MagicPants said:I still think the shortage is the big news for the 3080.

We'll include the HW scheduling enabled results in our charts as well. It's not that the feature doesn't help, but overall it ends up being in the margin of error at most settings. We tested with HW scheduling enabled and disabled, with all of our other GPU results run with the feature disabled.

We're adding 14 additional 'bonus' graphics tests, all at 4K ultra with DLSS enabled (where possible) on a limited selection of GPUs to show how pushing the RTX 3080 to the limit changes things … or doesn't, in this case.Īlso, Microsoft enabled GPU hardware scheduling in Windows 10 a few months back, and Nvidia's latest drivers support the features. Our current gaming test suite consists of nine games, some of which are getting a bit long in the tooth, and none with ray tracing or DLSS effects enabled. (We've checked with the side installed as well, and we have sufficient fans that temperatures for the GPU don't really change with the panel installed.)

Our second PC has a Phanteks Enthoo Pro M case, which we test with the side removed because of all the GPU swapping. We actually have two nearly identical test PCs, only one of which is equipped for testing power use - that's the OpenBenchTable PC. We've equipped it with some top-tier hardware, including 32GB of DDR4-3200 CL16 memory, a potent AIO liquid cooler, and a 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD. You can see the full specs of our GPU test PC to the right. Seasonic Focus 850 Platinum (opens in new tab)Ĭorsair Hydro H150i Pro RGB (opens in new tab) Corsair 2x16GB DDR4-3200 CL16 (opens in new tab)

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