MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Suprim 10GB GDDR6X
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6
What Buyers Say
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Suprim 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 PULSE 24GB GDDR6
The Sapphire Pulse RX 7900 XTX is widely praised for its excellent price-to-performance ratio, offering massive 24GB VRAM and strong rasterization that rivals the RTX 4080 at a much lower cost. Users highlight its cool and quiet operation, though some note it runs hot in cases with poor airflow and requires a high-wattage PSU (800W minimum, 1000W recommended). A few negative reviews mention receiving a wrong item (keyboard instead of GPU) or driver issues that were resolved by upgrading other PC components. Overall, it's considered a beast for gaming and 3D work, but not ideal for eGPU setups.
Pros
- Excellent price-to-performance ratio
- Massive 24GB VRAM
- Cool and quiet operation
- Strong rasterization performance
- Great for gaming and 3D work
Cons
- Requires high-wattage PSU (800W min, 1000W recommended)
- Runs hot in cases with poor airflow
- Power spikes up to 400W
- Not ideal for eGPU setups
- Driver issues reported (resolved with system upgrades)
Scores
Specifications
| MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Suprim | Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| ECC | — | ✗ |
| 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 | 370 |
| 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★ |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 336 | 313★ |
| Slot Width | 2.4000000953674316★ | 3 |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | 3.17 kg | 1.95 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS | FSR |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| VR Ready | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | ✓ | ✓ |
Pros & Cons
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Suprim 10GB GDDR6X
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong compute (77th percentile)
- Strong thermal (73rd percentile)
- Strong connectivity (71st percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average efficiency (26th percentile)
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong compute (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Below average affordability (19th percentile)19th %ile
Verdict
Scores 90 overall, wins 7 of 8 usage categories and 15 of 40 specs.