Nvidia RTX 4080 Super Review

1. Introduction2. Meet the RTX 4080 Super Founders Edition3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Alan Wake II7. Assassin's Creed Mirage8. Cyberpunk 20779. Forza Horizon 510. The Last of Us Part 111. A Plague Tale: Requiem12. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart13. Red Dead Redemption 214. Resident Evil 415. Returnal16. Starfield17. Total War: Pharaoh18. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)19. Clock Speed Investigation20. Cost Per Frame Analysis21. Ray Tracing: Alan Wake II22. Ray Tracing: Avatar Frontiers of Pandora23. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207724. Ray Tracing: F1 2325. Ray Tracing: Hitman 326. Ray Tracing: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart27. Ray Tracing: Returnal28. Ray Tracing: Shadow of the Tomb Raider29. Ray Tracing Performance Summary30. DLSS Testing31. Clock Speed32. GPU Temperatures33. Memory Temperatures34. Acoustics35. Noise-Normalised Temperatures36. Power Draw: 1080p37. Power Draw: 1440p38. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)39. Performance per Watt: 1080p40. Performance per Watt: 1440p41. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)42. Total System Power Draw43. Overclocking44. Closing Thoughts45. View All Pages

The MSRPs

Using the average frame rate data presented earlier in the review, here we look at the cost per frame using the UK MSRP launch prices for each GPU.

Considering the 4080 Super performs the same as the 4080, but with a UK MSRP that's £310 lower at launch, overall value is improved a fair it, as cost per frame comes in 26% lower with the new model. That makes it basically on par with the RTX 4070 using its original launch MSRP, though it's still hardly an improvement over the RTX 3080 10GB which launched at £649.

Current retail pricing

Cost per frame using current retail prices tells a different story, too. RTX 4080 may have launched at £1269 over a year ago, but it's been selling under £1100 in recent months, making the 4080 Super 13% better value. It's still an improvement, but it's not as large as the MSRP data would suggest. The RX 7900 XTX also continues to offer superior value for rasterisation, as the 4080 Super is 17% more expensive per frame.

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