The ROG Strix RTX 4080 SUPER OC uses ASUS’ Ada generation cooler design which has so far existed as exclusively as an NVIDIA-only design with the only current-gen AMD product sporting an older-style cooler.
ASUS’ seems to have perfected repurposing their shrouds since the GTX 10-series triple fan cooler scaling them down to lower cards. In the case of the RTX 4080 SUPER, the ROG Strix cooler is using the densest version used on the original RTX 4080 and the RTX 4090, which means this is ASUS’ densest ROG Strix cooler.
There appears to be no sign of any physical changes so both the RTX 4080 and RTX 4080 SUPER OC and even the RTX 4090 will look very much identtical.
Tough question. Some people really buy into the brand and feel good owning one. I’m a Zotac guy but only because I prefer their warranty for reference cards versus Palit.
John Francis Gamao yup. Even for their cheaper cards, I think the ROG and TUF 4070 Supers are not that far from the price of Palit and Inno3D 4070 Ti Supers (around 5-6K difference).
Miguel Araneta the TUF non OC model is good to buy if someone really likes Asus brand. It’s close to PH’s SRP but I’ll avoid the OC version of it. OC version price is an additional 8-9K for a measly 1-3 FPS difference.
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I often wonder if Asus really deserves their huge price premium versus the likes of Inno3D, Zotac and Palit
Tough question. Some people really buy into the brand and feel good owning one. I’m a Zotac guy but only because I prefer their warranty for reference cards versus Palit.
Miguel Araneta similar sentiments. Just add Php 10K+ and you can already get the RTX 4090.
John Francis Gamao yup. Even for their cheaper cards, I think the ROG and TUF 4070 Supers are not that far from the price of Palit and Inno3D 4070 Ti Supers (around 5-6K difference).
Miguel Araneta the TUF non OC model is good to buy if someone really likes Asus brand. It’s close to PH’s SRP but I’ll avoid the OC version of it. OC version price is an additional 8-9K for a measly 1-3 FPS difference.