Nvidia RTX 4080 Founders Edition Review

1. Introduction2. Meet the RTX 4080 Founders Edition3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla7. Cyberpunk 20778. Days Gone9. Dying Light 210. Far Cry 611. Forza Horizon 512. God of War13. Horizon Zero Dawn14. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered15. Red Dead Redemption 216. Resident Evil Village17. Total War: Warhammer III18. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)19. Cost Per Frame Analysis20. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207721. Ray Tracing: Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered22. Ray Tracing: Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition23. Ray Tracing: Resident Evil: Village24. Clock Speed25. GPU Temperatures26. Acoustics27. Noise-Normalised Temperatures28. Power Draw: 1080p29. Power Draw: 1440p30. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)31. Performance per Watt: 1080p32. Performance per Watt: 1440p33. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)34. Total System Power Draw35. Overclocking36. Closing Thoughts37. View All Pages

Here we test Cyberpunk 2077, using the Ray Tracing: Ultra preset. DLSS/FSR are disabled.

Starting our ray tracing benchmarks with Cyberpunk 2077, with RT Ultra settings,  the RTX 4080 delivers a pretty good experience at 1440p, averaging just shy of 60FPS. It's 25% slower than the RTX 4090 but still 25% faster than the RTX 3090 Ti.

4K is a step too far for the RTX 4080, however, as it can't achieve 30FPS with these settings – not without engaging DLSS at least. We can see just how much of a beast the RTX 4090 is, as the 4080 is actually 30% slower here.

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