Waste of Money: NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti Review & Benchmarks

The long-awaited NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti GPU is out!… of stock. But if you wanted to see what $1200 got a scalper, we’ve got our full review of this opportunistic gouge of a video card.
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When NVIDIA sent its RTX 3080 Ti for review, we didn’t yet know the price of the card. Learning of the pricing in the live event really changed the course of the review: At $1200, NVIDIA is opportunistically gouging its customers in a predatory fashion. The RTX 3080 Ti vs. the RTX 3090 is a carefully set narrative, as is the RTX 3080 Ti vs. 2080 Ti or RX 6900 XT — but versus the RTX 3080 and RX 6800 XT, we see a different story. In this review and benchmark of the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition card, we’ll test noise, thermals, memory temperatures, gaming performance, and power — but we’re cutting the review short because, simply, it’s an aggressive push in price that doesn’t match the performance hike.

Watch some positive news — this technological advancement in CPUs is cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMcn-npviGA
You can also find our review of the original 3080 FE here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTeXh9x0sUc
And our review of the AMD RX 6800 XT here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLVGL7aAYgY
Tear-Down of the RTX 3080 Ti FE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHo-fc6GG40

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Don’t Buy the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti FE
03:48 – Taking Advantage & Gouging the Market
06:46 – Frequency Validation vs. 3080 FE
07:35 – Fan RPM
08:06 – Rainbow Six: Siege (4K, 1440p, & 1080p) RTX 3080 Ti Benchmarks
09:29 – Shadow of the Tomb Raider (4K, 1440p, & 1080p)
11:25 – Total War: Three Kingdoms (4K, 1440p, & 1080p)
12:40 – Red Dead Redemption (4K, 1440p, & 1080p)
13:50 – Noise Levels
14:23 – Power Testing
15:15 – Hot Memory, Overclocking, & Conclusion

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Host, Test Lead, Testing: Steve Burke
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