, the heat dissipation with MSI's frost K360 water cooling, this water cooling is still very good, the heat dissipation performance is strong, the appearance is beautiful, and the gameplay is diverse.
▼ There is a small screen at the top of the water cooling head, which can display parameters, pictures, text, GIFs, etc., and the functionality, appearance and playability performance are quite good.
▼ The water-cooled cold exhaust fan supports ARGB light effect synchronization, and the effect is very beautiful. In addition, this water cooling also supports G.I mode, in the case of low temperature, you can start and stop the cold drain cooling fan, further reduce the standby noise.
▼ The power supply is MSI's MPG A850GF power supply, this power supply is still very good, with 80Plus certification, using all-Japan capacitors, warranty up to 10 years, it is still very reassuring to use. There are also beautiful stickers on the side of the power supply, the iconic MSI Dragon Shield LOGO.
▼In terms of details, the graphics card's 8Pin auxiliary power supply line has two single 8Pin, and a single 8Pin power supply line is matched with a one-by-two power supply line, which can easily power three 8Pin graphics cards.
▼ The chassis is Antick's DF800, and the appearance of this chassis is very beautiful.
▼ The left side of the front of the chassis is a metal punching mesh, the surface has a complex sectional design, the shape is very good, mainly responsible for the air intake of the front of the chassis.
▼ The right side of the front of the chassis is the decorative part, which has a beautiful mirror ARGB lighting effect and anthik logo in the middle.
▼ In addition, in the upper part of the power supply compartment, there are two chassis fan slots, which are specially designed to take care of the heat dissipation of the graphics card part.
V. Sotectez RTX3080-12G PGF OC Graphics Card Review
▼ A simple look at the configuration of the whole machine, the processor is 12700K, the motherboard is MSI's Z690 Blade Ti motherboard, and the graphics card is Soltei's RTX3080 PGF OC graphics card.
▼ Simple run a test, the whole machine score of 197W, of which the processor 86.2W, graphics card 77.4W, the performance is very strong.
▼ A simple look at the parameters of GPU-Z, the core is the familiar GA102, the stream processor 8960, the video memory 12GB, the particles are magnesium GDDR6X, the memory bit width is 384bit, and the bandwidth is 912.4GB/s.
▼ In the case of daily standby, the room temperature is about 22 ° C, the core temperature of the graphics card is around 36.6 facilities, and the cooling fan of the graphics card does not turn.
▼ A simple look at the BIOS of the graphics card, the default power consumption is 350W, the maximum power consumption is 400W, or very powerful.
▼ Theoretical tests, the performance improvement of RTX3080 12G compared to RTX3080 10G is still relatively obvious, basically around 10%. Added a little power consumption, added two sets of SM units, the video memory controller to the full, actually can have such an obvious performance improvement, sure enough, the most understand the graphics card or lao huang.
▼ Finally, the stress test of 3Dmark, TS mode, frame rate stability rate of 99.1%, very stable, and does not lose PGF.
▼ The maximum temperature of the graphics card core is about 69.6 ° C, and this heat dissipation performance is still very good. After all, this is the default power consumption of 350W, the maximum power consumption of 400W RTX3080 12G, with this temperature performance is already very powerful.
▼ Game actual measurement, lol smash mode, 2K resolution, spring water game frame number 664 frames, very smooth.
▼ The frame rate of the daily team battle game fluctuates around 278 frames, and the overall situation is also very smooth. However, play lol, this card also has more than 100W power consumption, haha.
▼ Overwatch, 2K resolution, full extreme high quality, daily shopping game frame number of about 310 frames, very smooth.
▼ The game frame rate of daily team battles, around 256 frames, is also very smooth, and it is also very easy to match some high-brush esports monitors.
▼ Eat chicken, 2K resolution, full high image quality, outdoor game frame number of about 269 frames, very smooth.
▼ The indoor game frame rate is about 228 frames, and the overall situation is very smooth.
▼ Tomb Raider, simple running score, 2K resolution, full high quality, the first test scene 391 frames, very high.
▼ In the second test scene, the game frame rate is also 207 frames, which is very smooth.
▼ In the third test scenario, the game frame count is about 224 frames.
▼ The overall average frame count is about 217 frames, which is very smooth.
▼ All sentient beings are equal to the Odyssey, 2K resolution, full extreme high quality, the lowest volume cloud, corridor game frame number is about 139 frames, very high.
▼ The number of outdoor game frames is about 108 frames, which is also very smooth.
▼ The overall average frame count is about 115 frames, which is very smooth.
▼ Finally, the cyberpunk 2077 test, high picture quality, light chase, DLSS performance, test scene game frame rate overall fluctuations of about 100 frames, very smooth.
▼ In the end, the overall average frame number is about 95 frames, which is very smooth.
6. Summary
Sotai's RTX3080 12G PGF OC graphics card is still very good, the appearance is very beautiful, the performance is also very good, and the performance of the heat dissipation part is amazing enough. Personally, if the budget is sufficient, this RTX3080 12G PGF OC graphics card of Sotai is still very worth buying.
In addition, compared with RTX3080 12G, the performance improvement of RTX3080 10G is still relatively obvious, and the theoretical test part has an increase of about 10%. Moreover, the improvement of video memory may not be so easy for gamers to perceive, but for some professional users, the increase in 2G video memory is very good, and the performance of running various algorithms and engineering is obvious.
By the way, although the heat dissipation of this Soltei RTX3080 12G PGF OC graphics card is good, the temperature of the graphics card core is not high. However, the amount of hot air blown out by the graphics card is quite a lot, and when running the test, the mushroom feels that the whole room is filled with hot air discharged by the graphics card. Therefore, in daily use, the requirements for the chassis air duct are still quite high, which needs to be noted.
Thank you!
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