THE GAMING YOU KNOW & TRUSTGame in style with the latest iteration of MSI's iconic GAMING series, the GeForce RTX 3080Ti GAMING X TRIO is a supremely powerful graphics card. Now you too can enjoy all your favourite games with a powerful graphics card that stays cool and silent – just the way you like it! The GeForce® RTX™ 3080 Ti 12GB delivers the most superior performance that gamers crave, powered by Ampere – NVIDIA's 2nd gen RTX™ architecture. It's engineered with enhanced RT Cores and Tensor Cores, new streaming multiprocessors, and superfast G6X memory for an amazing gaming experience. Discover the TRI FROZR 2 Thermal Design which blends a masterpiece of teamwork with TORX FAN 4.0, precision-engineered Core Pipes, and Airflow Control for maximised cooling efficiency. MSI's exclusive Dragon Center software lets you monitor, tweak and optimise MSI products and Mystic RGB Lighting in real-time.
With Anti-bending Force, the build quality is strengthened with a rigid metal anti-bending strap. A bundled support bracket can be attached to your PC case for additional graphics card reinforcement. This review will focus on the flagship 3080 Ti from MSI, the SUPRIM X series. The MSI RTX 3080 TI SUPRIM X boasts an 1845 MHz boost clock and 1830 MHz out of the box.
That's a rather noteworthy bump seen from the reference 1665 MHz boost. The SUPRIM X model also features a TDP of 400W, which is 50W over reference specs. In return, you'll gain more performance, bringing the series even closer and sometimes passing 3090 performance. MSI equipped the card with a semi-passive design; the three fans start to spin and cool once the GPU warms up. Make no mistake; both modes offer the same performance; just a marginal difference in temperatures and acoustics can be perceived.
MSI increased the power allowance as well as the turbo clock frequency. SUPRIM X has been fitted with a new TRI FROZR cooling solution with three TORX 4.0 fans. New in the design is that it has close quarters heat pipes around the VRM and a backplate .
The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3080 graphics cards deliver the ultra performance that gamers crave, powered by Ampere—NVIDIA's 2nd gen RTX architecture. They are built with enhanced RT Cores and Tensor Cores, new streaming multiprocessors, and superfast G6X memory for an amazing gaming experience. Get precision control with unlimited power using MSI Afterburner the most recognised and widely used GPU overclocking software on the market.
Plus, it's free to use and compatible with most other vendor graphics cards. OC Scanner is the easiest and safest way to get more performance out of your GeForce® graphics card. Powered by an algorithm created by NVIDIA, maximum clock speeds are determined and safely applied for your graphics card. Developed under an exclusive partnership with BlueStacks, the MSI APP Player provides a seamless PC experience for mobile gaming. It takes the throne of the fastest PC gaming graphics card with nothing coming even close to it. It's surprisingly much faster than the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti which is its Turing based predecessor but just being fast isn't enough for a card of this scale or price.
The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti carries more cores, more memory, higher performance efficiency, and also carries next-generation ray-tracing and tensor cores that make this a truly next-generation graphics card. The Ampere architecture features 2nd Gen RT Cores and 3rd Gen Tensor Cores. The GPU features 12GB of GDDR6X VRAM and a 384-bit memory interface, offering improved performance and power efficiency over the previous Turing-based generation. The front panel of the card features a variety of outputs, such as DisplayPort 1.4a and HDMI 2.1. HDMI 2.1 supports up to 48 Gb/s bandwidth and a range of higher resolutions and refresh rates, including 8K @ 60fps, 4K @ 120fps, and even up to 10K.
Computationally intensive programs can utilize the GPU's cores to accelerate tasks using CUDA and other APIs. The GeForce RTX™ 3080 Ti delivers the ultra performance that gamers crave, powered by Ampere—NVIDIA's 2nd gen RTX architecture. It's built with enhanced RT Cores and Tensor Cores, new streaming multiprocessors, and superfast G6X memory for an amazing gaming experience. Thermals are kept in check in masterful ways under a sculpted SUPRIM exterior, letting you focus on enjoying your games in all their glory. The fans completely stop when temperatures are relatively low, eliminating all noise when active cooling is unneeded.
The fans will automatically start spinning again when the heat is on during gaming. An abundance of thermal pads provide additional heat dissipation for board components. Thermal pads beneath the sturdy brushed-metal flow-through backplate provide additional cooling. NVIDIA has partnered closely with Microsoft to enable full DXR support on GeForce GPUs.
GeForce RTX GPUs were designed from the start for the extreme demands of ray-tracing workloads. Specialised RT cores, found only on GeForce RTX graphics cards, provide billions of rays per second of performance, and up to 3X the frame rates with DXR games and applications. This makes ray tracing at real-time frame rates possible for the first time. Elsewhere, MSI has taken care to give the memory modules their own heatsink and heat pipe to help whisk heat away.
This is a nice touch as they're sometimes neglected, even on custom cards. To keep the GPU die cool, MSI has gone with a nickel-plated copper base plate and an array of seven heat pipes to channel heat to the sprawling heatsink. The heat pipes run the full length of the heatsink for more efficient heat dissipation, and they've also been machined flat to maximize the surface area that comes in contact with the copper base plate. Well-placed thermal pads provide additional heat dissipation for other components on the PCB. Functioning with twin 90 mm fans along with two high performance heat pipes, it keeps a steady cooling effect for the component. For better performance, the included 1 click OC feature runs a process with just 1 button that will boost the highest stable overclock settings for customers' graphics card.
No doubt that the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is a 4K gaming-capable graphics card. Even with ultra graphics or the highest graphics settings, it was able to drive all game titles above 60fps in 3480×2160 resolution. At 4K resolution, the RTX 3080 Ti offers around 13%, on average, performance increase from the RTX 3080. The premium construction of the card shows itself in the brushed aluminium shroud, which confers a really solid feel. The TriFrozr 2S cooler keeps things chilly, featuring three Torx 4.0 fans.
Each double-ball bearing fan has a unique design, where individual pairs of blades are linked with a ring of sorts. This is supposed to help focus airflow toward the heatsink and increase static pressure. This cooling system itself is identical to what was featured in the earlier RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio, but the new brushed metal shroud is the visual highlight that elevates the graphics card to another level. The precision-crafted heat pipes ensure max contact to the GPU and dissipate heat evenly throughout the length of the heatsink. Airflow Control guides the air to exactly where it needs to be for cooling.
Mystic Light gives you complete control of RGB lighting for MSI devices and compatible RGB products. Near the three-pin power connector, MSI has added a BIOS selector switch that lets you choose between Gaming and Silent modes. Both have the same clock speed, but Gaming Mode allows the fans to ramp a little higher to keep the card cool.
In this mode, the card peaked at 68C after repeat runs of Unigine Heaven and hovered closer to 65C when playing actual games. This was also in a hot 26C office, so I would expect the card to run cooler in an air conditioned setting. In Silent Mode, this ramped to 72C but I honestly didn't find it necessary. The cooling system is performant enough that it never needed to ramp the fans up obnoxiously high and was on par, if not a bit better, than the RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition in acoustic performance. So, why is there so little difference between the 3070 and 3070 Ti? Much like the high-end cards are all based on the same GA102 GPU, the 3070 Ti, 3070 and 3060 Ti are all derived from the GA104 GPU, with active cores, memory configs etc. defining performance and price.
The 3070 Ti effectively represents the best you can get from a GA104, with every core active and running at a high clock speed. The only way NVIDIA could've made the 3070 Ti stronger would have been to base it on the GA102, which is a far larger chip that costs NVIDIA more money. We'll have to review the 3080 Ti to discern its real-world performance, but we can do some basic math to get an idea of where the Ti sits. For rasterization — putting pixels on a screen — the RTX 3080 has 29.8 teraflops of power, the RTX 3080 Ti has 34.1 and the RTX 3090 has 35.6. Of course, MSI Afterburner is in the game and, with it, all the options related to monitoring the card, to its overclocking. The Taiwanese also offers the MSI Center which comes more or less as a "replacement" for the MSI Dragon Center, which is still available.
The MSI Center is formed around a modular structure, basic, is limited to monitoring in real time of the card. We can then add modules to take care of "anything and everything" from the management of the fans to the graphics optimization of the games, including the RGB effects on the multiple LEDs of the Suprim X. Simple and complete tool which nevertheless remains a little accessory. Cooling is provided by Tri Frozr 2, and Torx Fan 4.0 which features pairs of fan blades bound together with a linked outer ring design that focuses airflow into the updated cooling system.
Stay stealthy with Airflow Control that improves airflow dynamics. Deflectors provide additional surface area and guide air to where it's needed. Wave-curved 2.0 fin edges disrupt unwanted airflow harmonics resulting in reduced noise.
Play hard, stay silent with the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 TI Gaming X Trio 12GB Graphics Card. This all-new iteration of the iconic GAMING series GPUs from MSI brings performance, low-noise and aesthetics that hardcore gamers recognise and trust. Enjoy all of your favourite games with this powerful graphics card that stays cool and silent. The new GeForce GTX 1660 (1-CLICK OC) is meticulously crafted to offer superior heat dissipation, using premium materials along with twin 90mm fans. For better performance, the included 1 Click OC feature runs a process with just 1 button that will boost the highest stable overclock settings for customers' graphics card.
But based on my review of the RTX 3080 SUPRIM X, the SUPRIM series typically performs slightly faster compared to other reference-based graphics cards. I also don't have an RTX 3090, but since the RTX 3080 Ti is basically a strip-down RTX 3090 with less memory, I think their performance is quite similar. The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SUPRIM X also features dual BIOS, where you can choose from "Gaming mode" or "Silent mode".
Both modes have the same clock speeds but the Silent mode has a less aggressive fan profile. NVIDIA designed the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, not just for any gamer but all gamers who want to have the best 4K graphics performance at hand to power the next-generation of AAA gaming titles with superb visuals and insane fluidity. It's not just the FPS that matters these days, it's visuals, and a smoother frame rate too and this is exactly what the GeForce RTX 30 series is made to excel at. There's a lot to talk about regarding NVIDIA's flagship Ampere gaming graphics cards so let's start off with the specifications.
The latest iteration of MSIs iconic GAMING series once again brings performance, low-noise efficiency, and aesthetics that hardcore gamers have come to recognize and trust. Now you too can enjoy all your favorite games with a powerful graphics card that stays cool and silent. Like I opined in my original review, most gamers would absolutely be better served picking up an RTX 3080 as soon as they can find one at MSRP. Yet, if you have your heart set on a 3080 Ti, there is no mistaking that this is an excellent choice that is clearly ready to be pushed further with a custom overclock. It's just a shame that pricing is so high because while this card may just be the best "gaming" card on the market right now, it's so cost-prohibitive that it's hard to recommend to anyone other than high-level enthusiasts.
That said, price to performance value has always gone out the window when it comes to the upper echelons of graphics cards, so those looking for the best of the best typically are prepared to pay for it. As you might guess from the ramped up cooler and extra PSU plug compared to the original, the Suprim X is all about performance. It increases the power draw from the Founders Edition a full 50 watts, bringing it to 400 watts total. The added power in combination with high quality components for delivery and regulation make this an exceptionally good choice for gamers looking to overclock and squeeze some added performance out of their card. The latest iteration of MSI's iconic GAMING series once again brings performance, low-noise efficiency, and aesthetics that hardcore gamers have come to recognize and trust.
The latest iteration of MSI's iconic GAMING series once again brings performance, low-noise efficiency, and aesthetics that hardcore gamers have come to recognize and trust. Ray tracing is the holy grail of gaming graphics, simulating the physical behaviour of light to bring real time, cinematic quality rendering to even the most visually intense games. The crypto currency Ergo is based on the Autolykos algorithm, which was updated in version 2 in early 2021. The Autolykos 2 algorithm is based on the PoW concept and can be efficiently calculated by a graphics card. When calculating Ergo Coins, ASICs have no efficiency advantage over modern graphics cards, which should make Ergo attractive for as many miners as possible.
The Ergo protocol is based on the blockchain and has been optimized for a very long shelf life. The hashrates were achieved under Hive OS with moderate overclocking settings. The SUPRIM X is somewhat a power-hungry graphics card, requiring three 8-pin PCIe power connectors. It has a higher power target and limit compared to other RTX 3080 Ti graphics cards. But if you have a lot of components installed or connected to the system, I'd recommend going 850W or above just to be on the safe side.
But the SUPRIM has all the bells and whistles MSI can think of to slap on their GPU. So, let's check out how NVIDIA's latest RTX 3080 Ti GPU performs, in the form of MSI RTX 3080 Ti SUPRIM X, in our review below. The TGP for the card is set to be slightly higher than the RTX 3080 at 350 Watts. That's definitely needed to feed the extra cores so NVIDIA might have to optimize the clocks a bit here.
In terms of performance, the graphics card is said to be as fast as the RTX 3090 but with half the memory & LHR technology-enabled. As for compute numbers, the RTX 3080 Ti features 34 shader TFLOPs, 67 RT-TFLOPs, & 273 Tensor TFLOPs . Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs.
From the front and back, MSI's custom GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SUPRIM X graphics card is a helluva card to look at. The triple-fan cooler on the front looks mean, and will keep your Ampere GPU + GDDR6X memory nice and chill -- while on the back we have a fantastic heat sink -- carried over from the RTX 3080 + RTX 3090 SUPRIM X cards. The MSI RTX 3080 Ti Suprim X supercharges the RTX 3080 Ti with its highest clock speeds—1830 MHz vs. 1665 MHz reference. In this review, we take the card for a spin across our test-suite to tell you if shelling RTX 3090 kind of money for a top custom RTX 3080 Ti is worth it. MSI hasn't provided any pricing information yet, but we expect the card to go for around $2100, $100 more than our estimate for the NVIDIA baseline price.
The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Suprim X is the company's new flagship gaming graphics card and part of NVIDIA's refresh of the RTX 30-series "Ampere" family to bolster its position in the high-end segment. The Suprim X is an MSI exercise at leveling up to the NVIDIA Founders Edition in terms of original design and build quality. The most premium design and materials combine with the company's most advanced graphics-card cooling solution and overclocking-optimized PCB to offer the highest tier of factory overclocks. MSI Afterburner is the most recognized and widely used graphics card overclocking software in the world.
Take full control of the graphics card while monitoring key system metrics in real-time. It's free to use and compatible with most other vendor graphics cards. A thickened copper layer inside the PCB increases conductivity which improves heat dissipation and high-performance reliability. Dual BIOS gives you the choice to prioritize for full performance in GAMING mode or low noise in SILENT mode. Additional fuses built into the custom PCB provide additional safeguards against electrical damage.
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