MSI RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio Review

1. Introduction2. MSI RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark Port Royal6. Control7. Death Stranding8. The Division 29. Far Cry New Dawn10. Gears 511. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint12. Metro Exodus13. Middle Earth: Shadow of War14. Red Dead Redemption 215. Shadow of the Tomb Raider16. Total War Saga: Troy17. Performance Summary (11 Game Average)18. Cost Per Frame Analysis19. Clock Speed20. Temperatures21. Acoustics22. Power Consumption23. Performance Per Watt24. Overclocking25. Closing Thoughts26. View All Pages

For our temperature testing, we measure the peak GPU core temperature under load. A reading under load comes from running the 3DMark Time Spy stress test for 30 minutes.

If we look at thermal performance in isolation, things may not seem so impressive here. We saw the GPU hovering between 72-73C during our 30 minute stress test, which is certainly not at all bad, and it is a 3C improvement over the Founders Edition. I was expecting slightly more from this cooler, however, considering its sheer size and new design features – but we find out more about this on the next page…

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