The Asus TUF Gaming RTX 3080 OC, as the name might suggest, is the first factory overclocked version of Nvidia's new GPU to pass across my test bench, but definitely not the last. And it's a bit ...

Asus' TUF Gaming RTX 3080 OC ($729.99) is here to prove that classically designed PCBs and heatsinks can still hang tough (or rather, "TUF") with the new innovations Nvidia is bringing to the table.

The reviews do not stop! Today we are back with a look at another msrp rtx 3080, this time it's the asus tuf Gaming version. With some very interesting features on show, Dominic sees just how well ...

That's not to say RTX 3080 cards from AICs are not worthy of consideration, and Asus reckons it has Nvidia beat on frequency, thermals and noise with its TUF Gaming OC. Let's take a closer look.

Interestingly, the company is using the RTX 3080 10GB variant -- not the RTX 3080 12GB -- for the new ASUS x Noctua GeForce RTX 3080. For the cooler, the custom Noctua cooler uses a dual 12mm fan ...

To recap, the TUF Gaming A14 features an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS CPU, 16GB of RAM, a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, and a 6GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 GPU to bolster the processor's Radeon 780M integrated graphics.

The Asus RTX 3080 TUF Gaming OC is a great card in isolation – cool, quiet, and fast – but compared to the RTX 3080 Founders Edition, it offers only marginal improvements to FPS and thermals.

Asus' TUF Gaming RTX 3080 OC ($729.99) is here to prove that classically designed PCBs and heatsinks can still hang tough (or rather, "TUF") with the new innovations Nvidia is bringing to the table.