MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Suprim X 10GB GDDR6X
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
What Buyers Say
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Suprim X 10GB GDDR6X
The RTX 3080 receives mixed reviews. While some users praise its performance and cooling, others report severe issues like crashes, driver instability, and tampered packaging. Price gouging and supply problems are major complaints, but when it works, the card delivers excellent 1440p gaming and is considered a worthwhile upgrade from older GPUs.
Pros
- Excellent 1440p gaming performance
- Stays cool and quiet
- Solid metal backplate build
- Great upgrade from older GPUs
- Worth the money when working
Cons
- Frequent crashes and driver instability
- Tampered packaging and missing parts
- Price gouging and scalping issues
- High power consumption at idle
- Difficult customer support experience
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX earns strong praise for its blistering 4K performance, quiet operation, and reliable cooling. Most verified buyers highlight its compact size relative to competing high-end cards, the generous 24GB VRAM, and the absence of coil whine as major pluses. A few reviewers note that coil whine can occasionally occur, and the card demands a robust 850W+ PSU, but overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.
Pros
- Excellent 4K gaming performance
- Very quiet operation
- Efficient cooling with low temperatures
- Compact size for a high-end card
- 24GB VRAM for longevity
Cons
- High power consumption
- Occasional coil whine
- Requires 850W+ PSU minimum
- Large 4-slot design
Scores
Specifications
| MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Suprim X | Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 3080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 3 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 8 | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 10 GB | 24 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X★ | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 48 | 96★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | 30.639999389648438 | 61.38999938964844★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 370 | 339★ |
| Recommended PSU | 850 | 800★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3★ | 2 |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| USB-C | — | 1★ |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 336 | 320★ |
| Slot Width | 2.4000000953674316★ | 4 |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | 3.17 kg | 1.00 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS | FSR 3.1 |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| VR Ready | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | ✓ | ✓ |
Pros & Cons
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Suprim X 10GB GDDR6X
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong compute (77th percentile)
- Strong thermal (73rd percentile)
- Strong social proof (71st percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average efficiency (24th percentile)
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
- Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong compute (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile
Pricing
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 7 of 8 usage categories and 18 of 40 specs.
