ZOTAC GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Trinity (ZT-D40810D-10P)

Zotac's top-tier gaming graphics card with 16GB of GDDR6X VRAM, which is part of NVIDIA's prestigious "4000th" line of graphics cards (Ada Lovelace, 5nm, 2022), where it is second in power only to the RTX 4090 with 24GB of VRAM. Like most Zotac products, the price and features of the device surpasses most modifications of the RTX 4080 from competing brands. The IceStorm 2.0 cooling system has been completely redesigned taking into account the specifics of NVIDIA Ada Lovelace chips: a massive metal base covers a dense heatsink that runs through 9 composite heat pipes, and three 110mm fans with wide curved blades cover this structure on top.

Cooling system is sharpened for 2 modes of operation (productive and quiet). Both modes are built into the BIOS, and a separate button is provided to switch them. The protective cover is adorned with SPECTRA 2.0 RGB lighting. The design of the RTX 4080 largely repeats its predecessor RTX 3080. The 356 mm board is covered by an integrated cooling system, the card itself occupies 3.5 motherboard slots, and separate 3rd generation RT cores are provided for processing lighting and reflection.

But as a basis, a completely new AD103 crystal with 9728 CUDA cores, overclocked to 2505 MHz GPU and 16 GB of GDDR6X video memory with support for a 256-bit data bus is used. Like all representatives of the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace family, this GPU supports hardware ray tracing and DLSS 3.0 smart scaling system, which provides noticeable acceleration in games where this algorithm is implemented.

In gaming tests, it outperforms its predecessor RTX 3080 by 25-30%, depending on the selected resolution. When using DLSS 3.0, the difference grows even more, as previous versions of this technology work less efficiently. In general, the owner of the ZOTAC GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Trinity can count on a consistently high frame rate in AAA games of recent years with maximum graphics settings and 2K resolution.

There may be some stuttering in 4K, so you will most often have to lower the graphics level and lean more heavily on DLSS. According to the manufacturer's idea, it may also appeal to artists, animators, game developers and other professionals whose professional activities require a powerful and modern video card. As in previous generations, the device comes with a package of tools for working with three-dimensional graphics, optimizing streaming, reducing the delay in signal transmission from control devices, speeding up texture loading, etc.