Test of expensive versus cheap
Now we come to the already announced test of the delivery status. I compare the card sent to me, which I even tested very favorably in an open setup and standing, with a previously tested KFA2 (Galax) RTX 4080 SG in a closed setup, which is also in a price category below. You would think that the Asus card would deliver a decent performance here, but far from it. Let’s first take a look at gaming and the temperatures. The hotspot of the noisy Asus card immediately jumps to over 90 °C, reaching 97 to 98 °C in places, while the GPU temperature was around 72 °C at the end.
However, this value is exactly the value that the supposedly “cheaper” KFA2 card has as a hotspot and shines with a GPU temperature of only 62 °C maximum. The Asus card has a delta of around 26 degrees between the hotspot and GPU edge. With the KFA2 card, it is only 10 to 11 degrees and it is also barely audible. And that with slightly higher power consumption!
But the customer had also carried out a stress test, which I naturally also repeated, even first. I then forced the Asus card to shut down in the installed state, which is why I only carried out all the tests in the open setup. We see a hotspot of 99 to 100 °C with a GPU edge temperature of around 73 to 74 °C. The delta of 26 °C is therefore the same again. The KFA2 card remains significantly cooler at 78 to 79 °C hotspot and 65 °C GPU edge and is therefore also quieter.
Of course, that’s exactly what I measured. At just under 44 dBA, the card is loud as hell, a kind of Satan’s hairdryer. This is not only unacceptable, but at around 2200 rpm (or 69% PWM speed) it is also far above what is considered “whisper quiet”. We can see that the card is actually a typical DOA product immediately after disassembly.
In direct comparison, the card from KFA2 is downright whisper-quiet with a good 35 dBA despite slightly higher power consumption! That’s a difference of 8 to 9 dBA, half a universe.
Of course, I had to get to the bottom of this error and it was finally time to “butcher” the test object. And yes, my fingers had been itching the whole time.
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER OC, TUF-RTX4080S-O16G-GAMING, 16GB GDDR6X, 2x HDMI, 3x DP (90YV0KA0-M0NA00)
Lieferzeit 3-6 Werktage | 1219,99 €*Stand: 21.05.24 01:00 | |
Ab Zentrallager sofort lieferbar | 1272,00 €*Stand: 21.05.24 08:36 | |
Abhol-/Versandbereit in 1-3 Werktagen | 1273,42 €*Stand: 21.05.24 08:37 |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4080 SG (1-Click OC), 16GB GDDR6X, HDMI, 3x DP (48NZM6MD6LSK)
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