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The Gigabyte RTX 4080 Super ships in a large black box, with a RoboCop style figure visible on the front. On the back, Gigabyte highlights a few key features of the Gaming OC and its Windforce 3X cooler.
Inside, we get a couple of quick start and warranty guides, along with a triple 8-pin power adapter. The final thing is a nifty GPU support bracket that screws into two motherboard standoffs to provide a solid support for the card.
In terms of the design of the Gaming OC, as far as I can tell it is visually identical to the likes of the RTX 4080 or 4090 Gaming OC models we reviewed last year. That means it still sports a matte black shroud, which looks fine, though I have always felt the design was a little too plasticky considering the premium price point of these cards, but it doesn't matter too much once the GPU is installed in your case.
We can note the use of three 110mm fans, using Gigabyte's so-called ‘Unique Blade Fan' design. As expected from a Gigabyte card, the central fan spins in reverse relative to the others, which Gigabyte claims helps to reduce airflow turbulence and therefore increase air pressure down into the heatsink.
It's a behemoth of a card, too, measuring 343 x 150 x 75mm, while it weighed in at 1.73kg on my scales.
The front side of the card is home to the GeForce RTX branding, as well as the Gigabyte logo (one of the RGB zones on the card).
As for the backplate, this is made from metal and while it is a full-length design, there is a large cut-out towards the end of the card to allow airflow to pass directly through the heatsink. We can also note the dual-BIOS switch position in the middle, offering a choice of the OC or Silent modes. Both are identical in terms of the 2595MHz clock speed and 320W power limit, with only the fan curve separating the two.
Power is of course supplied by a single 12VHPWR/PCIe Gen 5 connector. Display outputs consistent of 3x DisplayPort 1.4 and 1x HDMI 2.1.
