PC World - USA (2020-11)

70 PCWorld NOVEMBER 2020

REVIEWS TESTED: NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080

The GeForce RTX 3080 is over 80

percent faster than the identically priced

RTX 2080 in several games at 4K resolution,

and over 60 percent faster in the rest. The

only game that falls below those lofty marks

is Grand Theft Auto V, but that’s because the

RTX 3080 is so fast, it’s pushing the limits of

the game engine even when the GPU needs

to push all those pixels at 4K. It’s 25 to 30

percent faster than even the RTX 2080 Ti, last

generation’s $1,200 flagship.

1. IT’S STAGGERINGLY
   FAST...
   Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3080 Founders
   Edition whups on everything that came
   before it. If you want to clear 60 frames
   per second at 4K or test the limits of a
   144Hz, 1440p monitor with every
   visual setting cranked to the maximum,
   this is the card you want (unless you’re
   looking to get the 8K-capable $1,500
   GeForce RTX 3090, that is).

The GeForce RTX 3080 is over 80 percent faster

than the RTX 2080 in Borderlands 3.

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 FE

47.3

92.7

26.2

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

SC2 65.7

91.3

36.7

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 FE

65.6

37.3

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super

FE 69.1

98

38.6

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti FE 117.4

85.7

48.7

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 FE

114

146.6

66.8

66.8

Borderlands

Frames per second

The GeForce RTX 3080 is over 80 percent faster

than the RTX 2080 at 4K in Horizon Zero Dawn,

but as you can see above, “only” 62 percent faster

at 1440p.

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 FE

57

102

31

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

SC2^76

103

43

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 FE

76

43

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super

FE^76

105

46

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti FE 129

100

58

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 FE

123

141

78

83

Horizon Zero Dawn

Frames per second

1080p 1440p 4K 1080p 1440p 4K