Huh, a GeForce RTX 4080 for under $1000...that's taken longer to happen than I thought it would
Zotac RTX 4080 Trinity OC | 16GB GDDR6X | 9728 shaders | 2,520MHz boost | $1,099.99$989.99 at Amazon (save $110, exclusive to Prime members)
This is the largest discount we've seen for a GeForce RTX 4080 for...well, ever. Prices for the top-end GeForce cards aren't great to begin with so any reduction is welcome, but this one is pretty substantial. The downside is that you need to be an Amazon Prime member to bag the deal. The RTX 4080 is a seriously powerful gaming card (see the benchmarks for it here) and is really power efficient. And right now, it's also the best price it's ever been.
RTX 4080 price check: $1,089.99 Best Buy | $1,099.99 Walmart
The GeForce RTX 4080 is Nvidia's second most powerful model in its Ada Lovelace range, with 9728 shaders running at up 2,520MHz, and topped off with 16GB of GDDR6X. Underneath that massive heatsink and trio of fans is an AD103 GPU and at 378.6mm² in size, it's significantly smaller than the chips used in the previous generation of RTX 3080-class GeForce cards.
That small chip doesn't run especially hot, even though the maximum consumption is a hefty 320W. That's because the heatsink really is huge and the fans do a great job of keeping it cool, but the sheer bulk of the card means it's not an ideal choice for those with small form factor (SFF) cases. And potentially not an option at all.
But if you're looking for something that has lots of rendering performance, then know this: The RTX 4080 easily bests the RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 Ti, neither of which could be classed as being slow. Just take a look at the RTX 4080 benchmark results to see what I mean.
The standout features of the RTX 4080 are how well it handles ray tracing in games that heavily use it and the full support of
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