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

Ray tracing 8-game average FPS

Looking at the eight-game ray tracing average, it's no surprise to see the RTX 4080 Super is second only to the RTX 4090, though it is admittedly still well behind the Nvidia flagship, coming in 28% slower on average. It also has the beating of the RX 7900 XTX, by a 30% margin, but there are no real gains over the RTX 4080.

Cost per frame, launch MSRP data

Nvidia's ray tracing prowess and the new lower price of the 4080 Super does mean that the 4080 Super sits close to the top of the chart for ray tracing cost per frame, when based on MSRP pricing. It's not quite as good value as the 4070 Super or 4070 Ti Super for 4K gaming, but it's certainly close.

Cost per frame, current pricing data

That picture doesn't change much when looking at current retail pricing either, with the 4080 Super about level with the vanilla RTX 4070.

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